Stop praising kids for their innate or God-given abilities, and instead focus on their effort.
What if I were to tell you that you could increase the odds that your kids will achieve great success in life–maybe greater success than you’ve had–simply by making a small change in how you praise them and talk about achievement? Learn more here about encouraging effort and its effectiveness…
Hoosier parents now have a new tool to help their children learn and grow, thanks to a newly launched free texting service, Bloom Bright. Created by Early Learning Indiana and supported by PNC Bank,
Bloom Bright sends biweekly text messages to parents and other caretakers who sign up for the program. The messages offer easy ways to
boost development in children from birth through five More information here.
Why is a large vocabulary important for children? Because it’s linked to their reading and school success. Families can foster children’s vocabulary through conversations, reading aloud, and singing. Try these vocabulary-building ideas at home. >
Describe what you are doing >Talk about what your child is doing >Narrate your adventures in the car, at the grocery store, or on a walk > Read aloud to your child every day >Sing with children to introduce and reinforce new vocabulary >Talk, talk, talk
More information here
Our strict food rules might be teaching children to override their instincts surrounding hunger and fullness. According to experts, both family and society play large roles in
shaping our lifetime relationship with food, and sending the wrong messages about nutrition can disrupt the innate ability we possess to
self-regulate our consumption. More information here
Too much tech and too little talk could delay communication development. Parents today are more pressed for time than any other generation of
parents—and constantly connected. Largely thanks to the smartphone, parents often find it difficult to separate from their hand-held
devices. Checking your phone has become both habit and necessity to manage work and family life. But, all this multitasking could also hurt your young child’s ability to learn. Read more here.
“Babies first start learning language by listening not to individual words, but to the rhythm and intonation of the speech stream — that is, the changes between high and low pitch, and the rhythm and loudness of syllables in speech. Parents often exaggerate these features of the language when talking with their infants, and this is important for early language learning.” Read the full article here.
