Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
I recently attended a Networking 101 event for Harvard undergraduates. As an alum, I was there to help students practice networking, but I was also there to recruit interns for my own company, Aquent. It was a well attended event, with undergraduates from all years and alumni from recent graduates to old timers like myself!…
How do you get kids journaling, and what are the benefits of journaling for kids? As a lifelong journal keeper, I’m thrilled that Mia invited me here today to explain! Read more about the benefits of journaling. Humans have kept journals for hundreds of years, and there’s a good reason for that! I’m a huge…
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…