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When it comes to early childhood education there are a few critical mistakes that parents make. By not doing these mistakes, it is possible to really aid the advancement and development of your child. Not reading to your children If you don't read to your child, you miss out on several benefits. The first one being that you don't get the quality time that reading to your children will afford you. Irrespective of how many educational books you purchase for your child if you're not involved in reading with them, they will generally not benefit that much. Educators who have worked with children on a daily basis say that parents should be reading to their children at least twenty minutes a day. It doesn't matter what you read to your children as long as you're reading to them. The benefits of this will show later on in your child's life. Not regulating their television use The second mistake concerns the watching of television. Many parents let their childr...

Early learning has been recognized as an integral part of child rearing for some time now - and with the advent of the internet, it has only become more and more important. Children need to be prepared for the life when they enter school. The problem is that a lot of parents do not know much about it or are skeptical of it - preferring their children to develop at a natural pace and not wanting to interfere. However, this is not true - children need to be nurtured from a young age and they need all the support their parents are able to give them. 1. Better Test Scores It has been shown time and time again that starting your child's education early will benefit their test scores when they start school. Test scores might not be the greatest test of intelligence, but they do mean a lot in school and for any advancement in life as they are looked at everywhere. Beginning your child on an educational journey is one of the steps you can take to ensure that their future is bright...

Parents are their child’s first and most important teachers. There is so much to learn about and it is quite interesting. So here are some snippets that are relevant and easy to remember: • Children who are read to do better in school and have better vocabularies • The “book” language that children hear helps them understand more complicated language • Encourage your child to keep a diary. Children who keep a diary are better writers • Reading cereal boxes is good training for reading and the colorful format is quite appealing to children • Very young babies can distinguish their Mom’s voice over others at a really early age • Research shows that if a child watches more than eleven hours of television a week, it equates to a drop in a child’s academic achievement • The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend television or computer use for children under that age of two and limited TV viewing, computer use and video games for children under the age of six • Ma...

Many parents report feeling overwhelmed trying to help their children learn to read. The child who loved stories as a toddler and preschooler suddenly may seem at risk of never picking up a book again. How do parents make the link between the comfort and happiness of the bedtime story tradition to completing reading homework from school? Here are a few tips for creating a positive experience. 1. Keep reading time fun and fast . Books that come home from school for practice do not have to be read entirely by the child, and the session length is best kept to less than half an hour, based on your child’s body language. Share the reading by alternating pages. The parent is able to model how good reading sounds. The child will hear and mimic the way the words fall together into natural phrases and use expression and tone appropriately. Not only will the time fly, but your child will have a better understanding of the story as a result of being happily engaged in its telling. 2....