Social skills are something children learn just as they learn how to talk, walk, read and write. As infants and toddlers, children first learn to socialize with their parents and family members. But as their sphere of experience expands beyond the home, they begin to learn to interact with other people including children their own …
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5 Ways Your 4-Year-Old Can Benefit from Pre-School
The state of Florida offers free pre-school education to every 4-year-old. Unlike elementary school, enrolling your young child in pre-school isn’t mandatory. But it does offer some enormous advantages your child can benefit from throughout their education, their career, and in their personal life. Here are five great reasons to take advantage of Florida’s innovative, …
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How to Apply for Florida’s Free Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program
Florida is one of the few states in the US offering all of its 4-year-old children free access to free pre-kindergarten education. The state’s Voluntary Free PreKindergarten program provides emergent literacy skills — including letter and sound recognition — that can help a child be successful throughout his or her education as well as into …
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Reading Will Always Be a Critical Life Skill
There’s been a lot of conversation lately about the future of reading, specifically books. In an era where anybody can stream anything anywhere at any time on their smartphones or tablets, will there really be a need for books in the not so distant future? Or will they go the way of radio, an archaic …
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STEAM Learning Boosts Creative Thinking Skills
It’s never too early to introduce children to creative ways of thinking. The first few years of life is when children’s brains begin forming learning habits and thought patterns they will carry with them throughout their lives. So the earlier they can be introduced to concepts such as scientific method, art appreciation, and mathematics, the …
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3 Ways to Help Your Child Develop Language Skills
Conversations between children and their teachers and other adults during pre-school and kindergarten are fundamental to their grasp of language. Vocabulary, grammar, and even subtleties of meaning that are learned during these interactions can be carried through during their entire lives. At birth, humans have the physical capacity to make 40 different sounds. As the …
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STEAM Curriculum Prepares Children for the Future
We are living in an increasingly complex world. So the earlier children can be introduced to concepts such as science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics, the more prepared they will be to succeed in the future. The STEAM curriculum offered by Amazing Explorers Academy may sound intimidating to the parents of a pre-schooler. But …
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Outdoor Time Helps Build a Love for Nature
Today, there are many things to keep children indoors. Between streaming movies and TV shows, video games, and other digital distractions, some children may be tempted to spend the entire day indoors without ever stepping foot outside. That’s not always the best approach. If the weather allows, most kids should be encouraged to play outdoors …
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