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3 ways to turn Garbage Day into recycling activities for kids

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Garbage day causes lots of excitement in homes with small children. Preschoolers and toddlers can often be found with faces pressed to windows or jumping up and down in delight as they watch those big trucks noisily shift from house to house. And, oh happy day, if the driver actually blows the horn! When parents think about activities for kids at home, most probably
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Parenting in the age of smart phones, Ipads, Ebooks, and mobile apps for kids

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Nearly eight years ago, every employee-owner at Kindermusik International received an iPod with the engraving: “This changes everything. The potential is endless.” Over the years, we’ve experienced many changes in technology, music and early childhood education, parenting, and their connections to each other. Smart phones, tablet devices, and eReaders—and iPods—did not permeate the everyday routines and rituals of the average family when we handed
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4 family-friendly songs for English Language Learners

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” At Kindermusik, we like to say it this way: “Every child speaks music.” As a child’s first and best teacher, parents of young ELL students can use the universal language of music to help teach English to their children. Why use music with ELL students? Research shows that music can be an effective
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The Top 10 Benefits of Enrolling in Kindermusik

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With so many choices out there for young children, we thought we’d try to help make the decision a little easier by sharing our top 10 benefits of enrolling in Kindermusik. Benefit #1: Kindermusik gives your child that unique head start you’ve been looking for – musically, cognitively, and academically. Benefit#2: Kindermusik inspires a love of music from an early age with songs, instruments,
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FOL Fridays – Creativity: It’s In All of Us

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Creativity isn’t a trait that some people have and others don’t.  It’s a way of using your mind and body as you engage in a task that has no prescribed approach.  In the creative process, your ideas, feelings, skills, and knowledge flow together in innovative ways, allowing you to make or learn something new.” (“Creative Minds at Play” in Scholastic Parent & Child Dec./Jan.
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Quiet Time – Good for Your Child’s Brain Development

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In our busy lives, it’s vital to find time to simply do nothing. This downtime is physically necessary for your child’s brain to process the learning that occurs during structured activities and interactions. Plus, helping your baby learn to relax will serve him well as he encounters the inevitable stresses of the world. Inspiring relaxation and quiet times together Your baby: Bring you baby into
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ESL Activities for Kids Inspired by Kindermusik@Home

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Can farm animals and a bear aid oral language skills development, fluency, and vocabulary development in English Language Learners? Yes—especially when featured in Kindermusik@Home! ESL activities for kids that support: Oral language skills and fluency The “Wake Up!” Game featured in the Good Morning, Good Night! unit of ABC English & Me is a fun ESL activity for kids and parents to do together.
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10 summer-friendly literacy activities for parent involvement in education

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Ask a child to define “summer slide” and responses may include descriptions of the tunnel slides at the local park, the indoor slide at the restaurant down the street, or maybe the water slide at the pool. Ask an early childhood educator, however, and the response would probably include an explanation of what can happen to the early literacy skills of a child who
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