Education

“So we’ll do that, and I also need to tell when she gets tested, to be as, to be stupid, not to be as smart as she is. The goal is to be slow, to be not as...

I sat at my computer, trying to find the right way to compose the question. "I hope you aren't offended, but..." "It's nothing personal..." "Please forgive me if I sound neurotic..." Delete. Delete. Delete. Why was this so difficult? I was trying to ask...

It’s not uncommon for my family to give back, especially during the holiday season. Whether it be sponsoring a family in need, donating toys, or simply just baking cookies for those in our lives, we try to find ways...

Every year, July rolls around and I start watching for sales at my favorite local discount stores on supplies for my classroom. Most every store that you can buy school supplies at has some sort of sale during the...

The dreaded month of August is here and at our house that means only one thing: summer is officially O-V-E-R! Our house is a two-teacher household so August is the month that we start preparing our classrooms, adjusting our...

As we get back into the swing of the new school year, there's something very important I need to tell you–you are a math person. Or rather, you CAN be a math person, and even more to the point:...

Back to school was always such an exciting time when I was a kid–getting a new backpack, new school supplies, and always a new pair of gym shoes that were so shiny and white on that first day back. At...

The sex talk. It’s one of the most dreaded tasks in parenting, right? Sometimes it even feels hard when they give you an obvious opening like asking, “How did a baby get in your belly?” while you are pregnant with...

Last spring, I traveled for a week in Vietnam with my young family.  Around four o’clock in the afternoon, the intense equatorial heat finally loosened its grip over Ho Chi Minh City.  We threaded our way through the congested...

As a parent, you want to make sure that your kids get the best start in their education. They'll learn a lot in school, but you can support their learning at home, too. Check out these eleven tools that...