Preschool Guide

What Is Genius Hour, And Why Is It Important?

what is genius hour and why is it important

Genius Hour is an educational project in which students explore a self-directed project or topic of their own choosing. While Genius Hour typically takes place in a school or classroom, there are increasingly fewer opportunities for true exploration in traditional educational settings. At ACE Academy, we create space for Genius Hour after school, as a way for children to restore and recharge in a way that is meaningful to them as individuals.

Preschool Math Activities And Ideas For Emerging Learners

preschool math activities

Children are much more inquisitive than adults. Younger kids especially love learning new things, including learning about objects, shapes, colors, and even playing with numbers. You may find it hard to believe, but your little one may be applying basic math like counting more than you can gauge. This is because children perceive numbers very …

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How to Teach Cutting Skills – Teaching Cutting Skills to Preschoolers

teaching cutting skills

Children love scissors. However the skills required to use them are not completely developed till they are around six-years-old, though even a three or four-year-old can have developed some ability to snip and cut. This is because proper use of scissors requires adequate finger manipulation – the ability to use the thumb separated from the …

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How Orton Gillingham is better than Montessori?

Creating a beautiful, light, spacious and accessible learning environment is one of the most attractive features of the Montessori method of teaching. According to this way of teaching, children learn at their own pace assisted by specially designed learning aids.  Montessori encourages children of different age groups to learn together, based on their belief that …

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What is the Orton Gillingham Approach?

According to the Orton Gillingham Academy, “The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia.  It is most properly understood and practiced as an approach, not a method, program, or system. …

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