Play and Brain Growth, Homework Help, Literacy Struggles, and More!
Why Play is So Crucial for Brain Growth
Play, sensory learning, and imaginative activities are so much more important than just to keep little ones occupied. It's actually a crucial way that children learn most socio-emotional skills, language and other cognitive aptitudes, and executive functioning skills. Here's a look at how children can hone these skills in play by age/phase.
It might seem like just a trendy word that describes a blend of entertainment and education, but as this article explains, lots of parents are turning to "edutainment" to help foster their little ones' education and development so that they feel engaged and excited to learn. This term can apply to anything that mixes learning with entertainment, such as educational TV shows and performance activities.
Recent data demonstrates that more and more children K-12 are reading below grade level in the U.S. Further, the data suggests that adults are also struggling with literacy skills at a substantially increased level than in the past. Read on to find out more about this alarming trend and the details around what the data shows for our reading skills.
No matter the subject matter, if you're curious where to seek assistance in finding help for your child's homework assignments or even for tutoring, here is a list of resources specifically curated for elementary-aged students.
It may seem like, because of their natural inclination to pull away and not listen to you, you have no influence in your teen's life anymore, and this can feel disheartening, especially when it comes to learning and academic motivation. But new research indicates that a parent's influence to reignite a love of learning and spark other pursuits to achieve is still higher than those of peer influence at this age - even when it feels like it's not! Read more in this great article to see how you can encourage a love of learning again in your adolescent.
A recent study demonstrates that a teenager's cell phone use is not influenced as much as limitations and rules placed as it is by their parents' own phone use. These findings prove useful for both doctors and parents alike who aim to teach healthy boundaries when it comes to screens.
The School Perception Gap Between Parents and Kids
An interesting recent study found that there is a significant gap between parents' perception of how well their child is learning in school and how much they are enjoying it versus the reality of more disengagement than parents think. The study also concluded that this perception gap increases the older a child gets. Read on to find out why this gap in understanding is crucial for educators and administrators to grasp in order to move forward with better parent communication.
