Did you know that about 9 million Canadians of working age (42%) scored below Level 3 on the prose literacy scale. Level 3 is the desired threshold for coping with a knowledge-based economy and society. Research has shown that low literacy has
GO FORTH AND READ
Here are two interesting articles courtesy of Jen Robinson http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/ Read and be read too: Talks about the importance of reading to your child. Kids get so much of their new vocabulary though books. It is a wonderful way to
15 MINUTES A DAY TURNS BRATS INTO BRAINS
Here is an interesting article from the Melbourne Herald Sun about the benefits of 15 minutes of reading with your child a day. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23331921-2862%2C00.html
SEQUENCING
I believe that kids need to learn to sequence before they learn to read. Here is an interesting article from Didax on exactly this topic. http://www.didax.com/newsletter/archive.cfm/NewsletterID/53.cfm#247
A FUN GAME
Here’s a great game to play and learn some new languge in the process…and it gets bonus points for being really easy to set up. Find a paragraph or write a short paragraph – for example. ‘One very cold________an unfortunate
INCENTIVE BASED READING PROGRAMS
Here’s a really interesting article about a really low key incentive based reading program. http://www.watat.com/archives/2007/11/ato_the_lefta_o.html Good for Adrienne – make the book the prize not the concept of finishing the book.
SOME GREAT FINDS AT TOY FAIR
While exploring Toy Fair it would have been impossible for me not to have fallen in love with some of the products available there. Here’s a run down on what I thought were the best of the best in educational
2009 TOY TRENDS
I just got back from Toy Fair in New York. Toy fair is held at the Javits Convention Centre which has 350,000 sq ft of exhibition space – needless to say we were quite tired after the three days it
New Blog
Welcome to the Notch Hill Blog. My plan for this blog is that it will be a resource for parents. I’ll post child development news, toy news and post free educational games that you can play with your child. So