Parenting Skills and Tools for Teaching Children During the Foundational Years (0 to 6 years Old)

 

Intro Session (1 Hour on-line): Parenting 0 to 6 year olds 

Overview of:

• Child Development

• Progressive: Math, Language, Science, Geography, Botany, Sensory Development, Practical Life skills, Art Progression, etc.

• Sensitive Periods: how to expedite learning for your child

• Good, Better and Best: educational materials, toys, games, etc.

• Montessori Method, Centers and Learning Progression and How to set up an educational area in your home for next to no money!

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Setting Up An Educational Environment At Home:

• Education Materials: Good, Better, Best and Cost Effective

• Educational Spaces: Inside and Out

• Sequence of Learning 

• What Is Age Appropriate: 0-1, 2-3, 3-6

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Practical Life Skills

• Developing: an orderly way of thinking, self-awareness, confidence, self-control, respect for people, nature and things around them

• Honing Large and Fine Motor Skills

• Care of Self, Environment and Care of Others: safety, manners, sharing, courtesy, voice control and care for people and things 

• Instilling a Love Of Learning and Fostering Creative Thinking

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1 or 2 Day Workshops Available On-line or In Person

 

Session 1: Child Brain and Sensory Development - 

A Strong Foundation For Skilled Learning

• Child Development Stages and Learning

• Child Brain Develop and How You Can Help

• Strong Senses / Better Learning: Visual, Auditory, Tactile, Taste, Olfactory

• Emotional Development

• Social Development

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Session 2: Language - Key Steps to Reading and Writing

• The Easy and Fun Path to Language Development 

• Fostering Self Confidence and Early Reading

• Maximizing Vocabulary Earlier 

• Teaching Phonetics: How, When, Where and What Materials

• Materials: Good, Better, Best and The Most Cost Effective

• Steps To Teaching Your Child How to Write

• Maximizing the 'Sensitive Period' for Language Development

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Session 3: Math - Symbol and Quantity, Decimal Values, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Fractions

• Concrete Teaching Techniques for Math 

• Learning Math Made Fun and Easier

• Setting Up For Independ Learning Between Lessons

• Teaching: 1 to 1000, decimal system, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions

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Session 4: History - Sequencing, Timelines and more 

• Teaching Concepts of Time and History

• Teaching How to Tell Time: of the day, month, year, seasons, etc.

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Session 5: Geography and Topography

• Concrete Teaching Methods for Child Understanding the formation of the World Around Them: Their seen world and beyond

• Teaching Land Formations and Topography

• Cultural Studies- Fostering Curiosity and the study of human societies world-wide, Countries, Cities, People Groups, and more.

 

Session 6: Teaching Higher Learning and Awareness 

• Physics- matter, motion, energy, force, etc.

• Astronomy- space, universe 

• Botany-study plants, identifying their parts and growing food

• Zoology- study animals, their parts and habitats

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Session 7: Science, Physics and Astronomy 

• Fostering Deeper Thought Processes

• Cause and Effect: Motion, Gravity and More

• Learning Activism Inside and Outside

• Fun Family Time for Learning Time

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Session 8: Fostering Creative Thinking Through Music, Art and Movement

• Fostering A Love For Music While Keeping a Handle on Volume Levels

• Early Childhood Art Development Stages with Techniques To Foster Self Esteem and Creativity

• Physical Education Ideas for Large Motor Skill Development

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*Best Option: All Inclusive 8 Session Package

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*Workshops available on-line or in person, call or email for rates

*We offer individual and group rates (we also offer scholarships)