Mixing the internet and your kids has a bad reputation, but when done right, access to the internet can be game-changing for your child’s education. Here are a few of the ways that internet access can give your child an edge over their homework and boost their social development. Children with Special Needs Thrive Online …
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Talk more and more often with your children.
Talk more and more often with your children (ideally 21,000 words a day) A friend of my mother, who had her two girls when she was pretty old and after much suffering, addressed them in this way: – Hoooolaaaaa little princess! Achuchuchúuuu! But what a mooooonas. Achuchumooonas! Achuchuchuiiiiis! Aguguchuhitaaaaaaas! Apuchichichtaaas… How are you, apapachichititits? It …
Children learn what they see in their parents.
Children’s learning begins with observation. Children see what their parents do, behave, and learn those same behaviours; they acquire them in their repertoire, and they will repeat them in the future. Parents are the role model your child fixes on and by which he can develop healthy habits and behaviours. Children learn what they see in …
10 Apps for children with Down syndrome
Children with Down syndrome generally have slower learning than their peers. It takes them much longer to learn to talk and take care of themselves. However, they also tend to have better visual perception. Therefore, if pictograms, signs or signals support learning, it will be easier for them. Here is a selection of apps for …
Do you educate your children by example? Sure, I will thank you.
As Albert Einstein said, “educating by example is not a way to educate, it is the only way.” Children learn by imitation. The first to be copied in their actions and attitudes are the parents and family around them. Although we may not realize it, parents set an example for our children every day with …