Tim Johnson's Blog, page 15

Why Do Children Love Picture Books, Even if They Don't Understand The Words?

Children show a strong affinity and association with picture books and coloring books even if they don’t understand them. Children between the age group of two to five-years-old enjoy looking at and playing with picture books and coloring books. Bright colors and shapes are a great attraction for children. You can make your kid learn a lot with the help of a picture book. If you are trying to teach a certain language to your three-years-old then seeking the help of a picture book can be a gre...

What Percentage of International Children are Raised Bilingual

Being bilingual or multilingual is a trait that can help your child attain a higher degree of cognitive ability, and make him or her get better grades in school and score higher than other kids in aptitude tests. Surprisingly there are a large percentage of bilingual children internationally. Many kids are born to parents with different native languages and they tend to acquire grasp on both the languages which they inherit from both the parents. Only 19% of world’s languages are of American...

The Power of a Bilingual Three-Year-Old

The importance of bilingualism can not be undermined in young kids even in infants. According to researchers the ability of children to learn different languages starts at the age of 10 months. Learning new languages which are different from your mother tongue is not as difficult as it seems. All you need is persistence and dedication towards your learning goal. The ability to learn new things in infants and kids aged between three to five years old is relatively fast, and what ever you will...

Bosley Gets Another Great Review! - Thanks Darian Wilk!

Bosley received another great review from a friend of mine.  It makes me so happy to know that people are enjoying my book!  You can check out Darian's website to learn about her.

She has written one book called "Love Unfinished" and is in the process of writing "Reinventing Claire" which you can learn more about on her website.

Here is Darian's Review of Bosley Sees the World:

 

[image error]Sweet little Bosley tells his Momma that he's tired of their tiny cave, and decides he's going on a...

5 Reasons To Study A Foreign Language

As if you needed any more reasons, but if you're trying to stay motivated and need a few reminders, here goes:

Meet new friends: Learning a foreign language opens up the door to your getting to know more people and expanding your social network. If you are studying a language such as Spanish, Portuguese, or Chinese that is spoken by a large percentage of the population, you will be literally potentially tapping into a communication network with hundreds of millions of people that was previou...

Baby Sign Language - Communication Before Speech

Prior to mastering the art of speech, your baby has great difficulty in communicating his needs to you. This can cause frustration for you both - yet there is a solution. Baby sign language is rapidly becoming popular as a means of recognising - and responding to - a young baby's needs. Babies can be taught sign language from any age, but they really begin to take notice of the signs from around six months and may begin using them from as early as seven to eight months of age. As many parents...