Learning by Explaining

03/05/2008

Anyone who does anything to help a child...is a hero to me.
Fred Rogers

"Learning improves dramatically among young children who take the time to explain academic concepts to their mothers or who explain the logic aloud to themselves," reports Education Week (January 30, 2008; www.edweek.org). More specifically, a study conducted by a team of researchers at Vanderbilt University, found that...

"Four- and 5-year olds who explained concepts to their mothers before taking a test scored correctly on 76% of the questions on a test of reasoning, and children who explained concepts aloud to themselves prior to the test scored 72% correct. On the other hand, children who did not explain the concepts at all prior to taking the test scored only 42% correct. The study examined 54 youngsters' ability to correctly place toy insects in a certain pattern based on color and type."

New from Exchange: Parenting Tool Kit

We've packaged our parenting resources into a Parenting Tool Kit. The total value of this kit is $167 and we are selling it for only $112. The kit includes:

The following books:

• Dragon Mom
• Parent Relations: Building an Active Partnership
• The Complete Parenting Exchange Library

The following Beginnings Workshops:

• Parent Conferences
• Parent Involvement
• Environments With Families in Mind
• Meeting the Needs of Today's Families

The following Out of the Box Training Kits:

• Family Conferencing: Asking and Listening
• Making Families Welcome

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