Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
A study in the American Journal of Public Health found that early social competence was a consistent, significant predictor of outcomes in education, employment, criminal justice, substance use, and mental health. In fact, for every one-point increase in a child’s social competence score, he or she was: Twice as likely to attain a college degree 54 percent…
I remember how much I struggled in physics. It never really made sense to me. I didn’t want my kids to have this same experience so I thought I’d expose them earlier so that they would have a more intuitive feel for Newton’s Laws of Motion, the foundation of physics. To make physics fun and relatable,…
I’m excited to share a reading app with you called Speakaboos, and I’m giving away 3 FREE 1-year subscriptions worth $69.99 each (see below)! Kids will #ChooseReading with the Engaging Speakaboos Reading App Speakaboos is the reading app for kids 2-6 that turns screen time into reading time. With over 200 stories — both well known…
PickyKidPix broke her full-length mirror, not once but twice. I hope that’s not 14 years of bad luck. She hated the replacement mirror that my husband installed and wanted to replace it, yet again, herself. This mirror drama got my son thinking and asking about how mirrors work. I was hoping that he could build…
Grasshopper and Sensei started learning Chinese when she was in kindergarten. My neighbor tutored Chinese so it was easy to slip this in. I thought we were all set but then she moved away by the end of that school year. To continue their Mandarin, I put my girls into a Chinese school for adopted…
“STEM Education Is the Key to the U.S.’s Economic Future” is what you read about all the time. U.S. News and World Report says: We need to encourage more students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math. And what about girls and STEM? President Barack Obama has something to say about that (as a father…
I think my most of my readers are familiar with Jeanette Nyberg … We’ve done a holiday shopping guide together for the past few years … She’s my daughter’s Art and Design School independent college counselor … She blogs at Craftwhack (with previous blogs Artchoo! and Tiny Rotten Peanuts) … She’s got impeccable taste for the…