How to Help Your Child Develop Better Thinking Skills

Developing Thinking SkillsUsing Questions to Help Kids Develop Better Thinking Skills

 

Guest post by Kids ‘R’ Kids

Early childcare researchers have learned a lot about the ways the brain functions in very young children. Many parents, as a result, want to help their child develop better thinking skills. Research has shown that one of the best ways to develop thinking skills is through the art of questioning.

There are different levels of questioning from the adult and also various responses from the child. It has been found, quite logically, that lower-level questions elicit lower-level responses. Higher-level questioning, on the other hand, tends to elicit higher-level thinking responses. Let’s discuss some of the differences between lower-level and higher-level questions and responses.

5 Ways to Teach Your Kids to Save Energy

How to encourage kids to save energy

How to Encourage Kids to Save Energy

by Abigail Clark

When it comes to raising kids, it’s important to teach them healthy habits from a young age. We start teaching them to use their manners, and to otherwise communicate effectively around the time they begin to talk. Potty training, teeth brushing, hand washing, and other important habits are lessons they typically learn while they’re very young, as well.

As you’re teaching these important practices to your kids, why not also teach them to be smart energy consumers? Parents who teach their kids to be energy-conscious consumers from a tender age will undoubtedly impact the next generation of consumers. Here are a few ways to do just that.

Bullying – The Buck Stops With You

Using Positivity to Stop Bullying - Group of Kids

Helping Your Kids Focus on the Positive to Stop Bullying

by Terri Fedonczak

The foundation of bullying and competition are the same: disconnection. Whether it’s a passive aggressive derision or a physical confrontation, the basis is a disconnection from what makes us human…loving kindness. The answer isn’t to focus on the tragedy of disconnection; it’s to foster connection. You don’t stop evil by blowing it up into something terrifying with dramatic headlines, you stop it by giving it a hug, patting it on the head and giggling about why it ever existed in the first place. When we can stop looking at bullying as an evil monster that is impossible to slay, we can begin to shrink it down to size.