Author Archives: Louise Savoie
How Reading Can Teach Children Empathy
Nothing is as fulfilling than seeing children with their noses on a book and losing themselves in the world of their favorite fictional character. A Childcare Center in Irvine, California believes that reading benefits children beyond literacy. Stories have the power to help children understand and handle other peoples’ feelings, as well as their own. … Continue reading
Effective Ways in Motivating Kids to Practice Music
So, your children have already found the musical instrument/s they’re fit to and interested in, and have already started music lessons. You’ve found the right teacher, have set up a practice space, and bought an instrument. All that is left is the sustaining drive to keep them motivated practicing every day for at least 30 … Continue reading
How to Help Children Pick Their Instruments
Listening, singing along, and grooving with the beat of a song is wonderful; even more so when you are playing a musical instrument and creating rhythms yourself. Studies show that the earlier children learn mastery of something, they are more receptive to it. With music, the earlier they learn of musical instruments, the easier it … Continue reading
Making a Game out of Household Chores
Chores and fun just sometimes don’t get along. But just how do you teach household chores to kids when they’re hardwired to fun? Childcare Center in Irvine, California reveals wonderful tips in turning chores to games: Pretend Play Make stories like dust creatures invading the earth and your kiddo is the Captain to save the … Continue reading