Title: Please Don't Label My Child: Break the Doctor-Diagnosis-Drug Cycle and Discover Safe, Effective Choices for Your Child's Emotional Health Author: Scott M. Shannon Publication Year: 2007 Website: www.wholenessdoc.com Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: This book was withdrawn from my ...
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Homemade Montessori Pink Tower
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My first child started attending a Montessori preschool just before his 3rd birthday. One of the tools which his teacher said he had trouble understanding was the Montessori pink tower. After I looked up what a "pink tower" was, I just couldn't believe that my son was unable to stack blocks in order ...
Homemade Color/Pattern Card Game
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This homemade color and pattern matching card game was taken directly out of the book, The Toddler's Busy Book by Trish Kuffner. It's an easy way to teach kids colors and matching using leftover wrapping paper or construction paper. For older children, you can turn it into a traditional memory game, ...
Montessori Sound Jars
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My 3 year old was not very good at doing these Montessori sound jars when I first made them, but I'm hoping that as he gets older, he'll learn to distinguish between the different sounds. The idea is that you have two sets of jars (blue and red, in my case), each filled with the same objects (like ...
Homemade Colored Shapes
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When I first learned about laminating with contact paper from the book, The Toddler's Busy Book, I admittedly got a little carried away with "laminating" everything. One of the things I made was this set of colored shapes to help my toddler learn both his shapes and colors. Recommended Age Range: ...
Homemade Non-Reading Treasure Hunt
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Ever since my first child was a toddler, I've thought it would be fun to make a treasure hunt for him, with clues so he could go from one clue to the next until he found the treasure. The only problem was, he couldn't read. I tried a couple times writing down simple instructions on slips of paper ...
Games for Reading
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Title: Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read Author: Peggy Kaye Publication Year: 1984 Website: www.peggykaye.com Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: This book has a lot of really good ideas to help your child enjoy learning to read. It has so many suggestions that I plan ...
Homemade Number Matching Game
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Kids seem to enjoy matching upper and lowercase letters so much in this homemade letter matching game, that I decided to try something similar with numbers. Admittedly, this number matching game a little more tedious if the child has not yet made the connection that a 2 digit number can be broken up ...
Homemade Number Cards
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Honestly, I made these homemade number cards out of necessity, not because they're any fun by themselves. Sometimes it's hard for kindergarteners to remember the numbers that don't make any sense. Like why is 11 called eleven and not one-teen? Similarly hard numbers are 12, 13, 15, and 20. I believe ...
Homemade Letter Matching Game
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This letter matching game is very simple, and it doesn't seem like it would be much fun, but even kids that in general don't seem to be interested in learning letters seem to like matching these cards. I think this "game" is best used when the child is fairly confident with the uppercase letters and ...
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