Every month of the year TeacherCreatedResources.com provides a free calendar of “days” that someone decided needed to be celebrated. Here’s October’s offering (plus a few others I located.) 1 Frugal Fun Day 2 Guardian Angels Day 3 Child Health Day, Techie Day 4 National Taco Day, 10-4 Day 5 National Kale Day, World Teacher’s Day… Read More »
We love our kids no matter if they are 2, 13, or 32 (or older!). When they live at home and are on summer break, our days are busy beyond our expectations. Even if we are working parents, we have more tasks to do when our kids are around all summer. Now that most students… Read More »
These days we have so many choices of activities that sometimes school and homework gets crowded out of our kids lives. Finding a balance is difficult, but their education needs to come first after family. That means that school, homework, and projects should be a priority. When families depend on before or afterschool care, their… Read More »
Ever feel like an ogre when you get kids up for school? Ever feel like time is slipping away and that you’re nagging them? Chances are that if you don’t start your morning routine the night before, you might be an unintentional ogre. Here are a few ideas to help you breeze through your mornings.… Read More »
I’ve seen athletes on TV treated for concussions. I’ve heard about the dangers of them. But until recently, I’ve never been around someone who had a severe head trauma. It truly is the invisible illness many talk about. There are no outward signs like bleeding or broken bones to be cast. But over 3,800,000 athletes… Read More »
At home, school, church, or a club or group, consider including these five ideas when working with young children. Read aloud to promote imagination and word skills. Rhyme (plus talk, sing, and play together) to develop language skills. Routines develop independence and help kids be part of the family, school classrooms and beyond. Recognition not… Read More »
I wrote this last year and felt it was worth repeating. If you’re out and wandering through the back-to-school sales, consider making additional purchases. Toss extra ‘somethings’ into your basket that you can give to a school or a shelter for a deserving student. Here are a few ideas: a beginning kit for a budding… Read More »
I saved an article from last spring by Jamie Littlefield entitled, Promote Reading: Share Books. Here are a few of her suggestions that bear repeating. The bad news: 21,000,000 Americans can’t read… 45,000,000 Americans are marginally illiterate… Fewer than 1/2 of Americans read literature… In some libraries, the copyright date on non fiction books is… Read More »
Just a reminder: You can read or download my Educating America newsletters and the accompanying downloads for free from this very site. Look to the top of this blog. Scan across and click on: Return to Educating America. Whether you are an educator, a para educator, a parent, or a community volunteer, you will find… Read More »
Nothing. It’s an easy thing to do. It requires no action, no getting yourself out the door at a specific time, not even a need to get dressed. But doing nothing is truly costly. Doing nothing means that hour you could have used to help a young child read or an older child make corrections… Read More »