I 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 [...]
Creative Ways To Prepare Your Child For Kindergarten!
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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Did you know?
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
Connections
March 25th, 2009Exposure: 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, [...]
Can You Guess? A Research Based Approach To Vocabulary Development
March 10th, 2009A research study titled “Vocabulary Development During The Preschool Years” states that “Active participation can increase the likelihood that preschoolers [will] learn more vocabulary.”
The Guessing Game, which is only one component of Vocabulary Development addressed by the Pre K Scholars Curriculum, is as active as it gets and the children truly value being involved [...]
Time To Register For Fall
February 25th, 2009March is right around the corner. For us, that means it’s just about time to register for the 2009-2010 Preschool year.
My twins just turned four on January 18th. Between their two older sisters and their mother, who teaches kindergarten readiness classes out of the home, they have a heightened sense of academics. They [...]
Hot Off The Press!
February 17th, 2009The National Institute For Literacy has just conducted a study on Developing Early Literacy, and the Institutes’s findings correlate beautifully with the philosophy behind the Pre K Scholars curriculum.
In a January 8, 2009 news release, the Institute states:
The years before Kindergarten are a particularly fertile and profitable time to prepare young children to read and [...]
Is My Child Ready?
February 3rd, 2009As I write this, parents all over are asking, “Is my child ready for Kindergarten?” Most private schools conduct their admission tests around February, and those that will attend public school are starting to think beyond their preschool worlds and focus on what lies ahead. Most preschoolers, at this point, are ready for [...]
