This holiday season, I gained a lesson in perspective.
My 11 year-old has an iTouch, which she graciously shares with her little sisters. Until recently, when one of my four year-olds would ask, “Where is my iTouch?” I would shudder—how indulgent it sounded! I mean, a four year-old with an iTouch…how ostentatious! I would die if [...]
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She has a very strong grasp of the letters and their sounds and is able to work her way through sounding out some words. She is very excited to be able to look at a book and see more than just letters jumbled on the page.
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The cost of a high quality pre-kindergarten program is $12,000 per year…putting quality pre-kindergarten out of reach for most middle class families with young children
High Tech Toddlers
January 7th, 2010Kindergarten Readiness
September 22nd, 2009Kindergarten Readiness
When talking about Pre K Scholars, many moms ask me, “How old does my child have to be to do this program?”
The short answer is that the Pre K Scholars curriculum primarily serves children who will be entering kindergarten the following fall, so I encourage moms to look at our program as a kindergarten [...]
Budget Cuts
September 14th, 2009The new school year has officially started—last week marked the beginning of sixth grade for my oldest daughter and fourth grade for my middle daughter! Tomorrow will be the first day of a five-day preschool for my twin girls…
The excitement of a new school year brings the joy of clean backpacks—organized with sharpened pencils and [...]
Florida alters kindergarten readiness test
August 30th, 2009A friend passed along the following article, from The Tampa Tribune, which outlines changes to Florida’s kindergarten screening test. Students have previously been tested on letter recognition and initial sound, but will now be tested on letter recognition and phonetic word blend. The tests are to be administered in the first 30 days of the [...]
Preparing Children for 21st Century Learning
July 22nd, 2009Have you ever had to pick a tagline for a company before? Let me tell you that it is no easy task.
Before Pre K Scholars was started, I didn’t even know what a tagline was. You can imagine my perplexity when I was asked to try and come up with one…I first had to understand [...]
Teachable Moments for Children
June 1st, 2009One of our dog’s favorite things is going to the ocean, so we recently took him for his birthday. My husband kept throwing a tennis ball into the ocean; Buddy would swim out, fetch and then body surf back to shore for more and more and more. All the while, I was enjoying the fresh [...]
Vowels to Pre K students
May 4th, 2009The Pre K Scholars curriculum is based around two guiding education principles:
All students are capable of learning any concept or skill if it is appropriately presented.
Children learn by doing; so learning should be interactive, inventive and experiential.
This holds true with the introduction of vowels within our program. What do Addy the Acrobat, Eddie the Eraser, [...]
Passions and comfort zones
April 28th, 2009I like to think of myself as more of an introvert.
I like to be the creative force within our company—but behind the scenes. The challenge I am facing, though, as others learns about Pre K Scholars, is that everyone wants to see the kits, experience the games and activities. Naturally, there are questions…who better to [...]
Connections
March 25th, 2009I am a firm believer in “everything happens for a reason” and putting your trust in letting things work themselves out. With this belief, I am always amazed at the connections that are made and the outcomes that are created. This happened to be the guiding principle on how Scholarville came to [...]
Exposure: The Key To Early Education
March 16th, 2009Def. Exposure: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
I truly believe that if you expose youngsters to a multitude of skills, you will be amazed at what they are able to retain. For example, in class this week, we introduced the letter T and some different educational components that integrated in nicely, [...]
