Kinderpillar Blog – Page 15

November 21,2012

Transitions and emotional development in young children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar / parenting / school readiness
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When a young child moves from one stage to another many changes take place in regards to his emotional and physical development. These changes are called as Transitions. These transitions are very individual and are an essential part of growing up. It is very important to understand a child on socio

November 05,2012

Science in Preschools

By Arvinder Kaur
exploration time / Kinderpillar / school readiness / science / Thinking
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science

“Teacher, why the bubbles are not square?” “How come leaves turn yellow?” “Why do we water the seeds?” Preschool children are naturally very curious. The desire to know everything, explore, question and to investigate is a vital part of their existence. This sense of query lays the found

November 01,2012

Establishing Healthy Food Choices for Young Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Healthy Eating / Kinderpillar / parenting
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eating habits, healthy eating, parenting

The early years of childhood are the critical ones for developing life long eating habits and food preferences. During the age group 2 to 6 years, Children become very responsive to the external exposures like media advertisements of food items, fancy displays of candies and junk food in the markets

October 31,2012

Tattletale – Child’s Behaviour

The child obtains certain skills during the first years of his/her life. When grown up to a preschooler, your kid becomes more and more independent in daily routine activities like eating, going to washroom, doing basic cleaning up. The child is able to make a choice of the things he/she plays

October 26,2012

Learning Readiness

By Arvinder Kaur
Classroom Management / exploration time / Kinderpillar / school readiness / Thinking
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learning

According to the traditional system of education, the aim is to instruct and strengthen the commonly used abilities which are known as three R’s – read, write and arithmetic. A reading task could be a complex process altogether wherein the child needs to memorize the given information combin

October 26,2012

Types of Children – Lazy Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child Discipline / Child's wellbeing / parenting / Uncategorized
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child's psychology, Lazy children

The lazy children are not the same as uninterested children. Judy H. Wright, a parent educator and PBS consultant, says that there appear to be many factors which influence child’s activeness. The laziness of a child can be caused by stage of growth, hormones, hunger, motivation, lack of cle

October 17,2012

Types of Children – Sensitive Children

Do you get upset when the things don’t go the way you want them to? Do you feel sad when your relations with the people around are not being developed in a proper way? Your answers will be “Yes, I do”. Though being an adult you already know that life consists of ups and downs, [&he

October 16,2012

The Benefits of Imaginative Play

By Arvinder Kaur
exploration time / Kinderpillar / parenting
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blocks, play time, pretend play

“Imagination is more important than knowledge generally. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” – Albert Einstein How much do you play every day? Yes, you….! Ofte

October 12,2012

Readiness In Preschoolers- Part 2

Readiness in Preschool Children is basically categorized in three parts- 1. Reading Readiness 2. Writing Readiness 3. Math readiness What is Reading Readiness Reading readiness is a state of General Maturity which when reached, allows a child to learn to read without much difficulty and makes th

October 11,2012

Readiness In Preschoolers- Part 1

What is Readiness? Readiness means a level of physical and mental maturity at which the child is able to meet the requirements of the task with understanding, interest and relative ease and when he wants to do so. Factors Influencing Readiness 1. Physical Ability Large muscle skills Small muscle ski