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Bloom’s Taxonomy – A Parent’s Guide. “Bloom’s Taxonomy” is one of those terms that a parent may not necessarily be familiar with, however, it is very important. It is a central concept to know how to use it at home in conjunction with learning activities to help your child expand their critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills allow a child to thinking independently, find and fix mistakes, solve problems, evaluate alternatives, and reflect on their own beliefs. It’s not something that can be learned from reading a book or completing a worksheet, however the skills are built through hands-on lessons that build beyond basic rote memorization of facts. Bloom’s Taxonomy provides learning levels to increase higher order thinking skills for children of all ages. The levels include remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. The way a parent or teacher talks to a child, engaging them in learning, and activities that they provide for learning should have a basis on Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Remember & Understand. Reading and Writing for Parents. Skip to Main Content You are Here: Reading and Writing Enter your e-mail address to get updates from Kids.gov. Reading and Writing Activities and Worksheets Reading and Writing for Teachers Between the Lions - Parents and Teachers - Here's where you'll find everything you need to know about the program plus teacher guides, parent activities, and more.Helping Your Child Become a Reader - Activities for children from infancy to age 6.Helping Your Child Write a Book Report - Book reports are a great way to encourage your kids to try new books.
Kids.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal for kids Powered by A service from the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, part of the U.S. Please help us improve Kids.gov! Your answers to a 2 - 3 minute survey about your experience will give us the feedback we need to make this site better. Use the "Yes, I'll Help" button and a new window will open with your survey. Love Your Kids. Leave Them Alone: The Art of Radical Parenting. ~ Kristin S. Luce. I was driving home with my two daughters, then four and six years old, when my cell phone rang.
I glanced at it, knowing what I was in for if I picked it up. The moment I turned my attention away from them they would suddenly become boisterous and probably pick a fight with each other. Worse, I knew that there was no way to force them to be quiet while I was on the phone, especially in the car. I resigned myself to missing the call when, on a lark, I turned and asked them straight up, “I really want to take this call. Will you be quiet for a few minutes so I can?” I paused for a fraction of a second, doubting the wisdom of my little experiment, and then hit the “answer” button.
But it didn’t come. I finished the conversation with my now new client and hung up. “Thank you so much for being quiet during my call,” I said, astounded and touched, “That was really helpful to me.” Who were these people? Something in what had just happened wasn’t, well, right. How could I have been so mistaken? This Young Mother Is Giving Up On Her Kids And I Don't Blame Her. Meet Stephanie Metz, she is a mother of two young boys in western South Dakota. Why My Kids Are NOT the Center of My World Wait, what did she say? Yeah, you read that right. This blog post is a bit of a rant and it’s a bit all over the place.
My kids are NOT the center of my world, and that’s quite simply because they aren’t the center of any world, anywhere. If you’re feeling adventurous today, feel free to read on. The emotions that sparked this blog post were given a little bit of a supercharge last evening. I often think about the world my boys will grow up in. In completely selfish terms, bringing my boys into this world was such a great decision – for me. How long will it be before their typical boy-ish behavior gets them suspended from school? The mentality of our society in 2013 is nauseating to me, friends. Many years ago, there was a time where young boys could run around with their toy guns, killing the bad guys. Modern parenting and thinking makes me crazy. Parenting Tip...