Doing Science the Wrong Way
I fully admit that I am not a scientist. I am not good with experiments, I don’t have a lot to say about astronomy, physics, or chemistry, and I am not sure how anything works. I did, however, get...
View ArticleHow to Have a Library Adventure
What’s so great about the library? The kids have to be quiet. What’s so bad about the library? The kids have to be quiet. Several posts ago I wrote about memory and that the best way to remember...
View ArticleVocabulary and Critical Thinking: Success Begins With the Words You Say
If success starts early, then talking to your children is one of the first ways to help them be successful. There are worlds of possibility in the human activity of verbal communication. How you go...
View ArticleHow to Get a Great Education: Find Opportunities in the Mundane
What separates the highly educated from the sort of educated? How much time you spend using your brain. I think that is what it comes down to in the end. It isn’t that a person knows more facts, that...
View ArticleHow to Be Successful in Life: Spend Time in the Adult World
If you want your child to be able to join the adult world and be successful in life, start training them to be at ease in the adult world now. Most educators understand that if you want to achieve...
View ArticleCommon Core Problems: Mind the Gap
When my family visited London during my senior year of college, we rode the Tube (the subway) everywhere. I need not say what might have happened if my mother had tried to drive in a country that...
View ArticleBook review: Your Fantastic Elastic Brain
I’d like to get better at pointing you, my readers, to great resources and books for parenting and educating your children. After all, just listening to my rambling might be wonderful, but I bet there...
View ArticleYou Can Learn Anything
The more I learn about the growth mindset, the more I realize how important it is. It’s true – you can learn anything. If you didn’t get a chance to watch this video that I linked to in How to Build...
View ArticleEncourage Creativity In Your Kids
Creativity is the sign of a productive mind. It’s the mark of a healthy family and a growing community. We measure whether a society is rising or falling by the creativity of its people. To be creative...
View ArticleSummer Reading That Expands Your Imagination
I’m building a stack of books for summer reading. Not for the kids, well, for the kids, too, but most especially for me. Summer feels expansive to me; it’s the season of exploring, stretching, and...
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