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About this talk: Dr Valerie Muter discusses the importance of concentration when starting school. She shares three practical tips on how parents can develop the concentration span of preschool children.
About the speaker: Dr Valerie Muter is a consultant clinical psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital where she specialises in working with children with both developmental and neurologically based learning disorders. Visit Val's website at www.psykidz.co.uk.
Talk Topics - Early Years / Preschool
Further Reading:
Visit Val's website at www.psykidz.co.uk.
To get hold of Valerie Muter's and Helen Likierman's latest book on how parents can prepare their child for school please click here.
Key Points Covered in This Talk:
Top Tips For Preschoolers: The Importance of Preparation: Dr Helen Likierman considers why preparing preschool children for starting school is so important. She also outlines the steps parents should take to ensure their preschool child is ready to start school.
Top Tips For Preschoolers: Prepare Your Child for Reading: Dr Valerie Muter describes how parents can prepare their preschool children for learning to read before they start school. She outlines three useful tips that can be used with preschool children.
Top Tips For Preschoolers: Developing Social Skills: Dr Helen Likierman describes how parents can build up social skills in preschoolers and get them to develop friendships.
Top Tips For Preschoolers: Develop Your Child's Language: Dr Valerie Muter describes how parents can develop their preschool children's language skills before they start school. She outlines four useful tips that can be used with preschool children.
Top Tips For Preschoolers: Developing Independence & Routine: Dr Helen Likierman discusses how parents can develop independence in preschoolers. She also describes how setting up routines is crucial for getting preschoolers ready for school.
Top Tips For Preschoolers: Developing Good Behaviour: Dr Helen Likierman describes how teach your preschool child to behave well. She discusses the clear boundaries that should be set, how to encourage good behaviour and what to do about very naughty behaviour in preschoolers.