2007 May | Preschool Education & Everything Preschool

Key Phrases That Teach Children Manners

May 30

Manners are something that we all want our kids to have and something which can be very elusive to teach. We all know a well-mannered child when we see one but it can be difficult to identify exactly what it means for a child to have good manners, especially at different stages of development and in varying social circumstances. While there are many different things which go into learning manners, these are the basic phrases that your child should be able to use appropriately in any situation to have the basics of good manners:

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Tips For Making Nap Time A Good Time

May 26

There comes a time in every child’s life (really, there comes in time in every day for most young children) when she needs a nap and doesn’t want to take one. Kids don’t like naps. They feel like they’re missing out on the world of adults when they have to lie down and take a nap. But they are obviously happier and healthier when they’ve napped enough. So how do you go about making nap time more fun for your children so that they get the sleep they need and you can get your rest?

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Your Child Learns Anger Management From You

May 25

As soon as your child is old enough to feel the emotion of anger, you are going to start wondering how to help her learn anger management skills. There will be books to read, counseling classes to take and plenty of friends and acquaintances to get advice from about the best methods of making sure your child learns how to control her anger. These tools are all important; but in the end, your child is going to learn how to control her anger by watching how you control yours. Modeling positive anger management is the best method of making sure your child learns how to behave appropriately when she gets mad.

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Why Preschools Have Circle Time

May 24

Nearly every preschool program that there is has a circle time. This is the time when the entire class sits together in one large circle and engages in a group activity. It’s a fun time and something which most kids look forward to during their preschool days. But why is that all preschools have this circle time? Basically, circle time allows teachers to better manage their classrooms and teach broad topics to a large number of kids while allowing children to learn important social skills in the classroom.

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Benefits of Children Attending Preschool

May 19

Whether or not to send a child to preschool can be one of the most difficult decisions that a parent makes in the early years of a child’s development. There are so many concerns to think about and issues to address. Parents not only have to think about the pros and cons for the child but also have to consider the needs of the family as a whole and the desires of parents in terms of their own work and other commitments which might lead to the necessity of preschool for the family’s children. (more...)

How To Teach Children To Remember Their Phone Number

May 19

As a responsible parent, you probably want to make sure that you teach your child to be able to recite your home phone number as early as you possibly can. While we would all like to hope that our children will never have any occasion to need to use their home phone number, we also want to err on the side of caution in making sure that our children are kept safe. (more...)

How To Not Raise Picky Eaters

May 5

Some kids are just naturally picky eaters, a fact which can be frustrating for parents and other adults in a child’s life to cope with. It can be difficult to make sure that kids are getting healthy food if they’re picky eaters and the whole process of mealtime can become something of a chore. But you don’t have to let your kids become picky eaters and you can help them get less picky if they’re just naturally that way.

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Does Teaching Children About Strangers Keep Them Safe?

May 2

There was a time when learning about “stranger danger” was practically a part of growing up. Public service announcements, classes in schools and parents across the nation feared that their kids were going to be abducted by strangers and felt that teaching them about the dangers of strangers was crucial to keeping them safe. That’s no longer the case today because adults have come to realize that much of the harm that comes to kids happens at the hands of people who aren’t strangers at all. But there’s still that bit of danger which comes with not teaching kids about the risks of associating with strangers. So how do we handle this problem in the modern world?

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