Mother’s education is important

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Great research here about the cognitive development of children coming into Kindergarten and their development in math and reading. It suggests that the mother’s education level is a factor more than social economic status when entering KG and the development thereafter.

Read all about it: HERE

How to contact the teacher

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The We are Teachers blog is asking the question what would happen if emails between parents and teachers were prohibited. Not that they suggest no contact but how about a quick phone call to clear things up or give a heads up? Would that tie the teacher down on their phones for long times? Would that help putting some more context in the communication?

Read all about it: HERE

Dyscalculia born or made?

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The child up early education blog tries to clarify if Dyscalculia, among other neuro diverse conditions, is made over time or that you are born with it.

Their take on it:

“Dyscalculia should not be confused with a dislike of math or math anxiety, it is a diagnosed disability regarding how the brain functions with numbers. Dyscalculia is known to run in families, and people with dyscalculia are often also diagnosed with dyslexia or ADHD,” says Michelle Paster, an educational therapist in Massachusetts.

Good point and there is of course also acquired dyscalculia that develops after a later trauma to the brain.

Read all about it: HERE

It’s all about shapes

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We know how important it is for children to work with shapes and find out what they can do with them and how to build or create images. It all helps them with their visual spatial insights which in turn support math development. Check out the site in our link for today with all you ever needed to know about shapes.

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Great tool for fractions

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Oh those fractions, so difficult to remember and put them on a timeline, until Savannah Trevino-Casias posted this great tool on facebook.

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