At the end of second grade my son started learning his multiplication facts along with a few division facts. He had been using a free math site his 2nd grade teacher recommended called Xtra Math and after finishing addition and subtraction facts, moved on to multiplication. Though the site was effective in teaching him math…
Category: Education
Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
Saying Good-bye: A House Finch Story
Please welcome my guest blogger, Anna Olswanger. I “met” her when I read a review of Greenhorn and her picture book stopped me in my tracks. It’s powerful story about the Holocaust that really reverberated. I literally could not stop thinking about that little boy and his tin box for days. I added it immediately to my…
Special Needs Resources for Parents
Thank you to everyone who took time to give me feedback on my last sponsored post on Special Needs Resources for Parents from The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). Many of you left kind comments that this was useful stuff so I will continue to highlight resources from the NCLD. As this is the holiday season,…
Rockstar Ralph Masiello’s School Visit
Our 2nd grade teacher said that Ralph Masiello was, hands down, the best author illustrator school visit she had ever seen. I think the kids in her classroom would agree. Ralph kept the kids in her classroom riveted, clinging to his every word, and he had some wonderful advice to impart. He started off by…
Angry Birds Space Hogs on Mars K’NEX GIVEAWAY
K’NEX toys have worked wonderfully to keep my son off screens, if only for a short time. I found this in the living room, after hearing my son and his middle sister, PickyKidPix, playing together for a few hours. They don’t get along that well, so this K’NEX roller coaster is a miracle of collaborative…
National Center for Learning Disabilities Resources for Parents
I’m proud to be an ambassador for the National Center for Learning Disabilitites (NCLD) and even though my three children are typicals, I think that all kids benefit from a deeper understanding and empathy for their classmates with special needs. For my kids, diversity no longer means skin color or whether their classmates have two…
Foreign Languages for Kids: Little Pim Twitter Party with Prizes!
If you are like me, you want to expose your kids to foreign languages but you don’t happen to speak any yourself. Classes and tutors are a great way to get started but more exposure would make the foreign languages stick a little more. I’m always on the hunt for games, books, apps, TV shows,…