As part of their early education, children are often ripe for learning and one of the topics they could learn about is science. Forget any fuddy-duddy notions that science is boring and only for grown-ups, as taught in the right way, science can be immense fun for all ages to [...]
If your child is constantly curious to know exactly how things work, then here are some ideas and inspiration to help you give informative explanations to your child and further their understanding and learning. Anyone who has under-5s will no doubt appreciate that it’s a normal part of family life [...]
Grandparents can be a great source of inspiration and knowledge and, those who are actively involved in a child’s life, can significantly benefit childhood learning. We take a look at the variety of ways in which children can learn with, and from, their grandparents. There used to be a time [...]
Vehicles and transport are often the centre of great interest from young children. If you’re keen to help your child learn, then they can also be used as a good starting point for early childhood education. Here are some ideas and inspiration for helping children learn about vehicles and transport. [...]
During early childhood, children are learning all the time and, rather than being hard work, it’s fun and enjoyable. One of the topics that it helps to learn about is other people. Here are some ways in which you can help your child broaden their knowledge about other people and [...]
Young children enjoy learning and finding out about new things and one of the areas that may intrigue them are jobs and work. If you’re keen to help build your child’s knowledge and learning before they start school and beyond, then here are some ideas and inspiration for helping them [...]
Most children enjoy food and they’re often intrigued to know more about what you’re doing when you’re preparing meals in the kitchen. Help children discover more about cooking and trigger a lifelong interest in food, by learning about cooking. Learning in the Kitchen If your child shows interest in what [...]
Helping children learn about the world around them and the environment helps provide a good basis for early childhood education. One of the ways in which you can do this is to help them learn about the changing seasons. Here are some practical ideas to make learning about the seasons [...]
Learning about nature and animals can help broaden children’s knowledge about the natural world and is a great way of helping develop their early childhood education. Here are some practical ways in which you can help your child learn about nature and animals. Learning About Birds Garden birds can be [...]
Pre-schoolers are usually bursting to learn and know about everything! One issue that you can encourage them to learn about before they go to school is recycling. Pre-school age children are one of the keenest groups of learners, with this age group typically wanting to know all there is to [...]
When they become pre-schoolers, children are going through a period of rapid learning. One area in which they’re gaining new skills is in solving problems – and you can do your bit to help them learn to become problem solvers. Children are referred to as being pre-schoolers when they’re between [...]
One of the main ways in which pre-schoolers learn is by doing this and copying the actions of the people around them. Here we look at how pre-schoolers learn by helping at home. Pre-schoolers are actively learning all the time and it’s an age when they’re exploring lots of new [...]
By the time they reach pre-school age, children are keen learners, but exactly how do they learn? Pre-schoolers are defined as children between the age of three and five years old and it refers to the time before they attend school at five years old. From the age of three [...]
Pre-school age children are at a time in their life when they’re learning all the time, especially from things that are going on in the world around them. One way in which they learn is through example. Your pre-school age child is likely to be on the ball and listening [...]
Children learn in a number of different ways and one fun way in which they can learn about different concepts and gain new skills is through water play. Children have a natural, inbuilt ability to learn and they commonly learn about different issues through watching, listening, asking questions, trying new [...]
Children’s awareness of money develops slowly. By the age of three or four they’re usually aware that money changes hand and is involved to obtain food or other goods, and is something you carry in your purse or wallet, but they probably won’t understand the value or full use of [...]
Young children are described as pre-schoolers when they’re between about three and five years of age and before they start going to school. Like other young children, this age group go through various developmental stages and reach key milestones. Age Three To Four When children reach the age of three, [...]
