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What parents needs to know about play and why it’s important
How play promotes healthy child development has been well researched. However, play is so hard to define! There are lots of different types of play and like other areas of development, it develops in stages. Play is so important for the development of lots of real-life skills. It is crucial for parents to know about play and understand why it’s so important for kids. Play can be as simple as an adult playing a tickling game or peek-a-boo with a baby. On the other end of the scale, play could involve a group of children organizing a pretend situation where each takes a role. They might solve imaginary problems together,…
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5 Powerful Ways to Improve Your Child’s Vocabulary
In this post, I will show you 5 powerful ways to improve your child’s vocabulary to set them up for success in school and life! Did you know that the size of your child’s vocabulary as they enter school can be used to predict their academic success years later? It’s a crucially important area! Having a strong vocabulary will help your child to learn to read more easily, as well as to engage with all areas of the curriculum (even subjects like math and science are dependent on a strong language foundation!) And it’s not all about academics- it will help them socially, too. You could say that there is…
