Teaching your preschooler kindness might seem like a small feat, but it is much more challenging than you might think. Although they are born with some sense of empathy, you must work with them to develop it. If not, you run the risk of spending a lot of time at your child's preschool apologizing for his or her actions. To help you avoid this unfortunate consequence, here are a few tips you can use.
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To a child, the world should be a wonder. This is obvious when they attend school and energetically marvel at all the wonderful things they learn in kindergarten. As they parent, however, you need make sure this learning process continues during their summer vacation.
Here are some learning games you can use with your kindergartener this summer to help them prepare for first grade.
Numerical Foodie
In first grade, most students learn how to add and subtract.
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Those who run daycare facilities realize just how important it is to have a structured day planned out for all of the children who attend. Without this structure, chaos is likely going to ensue simply because of the sheer amount of children and the vast age differences amongst them. Thankfully the daycare workers realize this, so they take the time to create a program for the children to follow and participate in each day.
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Even the best changes in life can be challenging at first. Think about your first few days in a new house or when you started a new job, and you can quickly start empathizing with how children must feel when starting daycare. Yes, the daycare is a lot of fun, and it will help enrich their lives in many ways. However, the newness of the experience of child care services can intimidate kids at first.
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What is your child learning at daycare? When you drop your child off at the center, you know that the loving teachers will supervise and care for her. But that's not all. Child care centers are also places where early learning happens. Even though it might seem like your little one is spending the day building with blocks, finger painting, and doing all sorts of activities that you would think of as simple child's play, she's actually developing essential skills that will help her now and later on.
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