There's more bad news in cyberspace because laws get broken, police become involved, and data about your kid is tracked and collected.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
TIP OF THE WEEK-Do You know what your kids are doing online?
Do you know what your kids are doing online?
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
SLEEP ISSUES AND CHILDREN
Seventy-five percent of children with a neurological disorder have sleep problems.
SLEEP ISSUES AND CHILDREN
Seventy-five percent of children with a neurological disorder have sleep problems.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
HIGH STAKES TESTING IS MARCH MADNESS
The high stales testing "boot camp" which precedes testing week, robs precious time from instruction and learning. parents must see these tests for what they are: convenient, costly, and not comprehensive.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
ARE YOU MATH-PHOBIC?
Don't be math-phobic. Even if you were not good in math or didn't like it, make an effort to stimulate your chld's curiosity about math. All sorts of activities at home such as baking, shopping, gardening, car trips and building things are loaded with math concepts and relationships. Start early.
ARE YOU MATH-PHOBIC?
Don't be math-phobic. Even if you were not good in math or didn't like it, make an effort to stimulate your chld's curiosity about math. All sorts of activities at home such as baking, shopping, gardening, car trips and building things are loaded with math concepts and relationships. Start early.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
TIP of the Week-VOCABULARY-Part 3
A large vocabulary can predict college success and level of income.
TIP of the Week-VOCABULARY-Part 3
A large vocabulary can predict college success and level of income.
Monday, February 4, 2013
VOCABLARY AND PARENT INVOLVEMENT-PART 2
There is much parents can do at home to increase their own and their child's vocabulary.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
HOW GOOD IS YOUR VOCABULARY?
Vocabulary is the key to passing the verbal portion of the SAT. Our elementary students and middle school students are doing poorly as evidenced by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
HOW GOOD IS YOUR VOCABULARY?
Vocabulary is the key to passing the verbal portion of the SAT. Our elementary students and middle school students are doing poorly as evidenced by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
HOMEWORK-WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
"Set a time limit for homework and what's done is done and that's it." Leave some time for play, exercise, and family activities.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
HOMEWORK and PARENT INVOLVEMENT: PART 3-
Homework is boring, mindless, useless, and is not linked to student achievement. So what do we do now?
HOMEWORK and PARENT INVOLVEMENT: PART 3-
Dear subscribers and readers,
Before I begin this almost final installment on homework, please accept my prayers and wishes for a new year of good health, love, happiness, fulfillment, and sweet dreams.
"Joy and Temperance and Repose
Slam the door in the doctor's nose"
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~
TIP OF THE WEEK- 1/7/13
LET'S REVIEW
The two previous blogs about homework were my attempt to share some of the thought provoking ideas and propositions presented in Alfie Kohn's book, "The Homewoek Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much Of A Bad Thing." First he proposes that homework is boring, useless, mindless, repetitive, and is not supported wholeheartedly in the research as being linked to student achievement. Kohn offers this quote from an article in Parents Magazine:
"If children are not required to learn useless and meaningless things, homework is entirely unnecessary for the learning of common school subjects.. But when a school requires the amassing of many facts which have little or no significance to the child,, learning is so slow and painful that the school is obliged to turn to the home for help out of the mess the school has created. "(Kohn,1995) p. 5.
This Parents Magazine article was published in November, 1937. Since then, according to Kohn,Parents Magazine has published articles that extol the virtues of homework-even in first grade.
Furthermore, homework is stressful for kids and parents and may lead to family conflicts and less interest in learning. It steals time from both children and parents who could be engaging in other family activities. The kids should playing and exercising and not
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