Kids, Media And The 5 Most Recommended Cartoons
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Media can do two items to your child, great or bad. If managed effectively, media can educate our kids in their most vulnerable age as they are growing. All the things they understand in their younger years can and may perhaps stay till they grow old. Often, these factors dictate their behaviors and how they handle their parents.

What do you think is the reason why there are children who are so violent when they undergo tantrums? They tend to hurt everyone they see, especially their weaker peers. It’s in media. What they see on TV, for instance violence can make them think that it’s a good thing. And without anybody teaching them about it, it will affect their lives. Sometimes it will show on their later years.

So where do parents start their job to preempt these impending danger? It all begins in controlling media in the household. May it be TV, radio, comic books and even computers; we have to get hold of them. It’s only the first step. Next, parents should also choose the right shows for their kids. We parents should become some kind of a filtering machine and regulate the stuff our children … READ MORE ...

The Role of ELearning in the Education of Gifted Kids
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Which child do you think has the greatest educational needs; a gifted student or a student with a learning disability? Most people will instinctively opt for the child with a learning disability. However, the gifted student often has just as many educational needs. These needs are not always recognized or, in some cases, are dealt with inappropriately.

For example, in an average mixed ability class, a teacher assigns a task which the majority of students should complete at roughly the same time. The gifted student will complete the assignment way ahead of the rest of the class and then want other things to do while his or her classmates finish. The teacher may assume that the gifted student should be able to organize their own time until the rest of the class has caught up. However, this makes a number of assumptions. First, that the teacher has, through appropriate training or experience, recognized the child is gifted, and second, that the student doesn’t want any more feedback from, or dialog with the teacher.

Not all gifted children allow their superior skills to be apparent. A teacher may have no idea that they have a gifted student in their … READ MORE ...

Fall Activities For Your Home School Kids
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Fall is a perfect time to introduce a variety of different activities to your home school curriculum. The change of seasons can be very exciting and for children the learning opportunities are limitless. The fall season introduces a change in weather, harvest time and an array of celebratory days that any child will enjoy learning about. Integrating seasonal aspects into your home schooling will provide for a refreshing learning experience.

The autumn season is characterized by the change in weather to shorter days and cooler temperatures. This is an excellent time to teach children about the change of seasons and the earth’s movement and the solar system in general. You can purchase or create your own charts which show the movement of the earth in relation to the sun. As the earth rotates certain parts of the world receive more direct sunlight than others which explains the seasons. Homeschooling allows for flexibility so you can show your children the change in the sun’s intensity at sunset by making it a daily fall activity. Taking pictures of a particular spot and the change of the sun’s brightness is an interesting interactive way to engage your children in the fall … READ MORE ...

Coping With the Pressure of Keeping Kids Ahead

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All parents want to see their children get a head start in their life. With more and more knowledge being required to be learned and retained by children in the modern age, the pressures of keeping your child ahead of the game can easily take a toll on the parent and also the child.

As communities become more segregated between selective and public schooling, parent know that from an early age, they must teach their children how to learn and become quick and effective learners. Without the proper advice, this can easily lead to excessive stress on the child without additional or visible benefit. In many modern countries, children are exposed to high number or hours spent under additional tuition, in the hope that this will excel them to the top of their class.

It is important to provide not just an education to them with academic skills, but to also train them with good eye to hand coordination. This should not be just involving computer games and modern methods where they interact only with themselves, but parents should aim to get their children outside and involved in team sports, or activities such as camping. Learning skills which … READ MORE ...

Homeschooling should be available to every child, because it benefits them in numerous ways. Some view home schooling as too extreme. Others see it as an alternative to public and private education. Homeschooling provides children with a better education than any public or private school ever could. It can be individually customized for each child’s needs. Whether a child has a learning disability or is far ahead of those her age, homeschooling can be tailored to help her achieve success. Homeschooling makes families stronger. Homeschooled children perform better academically than their publicly and privately schooled counterparts. Study after study has shown homeschoolers score higher on standardized tests than those from institutional places of education. Whatever the reasons for the decision to homeschool, the benefits for the child and his family are enormous.

It Is About The Children

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Homeschooling can be individually customized for each child’s needs. In public schools, there has been a push for “mainstreaming” students. What this has really done is to put children with learning disabilities right back into situations for which they are not equipped to deal. If a child has attention problems, the over-crowded and over-stimulating classroom can be a nightmare. Homeschool is the perfect option for him. … READ MORE ...