Early Learning Resources

Category: Early Learning

Handwriting Skills: Neatness Counts!

October 10, 2006

Have you ever gotten a test back and you had lost marks because of messiness, or because the teacher couldn’t read some of what you […]

Listening Tips for Parents and Kids

May 10, 2006

“Why don’t you listen to me?” It’s a lament that’s often heard from children and their parents. Effective communication helps kids and parents develop confidence, […]

The Price of Your Child

March 29, 2006

Recently, a government agency calculated that the cost to middle-income parents to raise a child from birth to age 18 was $160, 140 (and that doesn’t […]

Top 10 Toys Announced by Testing Council

November 23, 2005

Toys that combine technology and tradition are among the top playthings rated for 2006 by the Canadian Toy Testing Council, a non-profit group that, for […]

The Myth of Learning Styles Part 2

October 6, 2005

Today’s thinking about learning styles reverses a logical process and tries to influence change in the student’s learning behaviour from outside the student. But, changes […]

The Myth of Learning Styles

October 3, 2005

The concept of a ’learning style’ is used to describe the preferred way, or process, that a student uses to identify and integrate information. In […]

Whole Language versus Phonics Part 2

September 30, 2005

Viewed from a holistic perspective Whole Language versus Phonics Part 1 When we throw away phonics as the first and primary method of decoding and […]

Whole Language versus Phonics

September 28, 2005

Viewed from a holistic perspective Whole Language versus Phonics Part 2 Whole Language versus Phonics is a subject engendering much discussion these days. Parents are […]