by Begin Learning Team | May 22, 2023 | Core Skills
Learning shapes isn’t just about teaching your child how to draw a circle or square. For 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds, recognizing shapes is an important Core Skill, one of the 5 C’s at the heart of the Begin Approach to helping kids thrive in school and life. Shapes...
by Begin Learning Team | May 19, 2023 | Character
When we think of kindness, we often think of being friendly, generous, and even considerate—and those attributes are important! However, beyond surface-level politeness lies something deeper than just being “nice.” Looking for kindness activities to do with...
by Begin Learning Team | May 19, 2023 | Core Skills
As a parent, you may have heard the term “sight words” but might not really know what it means. We read sight words every day without thinking about it. They are words like “the,” “he,” and “where,” for example, that are very common but not easy to sound out. Learning...
by Begin Learning Team | May 17, 2023 | Core Skills
What are the best activities for 4-year-olds? There’s so much going in kids’ lives at this age that it can be tough to tell. Should you focus on letters and numbers? Playing pretend? Arts and crafts? Getting outdoors? At Begin, we focus on the 5 C’s that help kids...
by Begin Learning Team | May 17, 2023 | Character
Empathy—the ability to understand how someone else is feeling or felt—is one of the most critical social-emotional skills your child can develop. Developing empathy is part of building Character, one of the research-based 5 C’s at the heart of the Begin Approach to...
