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🐷 Life Lessons From Animal Farm

At first glance, Animal Farm may seem like a simple story about animals living on a farm. But beneath the surface, George Orwell filled the novel with important lessons about friendship, honesty, leadership, fairness, and thinking for yourself. While some themes in the book are more suited for older children and teens, there are many meaningful life lessons kids can take from the story and apply to everyday life. 1. Always Think for Yourself One of the biggest lessons in Animal Farm is the importance of critical thinking. Many of the animals simply accept whatever the pigs tell them, even when things stop making sense. Because they do not question what they hear, the pigs gain more and more control. Kids can learn that it is okay to: ask questions, think carefully, check facts, and form their own opinions. Good leaders and trustworthy people should not be afraid of respectful questions. 2. Words Have Power Throughout the story, the pigs use speeches and slogans to influe...

How to teach your toddler to write?

Learning to write is such a critical and fascinating skill. Even in this computer age, good penmanship is still key for future academic and professional success. Nobody wants the pain of ‘crab writing’ standing in the way of decoding valuable information.

The beauty of childhood is that they can learn things quickly and learn it well; so proper penmanship, before high school, is the goal.

The good news is that pencil and paper are not the only way or even the main way for a child to practice good handwriting skills. 

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Here Is A List Of Ways To Get Kids 'Writing' from the very moment they can hold a crayon or pencil:

✏ Using chalk to write or draw on a fence or on side walk. 

✏ Putting a pencil or crayon in a toddler's hand the moment they can grasp things and giving them paper to mark.

✏️ Finger tracing in the air or on surfaces

✏️ Making letter shadows before bedtime 

✏️ Writing with etch pads, magnetic boards or doodle pads.

✏️ Using play dough to form letters 

✏️ Writing on glass surfaces with window markers

✏ Writing with different tools such as pens, slim & fat crayons, markers and pencil crayons, liquid chalked etc. 


Keep writing because practice makes permanent. ✍️ 


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What are your go to #handwriting strategies for littles? 👇🏾 

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