Letting them be kids again
Amid the welter of decibel-topping noise generated by violent and intense computer games, the Internet, TV and loud music shrieking from the stereo, I wondered […]
Amid the welter of decibel-topping noise generated by violent and intense computer games, the Internet, TV and loud music shrieking from the stereo, I wondered […]
How many times have you heard the word no in your life? Probably quite a few. Maybe even hundreds or possibly thousands. Probably you are […]
What are your plans to make this summer an educational one? Summer school? Day camps? Lazy days at the beach? Whatever your plans, these tips […]
Childhood is in serious trouble according to Dashka Slater on Salon.com Consider the word FUN. Overly concerned with development, parents are sucking all the fun […]
Building good eating habits leads to better performance in school. Studies have shown that poor diets, especially diets that are too high in fats and […]
A segment from our December parent newsletter Parties. Shopping. Baking. Decorating. Get-togethers. The holiday season is a very busy time—with the kids home from school […]
Last week was children’s book week in the US, this week it is book week in Canada—writing contests, author readings, book giveaways, read-ins… what a […]
One of the first things that my mother ever taught me was that books are our friends. (Usually preceded by a scolding such as: we […]
Sir Ken Robinson, author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, gives an entertaining and touching talk on children and their native creative […]

Have you ever gotten a test back and you had lost marks because of messiness, or because the teacher couldn’t read some of what you […]
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