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The Food Guide Pyramid for young children (view pyramid) was designed by the US Dept. of Agriculture to promote healthy nutrition in children from the age of 2 - 6 years. It is meant to be a general guide to daily food choices. From: keepkidshealthy.com
Results showed kids were more than twice as likely to re-ask their question after a non-explanation compared with a real answer. From: livescience.com Tags: education
Enroll your toddlers in summer programs at local museums. In large cities such as New York or Los Angeles, you will have access to children’s museums, which are already in themselves a great way to learn and have fun at the same time. In smaller cities, museums may have a specialized children’s program running alongside adults’ workshops or lectures. From: associatedcontent.com
You want your child to have positive associations with reading, so if you are feeling tense or your child is resisting, consider setting the book aside and returning to it later. From: kidshealth.org
Studies show that kids with active exposure to language have social and educational advantages over their peers — and reading is one of the best exposures to language. From: kidshealth.org Tags: education
Teaching colors may be somewhat more difficult if your toddler is color-blind (1 in 12 males are, 1 in 1000 females are). Be alert to your toddler confusing the same two colors over time such as red/green, lime-green/yellow, brown/red. Even if your tot has colorblindness, you can usually still teach colors, because most "colorblindness" isn’t for ‘all’ colors. From: wikihow.com Tags: education, colorblind
Encourage your child to repeat what you say or comment on it. Provide models of interesting questions and examples of possible answers. "I wonder what is going to happen next? I think the rabbit will get lost because he is not paying attention to where he is going. What do you think?" From: National Education Association
Purchase foreign language cassettes and videos. It is much easier for toddlers to pick up other languages at this age than it will be later on. From: brainy-child.com Tags: learning, education, toddler
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If possible, arrange to observe the teaching in your child’s classroom. Afterward, talk with the teacher about what you saw and how it fits with your hopes for your child and your child’s needs.
Tell the teacher if you think your child needs special help and about any special family situation or event that might affect your child’s ability to learn.