Preschooler

By: Ceciline M. Villadares Every child is unique, and this uniqueness affects one’s personality, skill set, and learning style. The diversity found among the current academic institutions tells us...

Developing A Tripod GraspControl of the small muscles in the hand is a requirement for fine motor activities such as drawing, writing, lacing, stringing beads, or manipulating small...

Raising A Bilingual ChildChildren are uniquely wired to acquire language. Linguists regard the first five years of life as the optimal time to learn a language. If a...

Create A Print-rich Environment For Early LiteracyLiteracy is all around us.  You can make your home environment a print-rich play area by thinking outside the box and being...

By Celine Villadares Introducing responsibilities to your child could be difficult at times. Parents of today’s generation tend to compensate for negative experiences they have observed growing up, so...

Tell Me HowNext time you make lunch for your child, trying talking through each step of the process.  “First take the bread and put some butter on it...

Hearing paying attention and being able to act on what we hear are different things. Here's a little activity that will encourage listening, paying close attention to details...

I am not good with dough. I remember trying to make a  volcano for a diorama in grade school and it not only caved in but it slid off...

I can’t believe that 10 months have flown by so quickly and she has survived pre-K — well, we both did. And now that it’s about to come to an end, let me look back and recount my learnings — because I have a few too, from her very first year in school.

Normally, kids who are at their preschool age want to play with other kids as well. Most of the time, they crave interactive and cooperative play which is...