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The son of a Japanese math teacher had difficulty with this subject at school and his father came up with the idea of developing a specific learning method to help him. Thus the Kumon method was born, which is currently divided into two programs: one for reading and the other for mathematics. This happened in… continue reading

“Stains teach us to live” was the slogan of a well-known detergent brand, and it was loaded with reason. For many reasons, getting dirty while playing, or rather, not worrying about getting dirty while playing, is positive. Let our children enjoy their leisure that the washing machine will do the rest. For all these reasons… continue reading

Montessori pedagogy has its own methods and also its materials. In learning colors, he uses the so-called “color tablets”. These belong to the Sensory area of Montessori , one of the 5 areas into which this special teaching philosophy is divided. The other four are Math, Language, Practical Life, and Geography and Science . We… continue reading

Respectful parenting is sometimes confused with attachment parenting and, yes, they coincide on some goals, but while the former focuses on respecting the child as a person, the latter is based on physical and emotional contact as essential at least in the first years of life. Here we are going to define respectful parenting, a… continue reading

We are so worried about the cold and the damage that children may feel that we hardly allow them to walk barefoot. This adds to the proliferation of children’s footwear, even before they learn to walk. Pre-walking shoes? It is not well understood what they are for, when the most natural thing we can do… continue reading

During the last decades the concept of “literacy” has acquired a leading role in early education. In the past, literacy experts rarely viewed literacy as an essential aspect of healthy growth and development in young children. With the beginning of reading a new stage in their lives begins. Reading is perhaps the cognitive resource by… continue reading

If we stop to think, it is curious that this is the subject of debate, or that it is necessary to give reasons to be convinced that children can and should help at home . I would refine even more, they should not “help”, they should collaborate as one more member of the family that… continue reading

Bringing children closer to nature so that they appreciate and respect their environment is essential for their training . In addition, in this way, it will be easier for them to feel love and empathy for animals, which will make them loving and conscientious human beings, away from abuse and hatred. Movies are a great… continue reading

Punishment is not the same as consequence. Given the fault that the child has committed, we must ask ourselves if we really want him to learn that what he has done is not right. If the answer is yes, then we must stop punishing and choose to take responsibility for their mistake or carelessness by… continue reading

In the early 1990s a Johnson & Johnson study of different types of learning found that cooperative learning provided more benefits to the learner. The other types of learning are competitive , in which students compete with each other to achieve a result, eliminating those who do not achieve it, since only the best wins,… continue reading