During the school session, schoolteachers are responsible for enriching your kid’s life through various activities and other mental stimulations. But in the summer months this responsibility shifts to parents. Summer camps are good for children as well as for parents, …
Homework time can be as bad as getting your child to clean their room. They’ve been at school all day, and they don’t want to sit down and do any more work. How can you help your child avoid the …
Children learn by example. They learn all our bad habits, bad words, and bad attitudes. But just as much, they learn from the good things we do as well. My oldest son did not want to sit with me and …
Creating new habits isn’t easy. Here are six simple hacks that will make it a little easier. Use them until you’ve internalized the new habit and don’t need them anymore. Schedule It And Put It On The To-Do List Sometimes …
They say it takes 21 days to create a new habit. That’s kind of a weird idea though, isn’t it? It doesn’t take that long to form a bad habit. And sometimes no matter how hard we try it takes …
There is a strong connection between setting goals and maintaining the motivation required to successfully attain them. In fact, in the 1960’s, behavioral research led to an understanding of the correlation between these concepts; and theories were developed to shed …
Baseball practice, piano practice, dance class, after school activities, homework, family night, church activities – are our kids doing too much? It’s an epidemic that is sweeping through our homes. It’s about giving our kids what we never had growing …
Are old education methods getting in the way of new ones? In a world where technology advances quickly and access to information and the amount of information available increases, many think that old education methods are passé and the bold …
It’s an exciting time to be in education. Years of research on what’s effective in education are finally beginning to bear fruit and—hallelujah—administrators seem to be listening. If you’re a new teacher, you’ve probably been initiated into a learner-centered and …
Summer break, that’s the magical time of the year every child, and teacher thinks about during the stressful moments of school. Summer is the most exciting time of the year when both students and teachers take much needed time to …