The majority of preschool children who stutter will grow out of it, but a wait-and-see approach can harm those who ultimately don't recover and set them back academically and socially, say Purdue University speech experts. "The recovery rate is high, about 50 percent for 4- and 5-year olds who...
A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE reports that the precision with which preschoolers estimate quantities, prior to any formal education in mathematics, predicts their mathematics ability in elementary school, according to research from the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Humans have an...
Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age. As the use of preschool child care increases and the prevalence of childhood obesity is at an all-time high, the opportunity to positively impact eating and exercise habits within this setting presents itself. A...
I am so stumped!
I need an activity that teaches toddlers about nutrition
BUT using homemade materials, nothing storebought
I was thinking of drawing and laminating different foods (good &bad) and attaching velcro
on the back so they would all have a turn at choosing a food (good or bad)
and...
Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are as tall as their U.S. counterparts but they're also heavier, according to a new study published in the online edition of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health. This represents a remarkable change from previous work showing Inuit infants began life with...
My child loves his daycare classes and his friends there but the teachers are constantly playing praise and worship music. Tonight my child, during evening playtime, started asking some very pointed questions about Heaven and dying, Hell and dying, and if Jesus would meet us there. Then my child...
today in school, I am the the teacher of 16 preschoolers. I am making a toilet paper police officer with them. for my introduction i have a police officer toy and i am going to say "does anybody know what we call someone who wears this?" and then they will say yes or no. but heres the...