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Helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed at school

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If you are a foster parent or carer for a child who has had a hard start to life, you might be worried about how they will do at school. Luckily there are some relatively easy things you can do to help increase your child’s success at preschool.  Create a language rich environment One of the issues that children from poorer backgrounds face is that they hear less language overall, leading to a poorer understanding of language structures and a lower vocabulary.…

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What Are the Different Benefits of Home Day Care Centers?

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If you are a working parent, you will need to figure out who will watch your children during the day. Unless you have family or friends who can watch them, you will need to decide between a traditional daycare center or a home-based one. Here are some benefits of choosing a home daycare center.  There is more attention paid to each child A great benefit to choosing a home daycare center ahead of a traditional daycare center is that the child to caregiver ratio is lower.…

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Understanding Heavy Rigid Truck License Training

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The transport and logistics industry is a strategic sector within any economy because it provides an important link in the business chain. Heavy vehicles have been used to ferry machinery to construction sites, deliver raw materials, and transport finished products from plants to warehouses among other heavy tasks. Heavy vehicle license training is a collection of training programmes covering different types of heavy trucks all aimed at equipping the drivers with the skills necessary to safely operate these vehicles as a part-time or fulltime occupation.…

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Choosing a Child Care Facility for a Child with Bipolar Disorder

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Raising a child who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder is not easy, and it can be challenging to do the simplest things such as finding child care. If you have a child with bipolar disorder or symptoms of that disorder, you need to choose your daycare carefully. Here are five elements the child care centre you select should have: 1. Small child to caretaker ratio Children with bipolar disorder usually need a lot of attention.…

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Playdough Based Activities

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Play dough is a wonderful supply to use in an early learning environment. Not only can it be easily and cheaply created from cooking supplies, it can be used by children of all ages to stimulate their learning and motor development. The recipe for salt play dough 1 cup salt 1 cup water (add any food colouring to the water before mixing) 2 cups plain flour Mix together and play!…

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3 Ways to Improve Communication in Your Marriage

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If the communication in your marriage has been somewhat lacking recently, you may be worried you’re losing touch with your spouse. Good communication is vital in marriage as you walk through the ups and downs of life, but busy times can see couples putting their relationship on the backburner. Before long, the compromises you accepted during a busy period can become the new norm and you may feel that you and spouse are drifting apart.…

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