Archive for March, 2009

Naturally Teaching Preschoolers Prepositions

Posted on March 17th, 2009 in *Preschool, *Toddler, Literacy

Teaching young children prepositions (over, under, behind, beside) is an important step in teaching them to follow directions. Children as young as one year old can learn prepostions when you make learning fun and natural.
Start by playing with your child. If he is playing with toy cars then pick a car up and put it [...]

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Disappearing Letters Activity

Posted on March 06th, 2009 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, Literacy

For this alphabet activity you will need a chalkboard and a small bowl of water.
Depending on what stage of literacy your child is at this activity can be used to teach letter recognition, sounds of letters and letter formation.
Have your child dip their finger into the bowl of water and help him write a letter [...]

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