Infant Education

Among our responsibilities as parents is to instill in our children love and respect for the planet in which we live. Children are not oblivious to the changes that our planet is undergoing and it is important to teach them simple habits that they incorporate naturally in their day-to-day lives, to raise awareness about the need to care for the environment.

The suicide last week of a teenager enrolled in a public institute in Madrid, due to possible xenophobic harassment, has reopened the debate about violence in the classroom. In view of tackling this serious problem, the Community of Madrid has approved today the new decree to regulate coexistence in public schools, schools and institutes in the region.

In recent studies we have been researching mirror writing in children aged four to six years. This term is used when the characters (numbers and uppercase letters) are reversed, but they are correct, such as when they are reflected in a mirror. In the case of normal writing, the mirror should be placed to the right or left, perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the writing.

Fortnite is one of the most successful international online games among children, teenagers and even adults. We have already spoken on other occasions of the difficulty of keeping our children away from this phenomenon that, if we do not control their use, can get to hook. And responding to the saying that "if you can't with your enemy, join him," Victor Arufe Giráldez, a teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Education of the University of A Coruña, has used Fortnite to teach children physical education, with very satisfactory motivating results, as commented to Babies and More.

One of the issues in which we need to educate our children, the men and women of the future, is the problem of climate change and environmental degradation. Environmental education starts at home, of course speaking and preaching by example. Water scarcity is one of the issues that most concern and it is important to teach our children to save water at home making it a fun task for them.

Have you ever thought about why we ask our children to be educated with others, not to scream and we tell them screaming because they ignore us? Tania García, pedagogue, family advisor and founder of the international school Edurespeta, has a clear answer and defends educating children and adolescents without shouting or punishment, with common sense, connection, love, tolerance and coherence.

When they are very young, girls feel that they can be everything they set out to do: presidents, astronauts, scientists, engineers or business managers ... However, at age five they begin to think they are less intelligent than boys and stop believing who can practice "important" professions

That our educational system is anchored in the past, is something we have talked about on numerous occasions. Today's school, as stated, kills the creativity of children and their enthusiasm for learning, and although there are more and more professionals who are committed to change, the truth is that there is still a long way to go.

When we think of "exam anxiety", the image of a college or university student obsessed with the impending arrival of an exam usually comes to mind. It is true that students in recent courses have been the focus of more than half a century of research on exam anxiety and its impact on grades.

There are 200,000 children with disabilities in Spain and 17 percent study in special centers. Now, the State School Council wants them to live in regular schools with the other students. This measure has caused that the associations of fathers and mothers of children with disabilities have called a march for next February 23, in protest of the disappearance of these centers because they are in favor of inclusive education, but also of special education.

The French government announces that as of September, nursery school will be compulsory education after three years. It is explained as a way to favor work-life balance and equal opportunities, so that parents can work without having to juggle their time and money, but our neighbors affirm that it only confirms a current reality: 98.5 per One hundred of the French children aged three to five years already go to school, although at the moment the school is compulsory from the age of six.

Today, teenagers search YouTube for the answers to all their concerns and doubts, and they also do it when they need help solving equations or square roots. Fortunately, there you can find David Calle, a telecommunications engineer and teacher who explains mathematics, physics and chemistry in a very simple way, entertaining and focusing on helping to understand these matters.

Today, February 11 marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This initiative, which only has three years of life, aims to give visibility to the work of women scientists, promote scientific vocations in girls and help close the gender gap in science. Because although studies show that it is not true that women are not good at science, reality says otherwise: women are very poorly represented in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

His name is Antonio García Vicente, he is 11 years old, he is from Villanubla (a town in Valladolid) and he confesses "mega fan" of Real Madrid football. So far, a normal child if it were not because with only six years he entered the Young Programmers Club of the University of Valladolid; with eight, he gave his first TED talk, and today he has programmed more than 100 video games.

That the Spanish educational model is still anchored in the past in many aspects, is something that today cannot be refuted. The high school failure is a clear example of this, which is why for some years now it has been trying to improve education from many fronts, with the aim that children not only learn, but do so with interest and motivation.

The Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has confirmed that the Tax Agency will study the 'donations' that families have been making to the schools, to verify whether or not it is a consideration for the children's schooling services. That means, as we explained in November that it is interpreted that the payments that families make in concerted schools cannot be considered as donations and therefore are not deductible in the income statement.

One in five boys and one in seven girls between 12 and 16 years old are involved in some case of cyberbullying. In addition, 42.6% of the girls have claimed to have been victims of some type of violence or sexual harassment on the Internet, compared to 35.9% of the boys. These are some of the alarming figures included in the UNICEF report 'Children of the digital divide in Spain', presented within the campaign of the # 2entuclase organization.

A mother shows on her Twitter account, the WhatsApp messages that she has sent to the parents of a school partner of her son, denouncing the vexations to which the other child submits, calling him 'butterfly' and 'dove'. Part of the message "There is a child who messes with my son every day ... and I don't know how to act without messing it up" to reproduce the unilateral conversation he had, since he has not yet received an answer.

Today is celebrated the School Day of Nonviolence and Peace, recognized by UNESCO in 1993. On this date the need for education for tolerance, solidarity and respect for others is remembered, values ​​that as parents we have the Responsibility to teach our children. It is not something that can be transmitted from one day to the next, but a daily work since they are young, based on the love for our children and on the desire that they be people who promote peace and non-violence.

In general, we usually try to introduce children to the letters too soon, which many experts describe as an error, because the brains of the little ones are not yet ready. But compared to traditional systems, the method of the Italian pedagogue María Montessori stands out, which allows the child to learn to read at his own pace.