Archive for the 'Education' Category

Turn Your Brain On Instead of the TV

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Wanted to let you all know about a cool new feature over at the Educational Toy Factory blog: Thursday Thinker.
My kids have gotten into the bad habit of immediately turning the tv on when they walk in the door from school. They’ll both give me the abbreviated version of their day at school then it’s [...]

New Homeschooling Concept

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Homeschooling has interested me off and on during the last five years since my oldest started school. I could not imagine sending my shy, little girl on a bus to a huge school and considered ever so briefly the idea of homeschooling her.
I marvel at the parents who homeschool multiple kids. That seems like an [...]

Back to School Means Fundraising Begins

Monday, October 1st, 2007

My checkbook has been open every week since school began and I have all of $2 in quarters in my wallet. Even though I’m in charge of the school’s fall fundraiser, I always forget to allow for all the “extra” costs that are associated with back to school.
I’m not talking school supplies because I hit [...]

It’s All About “The Test” for 5th Graders

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Every year since third grade my oldest daughter has taken the state’s standardized test. For these last two years, I never really put much emphasis on these tests because I didn’t want to make her nervous and I had always believed that these tests were more for showing how well a teacher was teaching than [...]