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Multiple Intelligences
Reading Aloud: Giving Children The Best Start
Reading aloud to young children and how it impacts on their cognitive development, has been the topic of extensive research worldwide. And the results are clear. Reading aloud to our children is the single most important activity we can do to help develop reading,...
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Education News Around The World
Education News Around The World are posts dedicated to bringing you some of the latest news in education from around the world. You will be able to read a summary of the articles and read the ones that interest you in full. This week’s news post brings some...
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The Power of Parental Play: Parents Making a Difference
Play with parents sets the stage for children’s ability to successfully play with peers. (Haight & Miller, 1992) As parents, we are all familiar with playing with our children. It can be an area however, that isn't always easy and not always easy to do well....
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Education News Around The World
Education News Around The World are posts dedicated to bringing you some of the latest news in education from around the world. Each week you’ll be able to read a summary of the news articles and read the ones that interest you in full. This week’s news post...
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Broadening the Definition of Intelligence
Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences. (Howard Gardner) By Guest Educator, Andrew Watson. He has been in education for 30 years and has worked in a number of countries....
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Stories Making The News
News Posts are dedicated to bringing you some of the latest news in education from around the world. Each week you’ll be able to read a summary of the news articles and read the ones that interest you in full. This week’s news post brings some interesting articles on...
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Cultivating a Love of Learning Through Play
The skills children learn through play in the early years set the stage for future learning and success from the kindergarten classroom to the workplace. (R.E.White - 2012) Lev Vygotsky (see post), claimed that play is a leading factor in a child's cognitive...
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How Difficult is it to Choose a Preschool?
This blog was inspired by my daughter when we started looking at preschools. It seems fitting therefore, for the first post to give you an insight into that story and how it gave rise to Minds of Wonder. How difficult is it to choose a preschool? Armed with my...
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How Do Our Preschoolers Think?
Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely. - Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Have you ever stopped yourself in your tracks as you remember...
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How Children Make Sense of the World Around Them
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. - Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Your preschooler is growing intellectually and making sense of the world around her. Have you ever wondered exactly how that development is taking place? In the second...
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