Learning apps for kids over the summer
Perfect for road trips, weekend mornings for an extra hour of sleep, and those precious weekends with the Grandparents, screen time can be a useful tool when the kids are home over the summer....
Tagged: learning
How Self-Regulation Can Help to Calm Kids
Self-regulation is a term given to the ability to stay calm, focused and alert. In a classroom setting, having strong self-regulation skills allows a child to get along with others, to control their behavior...
Family Adventures Abroad
This year, our family spent five weeks in Mexico. Not surprisingly, sharing this time together as a family was incredible and believe it or not, it can be done. It simply takes some creativity...
How to Talk to Your Child’s Teacher
“What is the best way to reach out and communicate with my child’s teacher?” This is one of the most popular questions parents ask. Sometimes it’s because their first child is in the school...
Navigating Tweens and Technology
Like countless generations of parents before me, I am being pushed along a bumpy road to embracing new technology by my children. While both my husband and I finally feel quite adept at setting...
Giving the Gift of Science
Holiday shopping is in full swing! The malls are filled with families checking their lists trying to find gifts for loved ones – especially the little ones. It’s easy to walk into a toy...
Preschool: A New Step for the Whole Family
Well, who would’ve thunk it? All of the worries and fears, and worries…all for nothing. As it turns out, the girls were much more ready for preschool than I was! When Orientation day arrived,...
How to Know When Your Child is Struggling with Reading
The single most asked question I receive in my private practice is, “How is my child’s reading?” The underlying concern is usually whether or not a child’s ability to read is developing normally. Ultimately,...
Screen Time: How to Achieve a Healthy Balance for Kids
In my work as a private educational consultant I am often asked what I think about screen time for children and what I’ve included in this post is pretty much the answer I give....
The Importance of Letting Our Kids Fail
There is an old Japanese saying that says; knocked down seven, get up eight. For those of us facing the daunting challenge of raising the next generation, it is probably one of most important...
