Kinderpillar Blog – Page 7

October 10,2017

“Safe and Secure”- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

“Reducing stress and establishing a positive emotional climate in the classroom is arguably the most essential component of teaching,” -Mariale Hardiman, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education. As a parent or teacher you want the children to feel safe and secure in your pre

September 29,2017

Hygiene in Preschool Children- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Hygiene and health / parenting
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As parents and teachers of young children are well aware that the close proximity of children and hands-on materials in their setting can expose children to many new germs. Preschool and kindergarten children’s immune systems are not fully developed making them more susceptible to infection. Most

September 19,2017

Adventures in Circle Time- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / Classroom Management / Education / literacy
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“Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” —American Educator, John Dewey Whether you are a teacher or a parent…you know the value of gathering your family/community together to share news, play with ideas, sing a song and be creative together. You might be sitting

August 29,2017

Back to School – Literacy Transitions- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / Child's wellbeing / Classroom Management / Education / Kinderpillar / literacy / school readiness
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Transition time is also Language and Literacy Time! It is the perfect time to introduce, explore and practice the literacy skills you teach throughout the day. In fact, these mini-language lessons can be an essential part of your program. They provide children with the opportunity to apply the skill

August 02,2017

Building Language and Literacy with Art- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” ~Albert Einstein Art is a language. It is a way to express thoughts, words, and feelings. The process of making art allows us […]

July 26,2017

Poetry Power- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / Classroom Management / Education / Kinderpillar / literacy / Multiple Intelligence / music / parenting / school readiness
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Your young child probably loves to play with sounds, words and rhymes. It is one of the best ways for him to learn the language and listening skills needed for reading and writing. Let’s Play with Poetry! Preschoolers and young students find words, sounds, and rhythms delicious. Nonsense rhymes, f

July 24,2017

Gardening with Preschool Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / Kinderpillar / parenting / Questioning / Thinking
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“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul”. — Alfred Austin Preschool children are naturally curios and they require direct sensory experience rather than a fixed conceptual generalization give

July 03,2017

Tips for Traveling with Young Children- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

The summertime often brings travel. How can you make your travel both educational and fun? Read on for some suggestions from Prof. Ellen Booth Church. “Are we there yet?” Travel can be a difficult concept for your young child to understand. His understanding of time and space is based in the �

April 06,2017

How to Help Your Child Deal with Pressure from Peers- Prof. Ellen Booth Church

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / parenting / school readiness
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As adults we are well aware of the experience of “peer pressure”. Perhaps you experienced it in school, at work or even at home. But did you know that even young children might experience peer pressure from time to time? In the early years that pressure is mostly related to making and keeping fr

March 01,2017

Celebrating A Child’s Sense of Beauty

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / exploration time / parenting
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As we move into Springtime we are surrounded by the beauty of flowers that bloom at this time of the year. Does your child notice the new flowers? Does he want to pick them for you? Does she want to smell them, touch them. Children often notice the beauty of the smallest flower that we […]