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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Character and Shopping Carts
One of the most memorable and talked about scenes in the Growing Kids God’s Way video series can be found during Chapter 8 – Character Development: Respect for Peers, Property, and Nature. The scene shows a shopping cart driven by the wind making its way towards a car and the lady in the driver’s seat [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Commentary/Analysis, Parenting/Society by Hank Osborne
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Early Childhood Curriculum Updates and Changes – 3
Common Questions:
Question One: Does GFI have plans to update Preparation for Parenting in the same format as the new Babyhood Transitions course?
Ans. Yes, it is being targeted for release in late 2009.
Question Two: Why is GFI splitting the Preparation for the Toddler Years into two series instead of keeping it a single curriculum as described [...]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Early Childhood Curriculum Updates and Changes – 2
What Leaders Need to Know
As is the case with all of the GFI curriculums, the new courses are self contained units presented in DVD format. Specific recommendations and suggestions for leading any particular curriculum will be found in the companion workbook.
Leaders will notice two changes in the new curriculum that affects the dynamics of the [...]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Early Childhood Curriculum Updates and Changes
Understanding the Early Childhood Transition Series
Preface
Change! It seems to be a way of life in a rapidly expanding, knowledge-based society where technology changes everyday. New innovations impact life styles and the way people learn. Parenting curriculums, once designed to cover large blocks of developmental time are less effective today than years gone by. Precision teaching [...]
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Harvard catches up with the Ezzos
The principles found in Preparation for Parenting and On Becoming Babywise have been educating parents for two decades on the importance of nighttime sleep and how to obtain it with infants. A TIME.com article highlights researchers from Harvard and other institutions who have recently published articles in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine [...]
