Children love to play. They are so engrossed in play activities that it is not always easy to dissuade them from it. In many cases, a child’s play is spontaneous.… Read More »The Play Environment and Infant Materials
This article introduces you to communication for academic purposes which is otherwise referred to as scholarly communications. There are different forms of communication as you are already aware. Communication for… Read More »Meaning and Methods of Communication for Academic Purposes
The role of the learning environment in fostering learning through children’s play cannot be overstressed. For the preschool environment to be stimulating, conscious efforts must be made to organize the… Read More »Planning the Learning Environment
In some of our previous articles, we looked at the two words, ‘Growth’ and ‘Development’ in the light of their association with the changes that occur in the lives of… Read More »The Environment in Early Childhood Education
The play describes the natural, spontaneous and creative activity that children engage in, learning describes the relatively permanent change in behavior that results from experience. Thus, learning in childhood comes… Read More »Play-Based Learning and Teaching Model
For teaching and to learn something new, children must become aware and be able to explore, inquire and apply. This is one process which occurs over time and reflects movement… Read More »Learning and Teaching Model for Children
Before learning activities can be planned for preschool children their pattern of growth and development must be examined and this will be our primary focus in this article. Definition of… Read More »Definition of Growth and Development of Preschool Child
Ravichandran (2019: 2) exhaustively discusses the different groups of listeners. He listed the different types of listeners as active listeners, passive listeners, non-listeners, and evaluative listeners. His thorough discussion is… Read More »5 Categories of Listeners and Barriers to Effective Listening
“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we do not listen to understand. We listen to the reply. When we listen with… Read More »Listening and the 5 Steps to Effective Listening
We have already noted that maturation and learning are very fundamental ingredients in growth and development. It is also important for us to recognize that there are some general trends… Read More »Trends in Growth and Development of the Preschool Child
The following are the different strategies that can help you improve your reading skills; 1. Identify the purpose of reading Your reading must be directed at achieving the identified reasons… Read More »4 Major Strategies to Improve Reading Skill
Jahzeel (2018: np) defines reading as the cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at the meaning. Reading is an active process of understanding words, signs, or symbols to… Read More »Reading and 5 Importance of Reading to the Student
This article focuses on the primary communication skills, namely, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Most failures or communication gaps exist because of a lack of understanding of the need for… Read More »Understanding Communication Skills
Language is a standard tool in everyday transactions and dealings with one another. The world will stand still if languages are taken away. As there are countries, regions, tribes, ethnic… Read More »Language Use of Skills in Communication
The biggest single problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. -George Bernard Shaw. Communication breakdown, communication gap, miscommunication, or failure in communication are common terms that… Read More »Barriers to Effective Communication
What do we mean by learning styles? If you could still recall, in some of our previous articles, we did establish that based on the observations about preschool child learning,… Read More »Preschool Children’s Learning Styles
No organization or institution can exist without effective communication. The success and the life of every meaningful venture rest on effective communication. So many experiences fail today because of failure… Read More »The Need for Effective Communication
This article introduces you to the basic process of communication. It brings to focus the various elements involved in the communication process ranging from the sender to the receiver. It… Read More »Elements of the Communication Process
There are several forms of communication which can be formal or informal. This includes: Verbal communication Non-verbal communication Intrapersonal communication Interpersonal communication Mass communication. 1. Verbal Communication Generally, verbal communication… Read More »Types or Forms of Communication
This article introduces you to communication and its various dimensions of it. This is another vital component that determines your success or failure in life. Your ability to communicate clearly… Read More »Definitions and Types of Communication
What’s the Project? So you’ve got a sewing machine and you want some quick and easy sewing projects? Here are 25 things that are so easy to sew that you can get them done in about 10 minutes! Something great for everyone. Do you ever want to just sit down and sew something super quick and…
In this article, we shall be looking more closely at the relationship between play and learning. We shall also look at some of the preschool children’s learning styles. Play and… Read More »The Inter-Relationship between Play and Learning
The Education Corporate Bridge Consultancy (2018: np) outlines some of the ways to develop effective learning skills, which include: Keep yourself prepared When you do not know where you are… Read More »Effective Ways to Develop Learning Skills