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On May 1st I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Special Olympics School Program held at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, CA, just down the street from my office. (In fact I walked there to be eco-friendly and get my daily walk in!) Schools from 3 area counties brought students to participate. Many students [...]
There was an article in my local newspaper recently that stated, ” More parents are using IPad, other tech gadgets to keep young kids occupied, entertained while at home, out and about.” The author, Rasha Madkour, writing for Associated Press, goes on to quote many parents who wouldn’t go out without their iPads or phones [...]
Homework is a fact of life for most students. I won’t get into my opinions, and the research that supports them, about how homework doesn’t really support learning or the need for down time after 6-7 hours of school. Let’s just talk about the reality of homework and how to make it an easier experience [...]
“Nobody likes me!” “I hate myself!” “Everybody does ‘it’ better than me.” “There is no reason to live.” These are alarming and frightening things for a parent to hear. Are they true? How seriously should you take them? What should you do? You want to take it seriously enough to investigate further. Figure out how [...]
(Adapted, with permission, from Turning Point: Some Pivotal Insights into Behavior and Learning, by Judith Bluestone – creator of the HANDLE® paradigm.) The developmental stage of adolescence is a complicated one to say the least. It is a time when pulling away and the desire for independence live alongside vulnerability and a need for structure [...]
We are pretty egocentric actually! We see the world form our own perspective and kind of assume that everyone around us sees it or experiences it similarly. Often it doesn’t even occur to us that there is any other way to experience a situation or interpret what is going on. This can give us a [...]
Those of you who have taken classes from me or worked with me one-on-one, you have heard me say, “Nothing stands alone.” The health and nutritional/chemical balance of our bodies has significant impact on learning and behavior. Dr. Tara Levy, ND of Tara Natural Medicine, is warm and sensitive. She listens to her clients well [...]
I have a new article at Positively Parenting. Your daughter is having a tantrum, you have some place to be and she is screaming and unwilling to cooperate. Your incredibly intelligent son keeps coming home with notes from the teacher that he isn’t paying attention in class or doing his work and he is instigating [...]
Math begins in the body. Most kids, by the time they are in preschool and certainly Kindergarten know a lot about their 1s,2s,5s, and 10s. Why? Because we are made up of 1s,2s,5s, and 10s. 1 nose, 1 belly button,2 eyes, 2 ears, 5 fingers on one hand, 10 toes, 1 ME and so forth. [...]