Sentences with phrase «kids skills such»

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His time spent watching television is time not spent doing something else, such as developing motor skills through play, or social skills through being with other kids, or conceptual and creative skills through hobbies, or developing imagination and logical abilities through reading.

I think the biggest benefit of me cooking all these years and my kids being in the kitchen with me is that I am teaching them such a great life skill.

The immediate and huge success of the club created a responsibility to evolve the program to teach and promote the game and skills at international standards, while continuing to help the kids learn real core values about both rugby and life, such a respect, honor, discipline, integrity, teamwork and accountability.

Gift wrapping pretend play is such a fun activity to do with kids around the holidays, and perfect for building fine motor skills.

Large muscles (arms, legs, and trunk) develop first, so kids master gross motor skills such as walking first.

Allows kids to practice hand / grasping skills, hand - eye coordination, gross motor skills such as tummy time, sitting, kneeling, standing, and more!

«Experimenting With Babies: 50 Amazing Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid illuminates how children acquire skills such as walking, talking and sharing, and how they develop, physically and emotionally, during the first 24 months of life.

Teach kids about numbers, counting and quantity, including concepts such as money, time and measurement, problem solving skills, classification, analytical skills and more.

By being around other kids, a preschooler gains important social skills, such as sharing and taking turns.

Cooking with kids is such a fun way to practice fine motor skills and early math!

My goal with the calm down corner is for kids to learn some coping skills tools to help calm down, all the while teaching them that it's ok to experience emotions such as frustration, anger and sadness.

«Based on their responses, I may change my approach to socialization and early school skills at first, because some kids who have stayed home with a parent and haven't interacted with peers much don't know general school rules such as sharing, waiting in line, not touching others, and not talking when someone else is.

At 5 years old, many children will not yet be able to master the skills needed to fully understand the rules of team sports such as baseball or soccer; however, they will be able to have fun playing little kid versions of sports and games.

This pack is a great way for kids to practice basic skills while also enjoying the sights of spring, such as flowers, insects, and rainbows.

Telling children which behaviors you do — and don't — want to see actually makes kids feel more secure, because it reminds them that you're in charge and guides them to the areas where they should be developing their skills and independence (such as playing with the plastic tea set and not trying to touch the real one.)

And yet, at the same time, most of us are unconsciously doing a terrible job at giving kids the skills they need to accomplish such things.

Based on such findings, Fred Frankel and Robert Myatt recommend that parents steer kids away from competitive games, at least until kids develop better social skills (Frankel and Myatt 2002).

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Particularly exciting for advocates was a State Plan Amendment, or SPA, that would allow Medicaid to pay for a slew of new behavioral health services such as peer support and skill building for kids, and respite for parents.

The State Plan Amendment, already approved by the federal government, would offer a slate of new behavioral health services such as peer support and skill building for kids, and respite for parents.

Lower income kids performed at a lower level than others in reading comprehension and mathematical calculations but were competitive in basic cognition, memory and reading skills, indicating that poverty may affect development at the level where different abilities must be combined, such as verbal skills and memory, in the case of reading comprehension.

Katie is a teacher by trade and she teaches kids basic to advanced kitchen skills, which is such valuable life - long knowledge to have.

whenever i travel i'm so in awe of how street savvy the little kids are... such sales skills!

One such kid, a 10 - year - old named Asuna, made an appearance on Daigo Umehara's live stream last week to test her burgeoning Street Fighter V skills.

The New School also has identified 12 essential skills that fit into its multiple - intelligences curriculum, such as teaching kids to communicate effectively, work collaboratively and creatively, and appreciate and understand different perspectives.

Apps such as Azoomee, our digital entertainment service for primary school - aged kids which offers a diverse mix of TV shows, games and audiobooks, alongside parent - approved messaging in one safe app, allow kids to have fun, learn new skills and generally be curious.

Among Hirsch's insights is that disadvantaged kids quickly fall behind in reading because of inadequate background knowledge; therefore, imparting such knowledge in the early grades is even more important than conveying basic reading skills.

But there is a growing awareness that if we want kids to grow up and become capable adults they must develop 21st - century skills such as creativity, imagination, cross-cultural understanding, and an entrepreneurial mind - set.

The effort to bring such games into the classroom is a matter of educators playing catch - up with the «Net Gen,» the digitally wired, Facebook - enabled generation of kids whose tech skills are miles ahead of their teachers» skills.

In many ways, all of us were flattered by how much these kids look up to us, and we all realized that being a Principle Centered Leader is such a vital skill.

For example, some volunteers are uncomfortable helping kids with more complex skills that the volunteers might have forgotten, such as multiplication of fractions and prepositional phrases.

A central goal of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K) is to support the needs of the whole child, which includes social and emotional competencies such as 21st century skills, critical - thinking, problem - solving, communication, collaboration, social and cultural awareness, initiative, self - direction, and character.

Combine the struggles in improving literacy with low levels of classroom management skills among many teachers (another problem traceable to ed schools), the arbitrary nature of traditional school discipline practices, and the problems within American public education attributable to racialist practices such as ability grouping, and it is little wonder why the overuse of suspensions is such a problem for our kids.

«That being that our kids were incredibly engaged; that they were displaying all kinds of leadership potential; that they were developing all these other skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and creativity as a result of us making learning really engaging and relevant to their lives.»

It seems like the only kids that get to learn such skills are in the IB or other gifted high school programs.

We know that many of these kids are not learning the important 21st century skills they need to succeed — skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, and resilience.

Jay Mathews of the Washington Post once said to me that he didn't think kids at a school such as the famous H. B. Woodlawn program in Arlington VA where I live needed my skills as a teacher because they were so self - motivated.

Additionally, teachers assessments show 80 % of WINGS kids have significantly increased their social and emotional skills, such as following directions and completing homework.

(The same can be said about adding something like repeated reading or other oral fluency training procedures to the phonics program; such training helps kids to apply their already - learned phonics skills).

Although one can find heroic exceptions here and there (generally in schools led by extraordinary, beat - the - odds and damn - the - torpedoes principals), far too many public schools in tough neighborhoods and poor communities fail to get beyond the challenges of discipline, truancy, turnover of both students and staff, the ever - present risk of drop - outs, students» lack of basic skills, and such fundamental human needs as feeding breakfast to kids who come to school with empty stomachs.

A multibillion - dollar industry of competing vendors is promoting a dizzying array of new products — textbooks, curriculum, teacher - training workshops, software, laptops, iPads, nonfiction kid magazines, games, even Lego blocks — all meant to help students develop skills such as «evidence - based writing» and mastering fractions.

Amazon FreeTime Unlimited on Alexa FreeTime Unlimited on Alexa takes the best of Amazon's existing all - in - one FreeTime Unlimited subscription and adds Alexa - specific content such as Audible books, kid - friendly premium skills, and more.

Kurio's educational software, My Monsters, teaches skills such as pattern recognition, and introduces kids to cooking in the Kitchen section.

The museum also hosts six daily drop - in activities, such as the Toddler Circle Time and the hands - on Maker Labs, where kids can cultivate their engineering and building skills.

Your participation in Miracle Miles for Kids helps FCNI (Family Care Network, Inc.) make a difference in the lives of those it serves, helping to meet needs such as: housing, clothing, mentoring, life skills development, extra-curricular activities and therapeutic services, of the over 1,400 children, youth and families served by FCNI annually.

Chances are your office secretary resume will be scanned by tiny robots for keywords such as typing skills and who your favourite character on Game of Thrones is (okay, kidding about that one).

Were you active in kids sports activities, classroom volunteer, a leader on the parent / teacher committee or involved in any other relevant volunteer that showed leadership, initiative, management skills, organizational skills or other such transferable skills?

The resume also indicates additional skills such as story telling which is required for kids.

For instance, if you were home with young kids, talk about the skills you gained from running a household, such as organizational and budgeting.

Based on such findings, Fred Frankel and Robert Myatt recommend that parents steer kids away from competitive games, at least until kids develop better social skills (Frankel and Myatt 2002).