What does the child really understand about the general concept of a season?
Helping Children Understand Seasons
April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Vote On Your Favorite Stories
January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Thanks for participating in the VINCI Kids Story Contest. The contest is now closed. We received an overwhelming number of creative stories and considered each one with special care. Our judges have chosen the 4 main entries. It’s now up to you to vote and choose the final two winners who will receive VINCI Tab [...]
Number Sense versus Number Facts
October 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Have you heard this saying, “She is just good with numbers” or “He loves number games.” In most cases these comments refer to a child’s ability to make sense of how numbers work and how to apply numbers to a practical situation. Bobby says: “I need five more of the yellow Lego pieces.” Sam says: [...]
The Benefit of Teaching Letter Sounds Before Letter Names
October 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Thinking back to my own experience of learning how to read, I remember learning the letters through repetition – flashcards, letter of the week, and other rote activities. The names came well before the sounds and uppercase was before lowercase. Thinking back, had I been taught the sounds first, the process of learning to read [...]
The Sound of the Passive Voice
October 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We humans learn our native language, as complex as it is, with relative ease. However some sentences take more time to understand for young children. Take this sentence, “The truck was hit by a red car.” Many children under four years will remember this event with the truck doing the hitting. Usually the agent of [...]
