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Thinking Skills & Learning Styles for Ages 3-5

Thinking Skills & Learning Styles for Ages 3-5

 

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7 Ways to Promote Play and Prepare Your Toddler for School
Read and sing together. This will build her vocabulary, language, and communication skills. Count everything. Whether
Many Kinds of "Gifted"
Find out if your child is gifted even if he's not an academic superstar.
Think About It: Critical Thinking
Use these tips to encourage your child’s critical thinking skills.
Let's Investigate!
by Ellen Church
Spark interest in science with these seven steps to successful studies.
How Is Your Child Smart?
What teachers know about using multiple intelligences to help children learn.
How Your Child Learns to Problem-Solve
Your preschooler is figuring out what things are, why things are, and how things work. Here's what you can do to support this process.
Snacktime to Bedtime
Personal experiences and routines help preschoolers form an understanding of time.
Clock Connections
by Ellen Church
Kindergartners begin to recognize and become aware of time.
So Many Questions
by Bill Zimmerman
Encouraging your child to ask lots of questions helps her become a stronger thinker.
Let's Invent Something Together!
by Ellen Church
When you encourage creativity and problem-solving, you help your child develop skills that can be applied to everything she does.
4 Ways to Help Your Child Focus
Does it seem like your child has trouble paying attention? It's normal — but you can help.
Understanding Learning Styles
Does your child prefer words or things? Does she invent stories or stick to the facts? Encourage her unique approach.
Total Recall
Help your child learn more efficiently by understanding how his memory works.
Preschool Thinking Skills
Playing and reading with your child is a perfect way to spend time together — and build abstract thinking skills at the same time.

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