Description
Available in English OR Spanish!
(Spanish will be available to ship April 30th)
This booklet suggests way in which you can use everyday objects and activities in the home and neighborhood to develop children’s language and knowledge which will prepare them for academic learning.
For Only $4.95 (for 1-999 copies, $3.95 for 1000 )
Ages: For Parents, Family Members, Care Takers, Teachers with Children from 2-5 years of age
Home Start
Available in English OR Spanish!
Your home can be a place for your child to learn. Parents are the child’s first and most important teacher. Children learn best through their own senses and experiences. They relate best to the world they see around them and develop language, skills, and knowledge based on these experiences.
This booklet suggests way in which you can use everyday objects and activities in the home and neighborhood to develop children’s language and knowledge which will prepare them for academic learning. We have included experiences that will enrich the development of the whole child, please feel free to use and share your own ideas to expand on these:
- Physical Activities
- To develop large and small muscle control
- To develop eye-hand coordination
- To release energy
- To provide a balance of active and quiet experiences
- To develop environmental awareness, using all the senses
- Social & Emotional Activities
- To develop a sense of competence
- To promote self-help skills
- To increase awareness of themselves, other family members and the wider community in which they live
- Cognitive Activities
- To develop meaningful relationship with adults
- To develop math and science concepts, pre-reading and pre-writing skills, cultural awareness, problem-solving, decision-making, and higher-level thinking.
- Language Activities
- To expand child’s own language, learn new words, discover new meanings, connect spoken word with print, and enjoy literature.
- To understand different uses of language: for enjoyment, for communication, for expressing feelings, for following directions, and for relating personal experiences.
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