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Author :: Marilynn McLachlan  |
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| Article Title :: Is Your Preschooler Gifted? |
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| Giftedness is being identified with increasing frequency as more people come to understand what giftedness is.
Most children will be identified as gifted during the school years, but gifted children are ‘different’ than the norm, even from the youngest age.
While there are many checklists and observational scales to help identify preschool giftedness, there are ten key behaviours that most gifted preschoolers will display.They need little sleep!
While many people think that toddlers need to sleep twelve hours a night, research confirms that most babes will wake up several times a night – this is normal!For parents of a gifted preschooler, the pressures are even (read full article) |
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Author :: Michael Losier |
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| Article Title :: Parents, Learn How to Teach Law of Attraction to Your 10-Year-Old or Your Teenager |
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| Recently, on my seven-city cross-Canada seminar tour I was asked by my Calgary sponsor if I would speak to her group, her son's group. I said yes. What I didn't know was her son's group was a group of 10-year-olds in a grade three class in Alberta.On the way to the school, I designed my presentation. Given this was the first time I had taught Law of Attraction to non-adults, part of my NLP training (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) told me I needed to talk to the children at their level, make it fun and get them to participate.When teaching adults, I use words like manifestation, vibrations, synchronicity, serendipity, and coincidence. So what words could I use that children wo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Troy Rutter |
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| Article Title :: Get Your Child In The Movies |
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| With the success of such films as “Harry Potter,” “Spy Kids” and the “Chronicles of Narnia,” more and more youngsters are turning to their parents and asking if they can make movies like the kids they see on the screen. Becoming a child actor or actress is not something to be taken lightly, and there is a lot for the children - and their parents - to learn.As a parent, your first duty is to make sure your child is happy and well-adjusted. You have probably heard the horror stories of over-zealous stage parents hoarding all of their child’s money, or even the stereotypical “child star” terrorizing the set. While some parents and children fail to handle success very (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Marsh Kaminsky |
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| Article Title :: My Two Year Old Got Hooked On Phonics |
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| When my son was in nursery school he raised his hand to get his teacher's attention."Yes, Daniel?"Daniel pointed to the word "Conneticut" written on the blackboard and said, "You spelled Connecticut wrong." She looked at the board and realized he was right."Daniel, how did you know it was wrong?" asked the perplexed teacher."It's because I have a young and powerful brain!" Daniel triumphantly replied.His teacher contacted me by phone shortly thereafter, told me what Daniel had said, and asked me how he could possibly know about the misspelled word."I told her that when he was almost two years old, I started to teach him how to read.She was (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Soli Katir |
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| Article Title :: Tough Time Deciding on a Name for Your Baby? Get the Top 1000 baby names ebook |
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| The conversation went something like this:“Hey honey, when we get pregnant, how about if we name our baby Jack, if it’s a boy?” The husband responded, that no, he indeed did NOT like that name. As time went by, they acquired a cat. They were having a hard time finding a name for the male feline. Finally the husband just said, “You like the name Jack so well, let’s give that name to the cat. Because I am NOT having a son named Jack.”So the couple went happily on their way, enjoying the newlywed life and their new cat, Jack.After a bit of time passed, the happy couple learned they were expecting a bundle of joy to be born later that year. They began the over (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Paul W Wilson |
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| Article Title :: Gaming: Parental Guidelines |
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| The onus of minimizing the effects and ensuring that children receive a rounded upbringing falls on parents. It is important to introduce character building activities and to censor games, ensuring suitability.• Study guidelines established by the Entertainment Software Board. They indicate suitability for different age groups. Read the content label which will summarize the game, this will serve as an appropriateness guideline.• Know your child. If you find any signs of being unsettled withdraw games that cause this change in behavior. Introduce games that titillate the imagination and make use of the mind. Avoid violence and aggression.• Visit www.ESRB.com thi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Ian Tham |
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| Article Title :: 7 Vital Tips to Stimulate Learning in Children |
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| Here are 7 tips to foster learning in your child.
1. Nothing motivates a child more than a reward. Reward them for their achievement. Know what your child likes. Use it as a carrot to spur them to greater heights. It doesn't have to cost a lot. An inexpensive toy would heighten his interest too.
2. When you begin to teach a child, you can use games as a starting point to entice him. For example, scrabble and Hangman are games that will teach them spelling and yet provides so much fun for the children. Later you take a step further and introduce him to more discipline learning. Math Games features some games you could play to teach little kids about numbers.
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Shannon Miller |
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| Article Title :: Being a Stay at Home Mom and Feeling Good About It |
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| In this day and time when someone asks me “What do you do for a living?” or asks you “Where do you work?” My answer was always I stay at home with my kids. I would always think badly of myself just by the responses that I would get. Or the dreaded oh. I always felt ashamed of being a stay at home mom. I felt that others thought of me as a lazy person and lazy I was not.That feeling stayed with me for a long time. Then I started thinking about if I was working outside of the home look at all the things in my children’s lives that I would have missed. Someone else would have got to share these things with my children. I thought there is no way that I would want some else to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Barbara Desmarais |
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| Article Title :: How Can I Stop My Children From Fighting? |
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| For some of us who grew up with siblings we have vivid memories of how our parents handled fighting. Some of us remember always being the one who was blamed; others remember everyone being punished regardless of who the instigator was and some of us remember our parent getting so angry, the fighting only escalated.If we study the behavior of a variety of different species in nature, we can clearly see the root of sibling rivalry. In essence the cause is competition for limited or scarce resources. In a family, each child has the need and desire for the EXCLUSIVE love of his/her parent. Children depend on us for everything - food, shelter and the very important need to feel SPECI (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Seth Cohen |
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| Article Title :: Memories of My Parent's Divorce - Part 1 - My Childhood |
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| This article is about my childhood memories of my parent’s divorce. It was not a nasty divorce, but a divorce is a divorce. No matter if it is an ugly divorce or a peaceful one, it is never pleasant to go through.My mother is from Long Island and my father is from Charleston. My mom moved down to Charleston and they got married. I was born on March 6, 1991, in Charleston, South Carolina. I am an only child; I enjoyed all of the attention I got, and not having anyone to take it from me.When I was about 4 years old, my parents separated. The divorce was a peaceful one, unlike other divorces that become ugly. Both my mom and dad both agreed that it would be best to get divorc (read full article) |
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