Before reading this article, write down your response to the following question: “Which is your favourite colour?” This may have appeared to be a mindless and routine activity, but your mind and body had to work together to execute several steps in the correct order. Picking up a pen or p
August 04,2016
A Look at Common Pre-Reading and Pre-Writing Questions
Over the many years that I have been a teacher families have asked a few common questions about early reading and writing issues they are seeing in their child. Here are a few of them and the answers I have provided. I hope this is helpful for all! – Ellen Booth Church Trouble with Grasping
November 28,2015
“A to Z” of Reading For Your Children
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” –Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis There are thousand of wonderful ways to get your children to Reading. Some ways must be very common and obvious to you, while others may not. Let’s see how we can tea
Arranging Your “I LOVE LEARNING” Classroom The way you arrange your setting has a strong effect on children’s opportunities to fall in love with learning…and life. If you strictly control how children use space and spend time, you limit their chances to make decisions, and experiment with ma
August 07,2013
Setting Up Basic Learning Centres for Preschool – Part 1
(Guided By Prof. Ellen Booth Church) MATH-MANIPULATIVE CENTRE Your Math Centre is the place where children discover how math is much more than learning to count. And perhaps more importantly, they find out that math is actually useful and FUN! Too many children develop an early case of “math anxi
September 24,2012
The Scope and Sequence of Teaching Letters (Not in Alphabetical Order)
“Teaching the Letters and Sounds- A suggested guideline from Ellen Booth Church”A big question that is often asked is: Should you introduce letters to preschool children in the order in the alphabet? Interestingly the answer is usually “No”. This is because often the letters that are next to