Report Cards Reflect More Than Just Grades Yesterday, both of my children ran toward me screaming in excitement. They could barely contain themselves as they snatched their report cards out of their backpack while in route to our home. As we collectively reviewed their progress for the first
Behind Every Successful Student Stands a Teacher and a Parent
Since they are calling for rain today, I started my morning by looking through my pile of papers to find some summer homework. Interestingly enough, I found a homework packet but I also found a great poem that poetically portrays the results when a good relationship exists between both a teacher and
Does Your Home Encourage Learning?
The other day I was looking through my son’s school folder and came upon a great test to determine if your home gives your child both support and encouragement for school learning. Benjamin S. Bloom created a test to determine if your home encourages learning. Read the following statements and
Preschool Graduation Ceremony Again
Yes. It is that time of year when we all celebrate our children’s accomplishments in school. Both of my children regularly exceed my expectations in most areas of their life and receive my praise daily. With that being said, do I subject my husband and son to another preschool graduation ceremony
Get Ready, Get Set, Go to Kindergarten
Kindergarten is the start of the thirteen year journey your child will embark on to obtain the necessary knowledge to function in society – seventeen or more years if your child attends college. Kindergarten should be a place that your child will learn, develop self-esteem and increase their