Radio Interview: Preserving Children’s Cognitive Progress over the Holidays
For many parents, the December holidays can be a wonderful time to regroup after a tough year, although holiday stresses like hosting the in-laws, shopping mall crowds and dwindling December finances may put a damper on the festive spirit. Another nagging concern may be the fear that their children’s hard work over the academic year may regress during their well-deserved break...
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Different Types of Dyslexia
The terms phonological dyslexia and surface dyslexia are generally used to describe two main types of dyslexia. Phonological dyslexia includes trouble breaking words down into syllables and into smaller sound units called phonemes, while kids with surface dyslexia struggle with reading because they can’t recognise words by sight.
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Prysgeld vir Wenner
'n Leerder van Ebenezer Primêre Skool, Zaynice Botha (regs), is onder die top-vyf wenners in die Edublox Leerder van die jaar-Kompetisie en wen prysgeld ter waarde van RI 000. Sy het met meer as 2 000 leerders van regoor die land meegeding...
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Asleep or Awake We Retain Memory
Sleeping helps to reinforce what we've learned. And brain scans have revealed that cerebral activity associated with learning new information is replayed during sleep. But, in a study demonstrate for the first time that the brain doesn't wait until night to structure information. Day and night, the brain doesn't stop (re)working what we learn.
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Toets Jou Woordeskat
Nog nooit gehoor van 'n xiloteek nie! 'n Biebie is 'n wat? Die woorde hieronder staan almal in woordeboeke, maar word nie elke dag gebruik nie. As jy meer as 15 uit 29 van hierdie woorde se betekenisse ken, mag jy jouself op die skouer klop! Minder as 5 uit 29? Moenie alleen voel nie, maar jy mag dalk die vakansie wil gebruik om jou woordeskat op te skerp.
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Gesinspret: Toets Jou Kennis van Diere
Wonder jy hoe jy jou kinders en jouself hierdie Desember-vakansie gaan besig hou? Dawid van Lill se 'Die Groot Familie-vasvraboek' belowe nie net vermaak vir die hele gesin nie, maar is gewaarborg om enigeen se kennis 'n stewige hupstoot te gee. Hier is 19 vrae uit sy boek wat jou kennis oor diere toets.
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Help for Handwriting Problems
A handwriting problem exists when a learner writes illegibly or extremely slowly. Everyone occasionally produces some illegible letters, but some learners do so frequently enough that understanding what they have written is difficult; at this point, the difficulty would be considered a problem. Learn more about the causes and how a handwriting problem can be overcome.
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Wenke Om Doeltreffend te Leer
Daar is baie studiemetodes en na gelang van die inhoud wat bestudeer moet word, moet mens kies watter een die beste gaan werk. Die O-VLOK-H-metode word deur baie opvoeders en onderwysers aanbeveel as dié metode wat leerders kan gebruik om die meeste vakke te leer. Kom ons kyk hoe dit werk:
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Aanbieding by CVO-skole: Aspekte i.v.m. Kognitiewe Ontwikkeling
Met die droogte wat in ons land heers, besef ons opnuut die belangrikheid van water. Daarsonder kan mens, dier en plant nie oorleef nie. Ons kan saad in die grond sit, dit die beste kunsmis en bemesting gee, maar as dit nie reën nie, sal die saad nie ontkiem nie. Kinders se breinfunksies – hulle vermoë om te prosesseer, redeneer en kennis te verwerf – is net soos die saad...
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Attention Problems in Early Childhood Can Have Lasting Impact
Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40 percent less likely to graduate from high school, says a study from Duke University that examined how early childhood characteristics affect academic performance.
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