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Preschool prep with a fun Amazon deal! Scoot on over to Amazon where you can score this Educational Insights Shelby’s Snack Shack Game for only $13.60 (regularly $21.99)! Made to prepare your little one for preschool, this game helps teach your little one numbers and counting by helping Shelby the plug collect her bones. They’ll also be developing strategic thinking and fine motor skills. Play with your little ones and watch them light up as they fill their dog bowl with the number of bones they spun. The person with the most bones wins! If you’re looking for a way...

Exploring creative play at an early age encourages critical thinking and confidence. “She is so creative, she just loves to draw!” “He is so good at building, he’ll be a great engineer,” said my children’s teachers in their first week of preschool and daycare.  There is a common misconception that a child is deemed “creative” when they are good at art or drawing. And as many of us experience with our own children, these labels are often gender-based. Girls are “good at art”, boys are “good at building” According to Unicef, even though girls and boys are equally enthusiastic about...

BACK TO SCHOOL: A parent’s guide to K-12 school successAVOID THE SCHOOL CULTURE WARS A parent’s guide to K-12 school success click on pictureWhat Schools Can Do To Support Parents Recognize that all parents, regardless of income, education or cultural background, are involved in their children's learning and want their children to do well. Design programs that will support families to guide their children's learning,from preschool through high school. Develop the capacity of school staff and families to work together. Link activities and programs for families to improving student learning. Focus on developing trusting and respectful relationships among staff and...

Are you wondering what is rhyming or why teaching rhyming is important for young learners? Or perhaps you are just looking for some free printable rhyming worksheets or hands-on rhyming activities and rhyming games for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Let us help you understand what rhyming is and why it is so important in early literacy, plus lots of fun […] The post Teaching Rhyming – Why It Is Important For Young Learners? appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

If the polls are right, Grace Thompson speaks for a plurality of Inland Empire voters. “(People) want a good economy before all the other things that they want to do,” said Thompson, a 57-year-old court reporter from Riverside’s Orangecrest neighborhood. “People want to be able to pay less to put gas in their tank (and pay) less at the grocery store. A lot of our leaders are looking at other things and not that.” But if pollsters are off, the average voter might sound more like Leila Moshref-Danesh. “In my mind, whether I pay $2.99 or $4.99 a gallon is...