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The kindergarten stage is a major step towards the independence of a child. Being independent by the time the first school bell sound is heard is not a luxury; it is a very important part of preparedness that has a direct influence on the confidence, classroom integration and the learning outcomes. This type of independence...

Kindergarten transition is a crucial event for a young learner and their family. There is a lot of excitement, but most parents are in a quandary on how to quantitatively determine whether their child is really ready to be placed in an actual classroom environment in terms of academic and social requirements. One must see...

Preschool days are the time of unbelievable development, and learning is not just at the table, but in all the actions and explorations. Preschoolers have this natural kinetic energy, which is used to create a powerful learning strategy in movement-based learning. The Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready program is also based on this philosophy and skillfully...

Through its collaboration with Samsung, Getmobil aims to set a new standard in the refurbished electronics market with its doorstep buyback and trade-in model developed in Turkey. Turkey-based technology company Getmobil, led by its co-founders Zeynep Uygun and Mehmet Uygun, is developing an end-to-end business model in the refurbished and second-hand electronics market with a strong...

Learning how to use scissors is a big and very important developmental activity for a small child. It is a complicated application of fine muscles, bilateral control (the hands working in tandem with each other), and visual-motor accuracy. Good scissor skills are the basis of classroom crafts, artwork and even some writing preparation work because...

Recovery from addiction or behavioral challenges often involves significant effort and commitment. Yet too often, the focus remains narrowly on physical change or behavioral routines. What often gets overlooked is emotional intelligence — the ability to recognize and manage emotions effectively. Emotional intelligence plays a central role in shaping sustainable recovery, healthier relationships, and long...

Measurement and sorting, which are the foundational concepts of math, are much more than school exercises, and are fundamental methods through which young children construct meaning of their world. Sorting also allows them to arrange the information, find trends in it, and categorise objects according to their noticeable characteristics. The concept of quantity, comparison, and...

Patterns are the organising structure in our world, in the way the stripes on a shirt look, the way the beat of a song sounds. To a small child, the skill to identify, generate and generalise patterns is much more than just a matching game; it is a cognitive basic ability which prefigures mathematical thinking,...

From the soothing lullabies of infancy to the playful chants of the preschool years, all of us cross a universal bridge on music and rhythm to language. Songs, nursery rhymes and fingerplays are much more than mere amusements; they are effective and scientifically proven strategies in developing phonological awareness, vocabulary and early literacy skills in...

Sight words play a very important role in the path to fluent reading. These are high-frequency words, i.e. the, and, it, is and to, etc., which occur frequently in early writing but are often irregularly pronounced according to the usual phonetic patterns. Learning how to read a core set of sight words enables a young...