It's a scary word. Neuropsychology. And a mouth full, too.
Now when faced with the possibility that something might be wrong with the one we love, many find that fear is the first response. I feared to see a neuropsychologist because I knew it meant that an official label would be attached if he found what I knew he would. Let's break down what neuropsychology is.
Now I was asked to give my God's honest opinion about this app called Kidloland. It is an app geared toward children under the age of 5. It advertizes to offer nursery ryhmes, games, learning activities and fundamental reading skills. On it's website which I have linked here, Kidloland is shown to have be given four awards or badges one of them being the Mom's Choice Award. Over 350+ moms and bloggers have endorsed the app itself, too. So hey, sounds great, right? Well this mom was given the chance to give this app a whirl and see if it holds up to the high standards that the website sets for consumers. Experts say that reading 20 minutes a day with your child(ren) is critical for their development. It can give them the motivation to become readers themselves, expand their vocabulary, encourage and strength concentration, and most of all, it encourages your child's imagination. All of these things are great for young people looking to start their careers as students. Books are a central theme is most all elementary schools. My son's preschool centers each day around a certain book they've read and the activities they do are based around the theme of the novel. It connects it all together for maximum learning. Even at home, books can make a child relate to their own lives from what books they've read. So do them a favor, and get in some good bonding time and read! So now, here it is. Our list of favorite children's novels for preschool and kindergarten age! Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon - Patty Lovell Extraordinary Jane - Hannah E. Harrison Llama Llama and the Bully Goat - Anna Dewdney Sleep, Baby, Sleep - Maryann Love 10 on the Sled - Kim Norman Once Upon A Cool Motorcycle Dude - Kevin O'Malley ABC Look at Me - Roberta Intrater The Night Before Preschool - Natasha Wing The Gingerbread Man - Mara Alperin It's Not Easy Being Big - Stephanie St. Pierre All of Baby Nose to Toes - Victoria Adler Room on the Broom - Julia Donaldson Our Experience With bedtime readingAs a young child, Hilo always loved to be visually stimulated. He loved books. Pictures, and colors, and especially the TV, he loved it all. He'd stare at his birthday cards and play with them like toys. But one thing he'd never let us do is read. Hilo would grab the book from us, zoom through the pages, and move on to the next thing. He never wanted to hear the story, just see it. So it wasn't until he was about two years old when he started speech and occupational therapy along with Early Intervention. We were learning some tricks on how to wind him down. We had the special brush to use to transition him, a weighted blanket, a weighted vest, and a calming atmosphere. Before bed, he'd still be a basket of crazy. However, we found that when getting him ready for bed, if we had him lay down in bed and listen to books he'd calm down and stay down. Not that he wouldn't get out of his bed a million times. But he didn't wind himself back up to a maniac. Hilo would simply want us to lay him down again and read more books. I guess he just decided (as most things with autistic kids go) that he wanted to hear the stories. So now, it is a routine we do every afternoon before nap and before bed. It works wonders! I swear by reading. He learns so much. I try to make it a little interactive too, to encourage more of the skills that his speech therapist is working on. We've learned a lot about animals, and counting, and all sorts of different things. It's a great tool for a child truly!
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AuthorGabrielle Rae is a special needs, stay at home mommy of two boys. She enjoys reading and writing novels in her spare time. @onbothfrontsArchives
August 2018
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