Parenting

Preventing Summer Brain Drain

Preventing Summer Brain Drain 150 150 Suzanne

Summer is upon us, plans to prevent summer brain drain are going into high gear, and the good news is that we never stop learning so brain drain may be…

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Helping Kids Learn Math

Helping Kids Learn Math 150 150 Suzanne

Learning math, and remembering it, is not the easiest thing in the world. It can be difficult for young children to learn math and difficult for adults to remember how…

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Homegrown Learning Initiatives

Homegrown Learning Initiatives 150 150 Suzanne

Different districts, different learning initiatives. Schools adopt or create many different programs to enrich areas of learning such as literacy, math, science and often they are locally developed programs built…

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Tips for Mental Fitness

Tips for Mental Fitness 150 150 Suzanne

Mental fitness is given its due attention in programs designed to fulfill health and wellness goals; certainly the benefits of physical fitness and mental fitness go hand-in-hand, but there are…

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Looking for a Reading Tutor

Looking for a Reading Tutor 150 150 Callie

Reading is an essential skill that can open up both new worlds and new opportunities for your child. But if your child is struggling with reading, opening a book can…

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Boosting Your Child’s Motivation

Boosting Your Child’s Motivation 150 150 Callie

Face it. At some time or another, we’ve all felt that restless urge to skip out on whatever we’re doing and just relax. It’s not always easy to keep ourselves…

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Synergistic Thinking

Synergistic Thinking 150 150 Suzanne

One trick of the mind that helps boost creativity and innovation is synergistic thinking. Synergistic thinking brings together a person’s various influences to help build towards personal accomplishment. Everyone has…

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Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten?

Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten? 150 150 Callie

Getting Ready for Kindergarten: 8 Skills Your Child Should Have If your child is going to be four years old before the end of this September, you’re probably wondering if…

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Understanding Media’s Influence

Understanding Media’s Influence 150 150 Suzanne

For decades there has been discussion about what the impact of video games, cable tv, the internet, and now of course, social media, has on our children. As far as…

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Choosing Senior Projects

Choosing Senior Projects 150 150 Suzanne

We live in a very fast-paced, media-oriented, and electronically engaged world. So do our kids. The shift between a generation ago and today’s youth, is significant. We had “The Brady…

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