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Why
BTRWARE?
Children
are the world’s most valuable resource. It is the
adult’s responsibility to realize this premise, and to
ensure that “all” children have a safe and
nurturing environment to grow and develop to their fullest
potential. BTRware can help by developing appropriate home
lesson plans and explain to you the parent what is being
developed as you support and guide your child through
teaching at home. The lesson plans focus on national
curriculum standards
With over fifty
years in the field of education we at BTRWARE feel that our
methodology is better than any other. The most common
questions parents have asked center around materials and how
to support their child in using these resources. As parents
you are the experts in your child’s needs. Your child
is growing and developing very quickly. There is a better way
to support and teach your child today. BTRware will give you
the necessary support.
If you are
choosing to home school your child please remember the
importance of hands on learning for young children and be
prepared to readdress topics many times. This is exactly what
a typical primary grade teacher, (grades 1, 2, & 3), will
do throughout the course of a school year. As a primary class
develops the teacher simply makes the materials more involved
or sophisticated while working towards student independence.
BTRware can help
by developing appropriate home lesson plans and explain to
you the parent what is being developed as you support and
guide your child through teaching at home. The lesson plans
focus on national curriculum standards.
Young children
need time to explore and play as part of their development.
We as adults look on the play or exploration of children with
envy, because of our usual rushed and hectic lives. We forget
that this very engagement in play and discovery is exactly
what a young child is suppose to be doing. Discovery and play
is their “work”. To do this work well we need to
give children three essential elements, good tools, support
and guidance, and a designated workspace.
Just as we adults
are more successful in doing our jobs more effectively with
good tools of our trade so will children have a richer
exploration experience with good manipulatives and toys. That
being said, in today’s world many parents think this
means expensive toys and technology. On the contrary, some of
the best math manipulatives cost nothing.
Remember that your
young child is moving through various stages of mental
development. These stages need to be nurtured and that means
lots of physical and mental activity. Noted childhood
researchers Eric Erikson, (emphasized human growth throughout
one’s life span), and Jean Piaget, (emphasized four
distinct developmental phases of child development,
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and
formal operational) while looking at two varied views of
development both concluded that children thrive and grow with
attention and guidance.
When choosing to
home school, plan a good workspace that your child will
identify as his or her school sight. If you have a den try to
organize a learn space that offers storage space for
materials and for older students a place to sit and complete
assignments. This is important because it emphasizes to the
child the importance of organization and time management.
Now, let’s
start discussing some great exploration manipulatives that
will support your child’s learning.
Free exploration
of common materials from your child’s world allows you
the teacher to begin where your child is in his or her world.
Materials that are familiar to the child will stimulate their
senses as well as give a feeling of self-confidence in
applying these manipulatives in mathematical concepts.
Manipulatives
with 4 great lesson plans.
...Mary Joy
Lewis, M.Ed.
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