Archive for 2010

Philosophical reasoning taught in the second grade. – NYTimes.com

Teaching children how to think critically is an important task for parents-especially in an era where mutli-tasking, multiple interfaces and a stream of stimuli is a given.  I watched a three year old show his dad how to run a video on an iphone the other day.  This link is to an article about how 8 year old children attending a charter school are taught philosophy through questions.  The article also  mentions the book below on using children’s literature to teach philosophy.

Philosophical reasoning taught in the second grade. – NYTimes.com.

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How to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System – NYTimes.com

This article in the Ney York Times gives some excellent advice for parents who suspect their child may have a learning disability.  The author outlines steps from dealing with the school, documenting supporting evidence and when or whether an evaluator might be helpful.

Patient Money – How to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System – NYTimes.com.

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How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?

Parents often ask me whether their young child has a speech delay.  More often these days I get referrals from local preschools for children in danger of being removed from programs due to behavior problems.  Many times, these young ones have an undiagnosed speech delay.  Speech delays in young children are not uncommon and free help (imagine!) is available through the public school system even for the preschool aged child.

This information sheet from the American Speech Language Hearing Association gives the developmental milestones for speech from ages 1-5 as well as ways parents and caregivers can help children build language skills.

How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?.

Here are a few book resources, which link to Amazon.

The Late Talker   Out Of Sync Child

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