My niece’s school district has a system in place where teachers, parents, and students have access to just about everything online - including grades.
Now I know that technology makes this possible, but is it really good to give parents the tools to micromanage their children’s lives anymore than we already do?
What happened to interim reports […]
Even though your kids are not in the classroom this summer, there are so many ways you can keep them learning during their months off! Here are some fun ways to get their math brains working without it feeling like work.
Grocery store math - challenge your tween’s math skills by trying to estimate the […]
Think back to when you were in school, is there a teacher who inspired you, challenged you, or changed your life for the better? I’m sure there is.
How about your child’s teachers? I know my kids have been fortunate to have some wonderful teachers over the years and this week we will take some time […]
Anymore I am not sure who stresses more about standardized tests - the students or the parents. One thing I do know is that standardized test time is right around the corner and I have two kids with two totally different attitudes towards the tests.
For my son, tests are just a non-issue. He doesn’t stress […]
The cycle of learning never ends! Today I am hosting the b5media Family and Relationship channel’s monthly carnival. Each of our authors has shared an aspect of education that is near and dear to their heart and the stages they are at in life now. Be sure to stop in and check them all out […]
We went to another Middle School parents orientation meeting last night. It was very different from the one we went to last week, yet they were both working from the same set of Powerpoint slides. I will do a comparison post some time next week, but while they are still fresh in my mind, […]
Tonight we go to a Middle School orientation. The school will explain the educational and social plan they have for the kids. And while the presentation is supposed to be the same at each of the counties’ middle schools, we are going to this one and one at another school next week so we can […]
My son is going to middle school in the fall and I am a bit stressed. I guess that is normal because we are entering unchartered territory. I felt the same feeling of stress and angst when it was time to send him to Kindergarten - unlike the sheer joy I have building about my […]
Quintura released a kids version of their See & Find visual search engine in December. I finally had a chance to play with it and let my kids play with it, too. This unique search engine combines tag/keyword cloud technology with graphical icons to indicated categories (click on the guitar to find music) and traditional […]
One of the biggest challenges we face as parents is teaching our children, especially our girls, to love themselves and be comfortable in their own skin. As Moms, it is especially challenging when sometimes we are still hung up on body issues ourselves.
The focus of this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is:
Be comfortable in […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
Written by Charlene Polanosky , and Christine Young for b5media.
A Child Chosen
A Creative Journal
All Holiday Cafe
Babylune
Baking Delights
Behind The Vines
Blog Fabulous
Brew Ha-Ha
Busy Family Meals
Career and Kids
Chocolate Bytes
Cooking Gadgets
Dating Dames
Declutter It
Drinks after Dark
Foodie Obsessed
GenBetween
Hankering for Yarn
Inside Fatherhood
Inside Motherhood
Jewelry and Beading
Junk Creation
Keeping the Castle
Kettle and Cup
Layers Upon Layers
Macro Cats
Mad Cropper
Marriage Actually
Mom Gadget
Mother Earth's Garden
MyCrimeSpace
Noodles and Rice
Offbeat Homes
One Book Two Book
Our One Heart
Parenting Tweens & Teens
Parents Behaving Badly
Play Library
Psycho for Love
Quilting and Patchwork
Robust Cooking
She Knows Parties
Simply Home Remedies
Simply Thrifty
Solo Mother
StampingMad
Supernanny Rules
Tangled Thread
The Food Bowl
Thrifty Mommy
Toolbelt Tips
Tree Hugging Family
Unplugged Living
Widows Quest
Recent Comments