By Serena Makofsky While the vast of majority of preschoolers cannot read, they are developing pre-reading and pre-writing skills that will ultimately support their decoding, fluency, comprehension and writing. There are several ways preschool teachers and parents prepare children for kindergarten reading tasks. Skip the hours of Baby Einstein videos and do not worry about [...]

We’ve always known it’s more difficult to learn languages as we get older, but can learning a second language help to stave off dementia? Being Bilingual Beefs up Your Brain Learning a new language as an adult is difficult. The chance of actually becoming fluent in something like French or Spanish later in life is [...]

If you want to make a run at making floral design a viable business, you need to be able to maximize your profits. And, you can’t do that if you’re paying retail prices for your supplies. However, finding reputable vendors that consistently deliver quality product at a price that provides a good return on investment [...]

Grants are typically sums of money that don’t need to be paid back and are presented to fund a particular activity. Grant programs are sponsored by federal agencies as well as other organizations for a variety of reasons. Understanding the reasons, goals and motivations of the institution or organization that is offering the grant money [...]

Discovery learning is based on how people put together knowledge based upon their experiences. The principles of discovery learning were first described by Jerome Bruner, a psychologist and cognitive learning theorist.  The concepts of discovery learning is similar to other constructivist learning theories that suggest that learning by discovery encourages students to actively participate in [...]

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is known as a developmental stage theory that takes a comprehensive approach to the nature and development of human intelligence. First developed by Jean Piaget, a Swiss biologist and psychologist, the theory is a description of intellectual development.  The theory identifies four distinct stages of cognitive development in children—sensorimotor, preoperational, [...]

Many pre-teens and teens love simple experiments that can be performed right at home. The following experiments will give your children an opportunity to follow the experiment over time, collect data, research results and come to conclusions. Seeds of Life This experiment allows your scientist to observe a seed’s germination process (a plant emerging from [...]

The Learning Styles Learning Theory assumes four distinct styles of learning that are based upon a four-stage cycle. Based on the Experiential Learning Theory the Learning Styles Theory was developed by David Kolb, an American educational theorist whose work focused on experiential learning, the individual and social change, career development, and professional and executive education. [...]

The learning theory known as attribution relates to how people interpret events and how those interpretations impact their thinking and behavior. Attribution theory is a social psychology theory that was developed by Bernard Weiner and others.  Weiner in particular is credited with developing a theoretical framework for the theory, which has become a research model [...]

The GOMS model learning theory put forth by its originators was proposed in 1983 by Card, Moran and Newell and describes the required knowledge a student must have to carry out tasks upon a system or device. It represents “how to” knowledge that a system requires in order to accomplish intended tasks.  GOMS literally stands [...]