Archive for the 'Education' Category
Creative World Schools
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The child-care franchise industry has crossed the $69 billion mark and expected to grow more in future. With double-income parents and single-parent families increasing in number, quality child-care is the need of the day. Educated parents are not pleased with just plain day-care or after-school care programs; they want this precious time also spent learning […]
Homeschooling And The Family: Top Good Parent Advice
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008According to the National Center For Education Statistics, almost 1.1 million children underwent homeschooling in 2005 alone. That’s a lot of children.
Once upon a time, homeschooling used to be a radical statement - something like a declaration of independence. It was the conservative Christians who advocated homeschooling in the ’80s and legalized it in […]
Is Homeschooling Right For Your Family?
Friday, March 30th, 2007Education is the number one priority in this country, yet we have seen more and more deterioration of schools in the last ten years, than any other time in history. This is due in part to the consistent and often times unnecessary reorganization of schools; change in curriculum; and, most importantly, oversized classrooms which thwart […]
Kids and Chores
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007It’s never too early to ask your kids to help you with chores around the house. You can even start as early as two years old. While children mature at different rates, you can still determine what age appropriate chores are best suited for toddlers, kids, pre-teens and teens.
If you have toddlers at home, they […]
Reading with Older Children
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007When my children were only babies, I read aloud to them every day. Even though they were still too young to even understand my words, it began to teach them to enjoy reading.
Now that they are older, and are able to read on their own, I still try to read aloud to them on a […]
Benefits Of Reading To Your Children
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Most of us can remember the first book we ever read. Can you? Words are incredibly powerful. They invoke images of far away lands; scary castles; or princesses looking for their knights in shining armor. They can also become friends. Yes, books are the window through which your child sees and experiences different worlds; viewpoints; […]
