Something just to share… Yesterday my daughter demonstrated her ability to write every letter. I didn’t know she could do this. I have not taught her. I have given her no worksheets with endless tracings and lines and practice. I don’t even have an app on her tablet (Android OS) that helps with this (thank […]
The Value of the Pen
December 6, 2011 Why Does Writing Make Us Smarter? First Posted: 07/16/11 12:46 PM ET Updated: 09/15/11 06:12 AM ET React Don’t trade in your pencils and paper for a keyboard just yet. A new study that compared the different brain processes used for writing by hand and typing has found that there are cognitive benefits […]
Adding, Subtracting, Grouping, Amounts
Yesterday, Lily lined up 9 babies on three steps, instructed me to sit next to them, got out a pack of addition flash cards (the kind with the answer missing, and a box on slick cards that one can write the answer in), and announced she was going to teach her babies stuff. She proceeded […]