Education is affected by poverty in nearly every country, including the United States. Despite education reform champions taking measures to increase testing and results-based evaluations, leaders are rarely discussing how the education of students living in low-income housing are affected by poverty.
It’s impossible that your kids will make friends with everyone they meet, however, you can encourage them to be kind. Lolli from FoodFunFamily, shares seven simple ways you can teach your kids to be kind whether they’re naturally nice or need “training” towards it.
There’s no doubt that raising a child requires discipline, but too much of it can be more hurtful than we may imagine. This chart below gives you five simple steps in how to raise your child while disciplining less. By following these steps, your child will be happier, more successful and cooperative.
Did you know that credit cards, gift cards, hotel room keys and other plastic card-like objects make great art projects? With technology these days, sometimes it’s hard to get creative, but you and your kids can use these objects to paint great looking art you can display around your home, according to housingaforest.com.
Music strengthens the areas of the brain that, in the child with ADHD, are weak. Music builds and strengthens the auditory, visual/spatial, and motor cortices of the brain. These areas are tied to speech and language, reading, reading comprehension, math, problem solving, brain organization, focusing, concentration, and attention issues. Studies indicate that when learning-disabled children and children with ADHD learn a musical instrument, attention, concentration, impulse control, social functioning, self-esteem, self-expression, motivation, and memory improve. Some studies show that children who have difficulty focusing when there is background noise are particularly helped by music lessons.