Posted in Vacation Plans and Projects on Aug 10th, 2009
Our family is planning an “unplugged” week at a state park to enjoy the outdoors. Our boys, ages 9 and 11, will leave their video games behind, but we will have our GPS. Can you suggest learning activities we can do with it?
Good thinking! No better way to get ready for school than spend time [...]
Posted in Vacation Plans and Projects on Jun 15th, 2009
My son Alejandro struggles because he is young for third grade. Last summer, he was in a program that gave him confidence. The school canceled this summer’s program due to budget cuts. Should I try to find another summer program or teach him at home? I can’t afford private tutoring.
Do both. Look for another program [...]
Posted in Vacation Plans and Projects on May 18th, 2009
Our children are so concerned about the planet and the economy that another mom and I want create a summer volunteering project for our middle-schoolers and their friends to show them how they can make a positive difference. We’d like to stay local. How should we start?
Studies show that when kids are involved in service, [...]
Posted in Motivating and Organizing Kids, Vacation Plans and Projects on May 4th, 2009
Our Rotary Club will fund a summer garden at one of our middle schools. The principal approves as long as it becomes a “successful prototype for an evidence-based year-’round environmental curriculum project that enhances students’ learning.” I have no clue what she means. We’re not looking for a PhD project. We just want to teach [...]
Posted in Partner with Teachers, Vacation Plans and Projects on Mar 23rd, 2009
The winter’s been brutal so we’re taking our kids to Hawaii over spring break. Because it’s so far away, we are going for three weeks. Our children will miss eight days of school. For my daughter’s kindergarten teacher it was “no biggie” but my son Josh’s third-grade teacher got cranky when I asked her to [...]