Printable jigsaw puzzles is another great idea when you need printable fun in a flash. They offer an instant entertainment for children of all ages. Printable jigsaw puzzles have many advantages over their traditional counterparts. One of them is the fact that you can print a new piece any time your child looses one. Read more..

Developing a strong sight word vocabulary is an important part of learning to read. It is especially important for children with learning disabilities in basic reading and those who cannot use phonics skills to decode words.

The E. W. Dolch word list was developed in the 1930′s as a tool for teachers to use in teaching children words that occur with high frequency in early reading materials. The Dolch list is still widely used today, and it remains a good resource for teaching sight word vocabulary: Read more..

A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In these 4 piece puzzles, the child is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the whole image. There are 3 difficulty levels:

1. For the little ones I’d recommend to print out the game in 2 copies (one as a template, and the other one for cutting up)-thus they can lay out the pieces on top of the main template picture.

2. For a bit older children (toddlers for instance) it would be easier to have a template picture in front of them while putting the puzzle together.
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Identifying a musically, athletically, or artistically gifted child is often less difficult than identifying the intellectually gifted child. An intellectually gifted child is characterized by a pattern of attributes in her/his approach to learning. The gifted child challenges generalizations; sees relationships between diverse subjects; has a curious, questioning attitude; shows a propensity for creative thought; has an intense sense of justice and morality; has multiple and varied interests; exhibits a strong commitment to task; is persistent and tenacious; has keen powers of observation; has the ability to abstract, conceptualize, and synthesize; is skeptical and critical; has rapid insight into relationships; and often has a keen sense of humor.
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