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Preschool Articles

When Kids Cooperate -- Given a choice, preschoolers prefer cooperative activities to competitive ones. Indeed, Scott Scheer, an associate professor at Ohio State University, contends humans actually have a “cooperative imperative” – a desire to work with others toward mutual goals that can run the spectrum from conceiving a child to sending a rocket to the moon.
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Develop Your Child's Critical Thinking Skills -- 1. Encourage Questions. Don't answer every question, instead ask what do they think. Asking questions stimulates conversation between you and your child.
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Tips for Parents on Keeping Children Drug Free -- It may seem premature to talk about drugs with preschoolers, but the attitudes and habits that they form at this age have an important bearing on the decisions they will make when they are older.
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Make The Summer Fun And Educational For Your Kids! -- This article provides ideas for using the summer to reinforce what your children have learned during the school year and ways to prepare you child to go to school for the first time.
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20 Proven Ways to Keep Kids Busy When You Are, Too -- This article is for all stay at home parents who have a dream cooking away in their heart that they keep trying to squeeze in around the edges of parenting. First of all, fear not … it can be done!
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Basic Guide to Choosing Toys for Babies -- Choosing toys for babies is an important task that a parent must know how to deal with. This article is a sum up of the first 6 months in a baby's life also offering ideas of toys that would make a baby have lots of fun.
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Should My Baby Play Computer Games To Get Brighter? -- Babies playing computer games give the impression of sheer brilliance. And many parents even boast and show off their infant's superior intelligence once they can use the computer.
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Keep Preschoolers Cool about School -- The first day of school is a momentous occasion for parent and child. Excitement, tinged with uncertainty, fills the weeks before September.
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Diversity in Daycare Settings -- Daycare facilities that care for children in large groups can show great diversity among individual children. Children may be biracial, multiracial, bilingual, adopted or have special needs.
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The Foundation for Literacy Begins Early -- Children are amazing. They are born with the innate capacity to learn from everything they feel, see, and hear around them. Much like a tiny seed has the ability to become a beautiful plant if given the right conditions, children have unlimited potential if a solid foundation of literacy is laid-- the earlier, the better.
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