Setting a Good Example of GenerosityWith only seven more working days until Thanksgiving, today is a great time to talk to children about why generosity it is so important. The best way to do show kids how to be generous is by being generous yourself. Being a good role model is especially important with preschool-age […]
How Nannies and Au Pairs Can Teach Kids To Be Thankful There are seven days of Kwanzaa, eight days of Hanukkah, and 12-days of Christmas. Why not incorporate the next eight working days until Thanksgiving teaching kids to be thankful? Use your next eight working days to teach kids about kindness, compassion, and gratefulness. If […]
Product Review Sunday for Nannies and Au Pairs Last week we discussed how to teach kids to tell time. It’s not an easy concept to teach and requires much patience. Yesterday we reviewed books to use with kids when teaching time. Below are some products to use to help teach kids to tell time too. […]
An article was just posted on Article Storehouse entitled, “Why You’re better off Using a Nanny Placement Service” By Mark Etinger of http://www.ajaxunion.com/ The author makes good points about nanny agencies being experienced in background checks and knowing what questions to ask in an interview. But I disagree with two points he makes, at least […]
Wipe Clean Telling Time by Roger Priddy Review by D. Lowery: In general, I don’t get excited by workbooks. They’re static, I’ve yet to see one that is way fun, and what do they really teach? However, this book allows your little learner to figure out an answer, redo a page, or create his or […]
Discussing the Second Hand The second hand is easy for kids to learn, since it’s similar to the minute hand. To reinforce that one-minute equals 60-seconds, stand next to a working clock with its minute hand pointing to an hour or half-hour, and with its second hand pointing to the 12. Have them count to […]
Tough road to domestic workers’ union, report says The Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights prompted the report, which shows that including domestic workers under the State Employment Relations Act “is a critical first step in the organizing process.” By Daniel Massey The Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights that Gov. David Paterson signed earlier this year […]
Explaining the Minute Hand in Single Minutes When the kids are ready to move beyond the tidy fractions of an hour, you can start adding on a few odd minutes here or there. Have them start by adding single minutes to multiples of five-minutes. First demonstrate that there are five-minutes between each number on the […]
Explaining Minute Hand IncrementsOnce kids are confident reading whole hours, they can learn to read all the minutes in between. Show them how to read half hours and increments of 5, 10, and 15 minutes before you teach them to read individual minutes. This will discourage them from trying to count out every single minute […]
Learning About the Hour Hand Since an hour is the largest unit of time a clock measures (aside from an entire day), the hour hand is the best one for kids to learn first. Explain to children that the hour hand keeps track of things that take a long time, then give a few examples […]
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