Summer has arrived, and with it for many of us comes family vacations. While vacations are wonderful learning opportunities in and of themselves, you can also use these vacations as a way to keep up with academic skills. In particular, your children … [Read more...]
The Importance of Powerful Word Choice
Words are very powerful, and a descriptive word is especially powerful in elevating a piece of writing to the next level. When talking with your child about writing, it’s important to help him understand that he needs to create an image for his … [Read more...]
Collaboration, not Colonization!
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. —Malcolm S. Forbes What is it about us? Why can’t we … [Read more...]
The Art of Bookmaking
There is something so special about holding a book in one’s hand. It can’t be replicated by holding onto an e-book. There’s a heft and weight to a book, there is the sound of the turning of the pages, and the feeling you get when you can close the … [Read more...]
Language Arts Games to Play in the Car
Most of us spend a considerable amount of time in the car with our children. Why not make the most out of this time by playing fun games that will help promote the language arts? Here are some of my favorites ALPHABET … [Read more...]
Parent Teacher Meetings: Do they have to be this way?
No child is totally perfect. They have good days and bad days. Don’t we all? There is a joy in growing, learning from those bad days and revelling in the good ones. That is life! We moved back from the UK, and my older son took to his … [Read more...]
Poetry Recitation at Home
Back when I was in school, poetry recitation was something that was explicitly taught in the classroom. From what I’ve heard, it’s not a top priority in most schools these days. That’s too bad because there is a lot to be gained from this practice. … [Read more...]
How to help your child pick an engaging book
For many of us parents out there, there is an often repeated struggle with our children to get them to read. The biggest complaint my son used to make when he was school-aged was that he couldn't find a book that interested him. Of course I had so … [Read more...]
We don’t grow into creativity!
It is not what we know that is important today, but what we do with it! It is our ability to analyze, think out of the box, ideate and create. We need creativity to get on with our lives. Finding that next tagline, strategy or product at work or … [Read more...]
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