When my son came home from school yesterday I asked if he had any homework. The answer - no. Then I asked him what they did in classes and the answer was review. I got the same answers from my daughter.
In our state the kids start taking standards of learning exams in 3rd grade for […]
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 […]
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 […]
“I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in Manhattan, and in some of the best, and during that time I became an expert in boredom. Boredom was everywhere in my world, and if you asked the kids, as I often did, why they felt so bored, they always gave […]
“Learning to drive is an exciting rite of passage for most teens — and a nerve-racking one for their parents. Especially when you consider the statistics: Within the first year of getting their license, as many as 40 percent of teen drivers have an accident. And while most crashes are minor, data indicates that every […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
Written by Christine Young [email] for b5media.
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