Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
I have been working on getting my Kickstarter funded for the past month, so I don’t have anything special for Pi Day. Instead, here is a round-up of my prior posts, an event, and a Pi song video. What is Pi (π) Day? Founded in 1988 at the Exploratorium, Pi (π) Day has become an…
Raising a family seemed more simple in the past. It was just the way things were back then. No matter what their professions, it seemed like people back then were to be able to raise and support a family as part of regular life. The modern world is much different. With easy access to the…
Please welcome my friend Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett! Her fabulous site, Miss Panda Chinese, has playful and engaging Chinese language programs for early childhood education organizations and elementary schools. She is also the host of Playful Chinese podcast. Her “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” album has been introducing Mandarin Chinese to families that are new…
It’s strange but personal finance is not often taught in school which means we, as parents, need to teach our kids how to handle money when they get out of school and into the real world. Let’s be honest, many of us are still trying to figure this out ourselves, so teaching our kids these…
What exactly was the Boston Massacre and why is it an important milestone in American history? Let’s follow along Boston’s Freedom Trail and find out! The American Revolution was ignited by this single incident. The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as…
English is one of the most spoken languages in the world. However, not all of us are proficient in speaking English. For most of us, English is only another language that we learn at school. It is not our mother tongue, unlike the ones living in the West. However, the widespread usage of English in…
Holocaust Memorial Day is coming up soon on January 27th. We used to host Multicultural Children’s Book Day on the 27th of January every year until we realized that it conflicted with Holocaust Memorial Day. It seemed disrespectful to put our celebration on the same day so we switched our day to the last Friday…