Tag: learning
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What I Want My Child to Understand as School Begins Again
Get Pregnant Fast Dear Child, Tomorrow marks the start of a new school year. Second grade — how incredible is that? I know you’re not thrilled about returning to the classroom. You’d much rather be outside playing baseball or kicking a soccer ball with your friends. You’d prefer to spend your time sorting your sports…
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A Note to My Child’s Kindergarten Teacher
Get Pregnant Fast Dear Educator, Though we haven’t met yet, our paths will cross soon, and I wanted to take a moment to reach out. I must confess upfront that I might be one of those parents who tends to check in a bit too often, perhaps even bordering on overprotective. My background may give…
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How Schools Are Undermining Your Children’s Creativity and What You Can Do About It
A Routine Problem Get Pregnant Fast Schools often rely on routines for a variety of reasons: they facilitate standardization, simplify life for educators and administrators, and provide students with a sense of comfort and security. While these reasons are valid, we may be taking the concept of routine too far. Picture our brains on a…
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I Let My Kids Create Art on the Walls—Yes, You Read That Correctly!
Get Pregnant Fast When I first discovered I was expecting, I envisioned a home that champions creativity and self-expression. I knew that nurturing artistic endeavors was key to fostering a love for learning in my children. Fast forward to today, and that vision has materialized in the form of allowing my kids to draw on…
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What You Really Need to Know About Homeschooling
Get Pregnant Fast Since September, I’ve been on a homeschooling journey with my three youngest kids. While I’ve always homeschooled my eldest, this year marks our deep dive into the world of education at home. The reality of homeschooling has offered me unexpected lessons that go beyond just lesson plans and spending time with my…
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Parents, It’s Time to Reconsider Monitoring Your Kids’ Online Grades
Get Pregnant Fast As a parent, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the pressures of modern education, especially when we’re bombarded with the latest technology that seemingly lets us keep tabs on our children’s academic performance. However, it’s time to take a step back and consider whether this constant monitoring is truly beneficial. Recently, I…
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5 Valuable Lessons from Home Schooling
Get Pregnant Fast Home schooling wasn’t always our path. My children, aged 13 and 10, spent their formative years in public schools until we made the significant decision to transition to home schooling in January this year. After extensive research, heartfelt discussions, and a few tears, my partner and I determined that this change would…
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Why I Embrace “New Math” and My Kids Do Too
Get Pregnant Fast As a parent, I’ve never been what one would call a math whiz. Admitting this may not align with the popular growth mindset philosophy, but it’s the truth. I grew up during the ’70s and ’80s when education was more about being inherently good or bad at subjects, and I certainly fell…
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What I Learned in a 1970s Open Classroom: A Reflection on Education
Get Pregnant Fast Lake Normandy Elementary School was uniquely designed like a flower, with each petal—called pods—dedicated to different grades, each having its own color-coded carpeting. In my kindergarten pod, there were no traditional walls to separate us; instead, we had a loose structure that encouraged exploration. The idea was simple: freedom to wander and…