by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Oct 15, 2024 | Content, Core Skills
Learning to read is an important milestone in your child’s educational journey. But with so many different methods and approaches to teaching reading, where do you even begin? One popular method that has gained traction in recent years is called synthetic phonics. In...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Oct 13, 2024 | Character, Content
Children notice everything, but they aren’t just watching for entertainment. They’re constantly observing and learning from the actions and behaviors of those around them. This is known as vicarious learning. A familiar quote helps explain the concept further: “Kids...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Oct 8, 2024 | Content, Core Skills
In 3rd grade math, students continue to build on the foundational math skills they learned in previous grades. Now that they can add and subtract, they’ll learn to multiply and divide. But that’s not all — there are plenty of other math skills and concepts to explore...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Oct 6, 2024 | Content, Core Skills
What do you get when you put foot and ball together? Football! This is an example of a compound word, and as your child continues to build their vocabulary, it’s essential to introduce them to compound words for kids. In this article, we’ll discuss how to form a...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Sep 27, 2024 | Content, Core Skills
Kids don’t just go from chewing on books as babies to reading all at once. Between the two comes the stage of emergent literacy—an essential part of building Core Skills, one of the 5 C’s at the heart of the Begin Approach to helping kids thrive in school and life....
