How is your kindergartener learning? There is a lot of talk about what kindergarteners’ should learn and what they are really learning. Does your child get to learn through play and exploring, or are they just taking test and learning things that older children should be learn? What do you expect from your child, regarding [...]
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Kindergarters and School
Published by April 25th, 2008 in Development, Education, Play time and Preschoolers. 0 CommentsUAE the Intellectual Centre
Published by October 25th, 2007 in Development, Education, In the News and UAE. 0 CommentsI think it is nice that UAE wants to be the Intellectual Centre in the region and the world, but to do this, I believe that they need to look at the begin instead of the end of a person’s educational education. If the UAE wants to be the centre of intellectual they need to [...]
After junk food, children fall prey to junk sleep
Published by August 30th, 2007 in Development, Education, Family, Health and In the News. 0 CommentsDoes your child or teenager get enough sleep, or does electronics keep them from getting the sleep they need?
Read more at Gulf News.
UAE health experts warn that gadgets, such as television, computers and musical devices, in the bedroom distract teenagers from getting enough sleep, backed up by a UK survey on 1,000 teenagers.
The survey found [...]
Back to School Ideas
Published by August 17th, 2007 in Education, Family and Preschoolers. 0 CommentsThe start of school can be stressful for both children and parents, no matter how old they are. Making a check list can help in making sure you have everything covered for the first day of school. Here are a few things you may want to think about when making your checklist for the first [...]
Southborough autism center to help build school in UAE
Published by July 1st, 2007 in Abu Dhabi, Development, Education, Health, In the News and UAE. 1 CommentThe MetroWest Daily News:
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The New England Center for Children has been recruited by the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi to establish a school for autistic children in the United Arab Emirates’ capital.
The 10-year agreement, signed last week at the Sea Palace in Abu Dhabi by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and [...]
Children Podcasts
Published by June 18th, 2007 in Development, Education, Family, Links, Preschoolers, Technology, Teens and UAE. 0 CommentsI found this website with a great collection of podcasts for you and your children, called Educate. The podcasts start for age 5 to college age.
Call to improve early education in Arab world
Published by January 5th, 2007 in Development, Education, In the News, Preschoolers and UAE. 0 CommentsAnother story today in the Gulf News is, Call to improve early education in Arab world, in which they talk about investing more in pre-primary schooling, as some countries have been moving slow for the last 30 years.
“There has been some progress as far as government involvement in Pre Primary Education [PPE] is concerned in [...]
Juggling Children and Work
Published by January 5th, 2007 in Development, Education, Family, In the News, Preschoolers, Toddler and UAE. 0 CommentsThe Gulf News has a story from The Christian Science Monitor, Juggling Children and Work. This story is about parents juggling their child’s after school activities. My question to you, do you have this problem here in the UAE. Do you have a hard time finding a good balance for after school [...]
Child Development and Parent Information
Published by January 4th, 2007 in Baby, Development, Education, Family, Health, Links, Preschoolers, Toddler and UAE. 0 CommentsThis is a really nice website, to help parents to understand, the different developmental milestones that their children are going through. Child Development and Parent Information is brought to you from Child Development Institute. They cover speech or Language Development, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Education, Parenting Issue, Child/Teen Health and Safety. I hope you enjoy [...]
Google helping Teachers, with free software
Published by December 9th, 2006 in Education, In the News, Technology and UAE. 0 CommentsUSA Today has a story about how Google is using teachers, to spread the word about it’s new online software. By helping teachers use the software to teach children, they are reaching the next generations of users. How do you will about having documents and spreadsheets online? Will they be safe on [...]
