Days of the Week and Months of the Year

April 10, 2012

In Kindergarten and First Grade, your child will explore many numbers in the world around her.  She will do calendar activities in her class to help learn the days of the week, and eventually the months of the year as well.  This may be one of your child’s first opportunities to explore how we keep […]

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Idiom of the Week: “Go fly a kite”

March 28, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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Introducing the Calculator

March 27, 2012

Children are often excited to learn how to use a calculator.  Many parents hesitate letting their child use a calculator, because they don’t want their child to rely on it for doing simple computations such as        4 + 2.  Of course, I am not suggesting that this would be a good use for a calculator, […]

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Joke: What kind of critters do secret agents like?

March 23, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to […]

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Idiom of the Week: “Hit the hay”

March 22, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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Exploring Volume

March 20, 2012

The volume of a 3-D solid is the space inside of it; that is, how many cubes of a certain size it would take to fill it.  For this reason, volume is measured in cubic units (ex: in3 or cm3).  Volume can be a very confusing concept to children.  If your child is learning about […]

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Joke: What’s black and white and red all over?

March 15, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to […]

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Idiom of the Week: “Heart of gold”

March 14, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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Even and Odd Numbers

March 13, 2012

Your Kindergartener or First Grader will learn about Even and Odd numbers.  Even numbers are numbers that can be divided equally into 2 groups, while Odd numbers cannot.  Children typically learn about Even and Odd numbers before they can actually count by 2’s, but knowing about Even and Odd numbers is an excellent springboard to […]

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Joke of the Week: What time do you go to the dentist?

March 8, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to […]

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