How to prepare your child for testing?

Statewide standardized testing is coming up at the end of April and the beginning of May. It is important to get an early start helping your child to prepare. There are free online practice tests and here is an article with tips for parents to help kids get prepared. Eating a high-protein breakfast is a must on the day of …

Early Reading Habits

Do you ever wonder if it is good to let beginning readers figure out words by the pictures in the book? The answer is yes and no. When first starting out kids, often rely on this technique and don’t really get full comprehension because they pay more attention to the pictures than the text. If this is so for your …

Play is important!

Spring is officially here, so get outdoors and take time to play along with your children. You will all be renewed and rejuvenated. Play is important for all of us, adults and children alike!

Defiance = Anxiety

This is such a helpful insight for parents and teachers! Gentle parenting is usually far more helpful than anger for getting children’s behavior to change.

Questions from Children

Are questions from your child making you crazy. You are not alone. This article sheds some light on children and their many questions, especially around the age of four, in fact girls ask about 390 questions a day and moms of pre-school children answer more than 100,000 questions per year. It gets easier as they enter school and ask many …

Raise independent and strong children

Our Children, Raising Ourselves, has helpful information in it for parents who want to raise independent, strong children who listen to themselves and are not led astray by peer pressure. http://www.homeeddirectory.com/blog/growing-immune-peer-pressure

While Waiting for College Replies

According to Prep4CollegeNow, there are some specific actions students should take while they are waiting to see where they are accepted to school. He is a brief summary of the six tips they recommend to improve their chances of acceptance while they wait.  “Visit the college and take a guided tour  Have interviews on or off campus  …

Valentine Craft

Valentine’s Day is a fun time to do crafts with kids, especially with all our rainy weather. While Pinterest is a good site for ideas for this, here is another alternative I found on Nextdoor. Along with crafts, there are EVENTS and ACTIVITIES highlighted especially for North County San Diego area families with young children. There are some advertisements on …

Movement Can Help Children Learn

For years I have been telling parents that kinetic learners need to MOVE in order to learn things. Sitting still just causes their information input systems to shut down. But what are some fun ACTIONS that kids can do to learn things? In an article I found in "News Place," for Home Educators Resource Directory, by Sarah Major, there are …