Why Are Psycho-Educational Assessments So Expensive?

Psycho-educational assessments are invaluable tools that help identify learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and other cognitive and emotional issues affecting a child’s educational performance. However, many parents and guardians are often taken aback by the high costs associated with these assessments. Understanding why these assessments are expensive can provide insight into their […]
10 Fun Rainy Day Activities with Your Preschool Child

Rainy days might keep you indoors, but they don’t have to be boring! With a little creativity and some imagination, you can turn those grey skies into a world of fun for your preschooler. We’ve put together a list of 10 exciting activities that will keep your child entertained, engaged, and giggling with joy. 1. […]
Are letter reversals a sign of dyslexia?

During the phase of learning to read, children sometimes mistake certain letters for similar ones, especially ones that can easily be reversed. For example, the child may read “bear” as “dear” or look at the word “dog” and read it as “god”. These types of errors are referred to as “reversals”. But are word and […]
Parenting how to: Home Made Paint

If you’re a parent, one of the things you are definitely going to want to be able to know how to do is to make home made paint. It’s exactly the kind of magic trick you are going to need up your sleeve for those unexpected situations. Like when it rains unexpectedly on your family […]
The Importance of Early Childhood Education

The ways in which children develop in the early years have major effects on their physical, social and emotional well being in the future. Therefore, it is incredibly important to understand the role that early childhood education (ECE) plays in children’s lives. During the period of birth to eight years old, the brain develops the majority […]
Learning to read: how to introduce more complex sounds

Welcome back to our series on Early Learning and a special welcome to all our new followers! We have many new people who have joined our little community this week. In last week’s video I showed you the basics on how to teach your child to read. And we focused mainly on phonics and words […]
Helping Your Child Succeed at School: Academic Success Pt2

In our previous blog on helping your child succeed at school, we discussed a few contributing factors to your child’s academic success and general school performance. Today, we take it a step further with additional tips to improve the cognitive and overall performance of your child at school. Keep reading below. Helping Your Child Succeed at School: Read Together […]
Academic Success: How Can I Help My Child Succeed at School?

A child’s academic success is highly dependent on a variety of contributing factors. Parents are able to assist with their child’s success at school in numerous ways. This ranges from keeping in touch with teachers to incorporating home reading in their daily routine. There are so many ways to help your child on their path to academic success. Like most things concerning your child, rules are important. Children function best when they have structure […]
Teaching basic Arithmetic to young children

What is basic Arithmetic? Welcome to this 8th video article in our Early Learning Series. In this video I’m going to show you how to teach your child the functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. (This is known as basic arithmetic). Because once you child has mastered these concepts he will have a very […]
Early Learning: Auditory Perception – part 3

Welcome to this 4th video post in our series on Early Learning! Today we are going to be discussing the final three aspects of auditory perception. If you haven’t watched the previous videos in this series be sure to catch them. You can find the videos by clicking on the links at the bottom of […]