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A Five-Year-Old Boy
— Ten sets of eyes looked at me in anticipation of what I would have to say. After two years living abroad in Mexico as an entrepreneur, it was my first day back in a college classroom as Professor...
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Letters to my Sons … about your Education
…and Finding the Star that Shines Brightest for You Hear this, my boys: you will learn something new every day. This is 100% true right now as you fill up your heads with ideas and new discoveries by...
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Sports Brain
Being a Winner or a Sportsman My sons love their bikes and Hot Wheels—anything that moves really. My younger son, in particular, is a car fanatic. The boy can name makes of cars from far away. He...
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Tenderness and Touching
— Is too much tenderness bad for growing boys? QUESTION: As boys reach kindergarten age, mothers should cease the tenderness and touching and soothing characteristically offered in earlier childhood: ....
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What I Learned Tutoring a Kindergartner
Living in San Francisco, I’ve often felt pressure to always be doing something big and amazing to change the world. To make a difference though, you don’t have to change the world — you can start with...
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Homework Is Stupid
Homework is Stupid. I’m sure the educators of the world are plotting their responses as they read the headline. Disagree with me. Go ahead. Let’s have a discussion in the comments section or online. I...
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The Joys of Reading
One of the earliest arguments that I can remember having with my parents was over a play date. A new family had moved into town, our community small enough at that time for this to be noteworthy, and...
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7 Reasons Why a Forest Kindergarten Changed My Daughter’s Life
I genuinely believe that my 5-year-old daughter’s life changed for the better the day we received the news that she had a place at a sought-after forest kindergarten on the outskirts of our city. I...
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A Child’s God
Now that she is almost through with Kindergarten, my daughter knows just about everything. Like most know-it-alls, she has no problem informing others of this fact or educating others about the things...
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I Need Help!
Heroes Have Feelings, Too The moment I realized I needed help remains distinct in my mind: my son was in my office space, resisting being on camera for his morning Kindergarten Zoom session, and I was...
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Playing Hard, Kicking Tail
We had our last softball game of the season this past weekend, Alaina’s inaugural attempts at the sport an overall success. Having bypassed T-ball for coach-pitch she still needs some work on her swing...
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Ottawa’s $10-a-Day Child Care Promise Should Heed QUébec’s Insights About...
By Kerry McCuaig, University of Toronto New research from the University of Toronto captures how parents struggle to find a child care provider they feel comfortable with and can afford. Unless awarded...
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We (I) Survived Kindergarten
Well, we survived. The first day of kindergarten has come and gone and all is well. There was a bit of anxiety last night, some from her, more from me, but this morning she was ready. Ready for new...
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A Diminishing Return
Praise the Kids In the virtual elementary school classroom, the side-by-side teacher and student engagement found in the traditional classroom does not necessarily happen. Instead, the teacher must...
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How Getting Kids To Make Grocery Lists and Set the Table Can Improve Their...
By Diana Leyva, University of Pittsburgh Reading, writing and math are often thought of as subjects that children learn in school. But as a psychologist who researches how families can help support...
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Good-bye, Baby Boy
It’s time. It’s time to say good-bye to my baby boy. It’s bitter and it’s sweet, this farewell. For 18 years, I’ve loved him. From babe to teen. From child to almost-adult. From kindergarten through...
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Celebrations All Week!
I can’t even formulate a coherent introduction this week. I am just SO glad that school has finally ended and it is summertime! And so without further ado, let me dive right in with that as my first...
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Would You Send Small Children to Competitions if You Knew the Damage It Causes?
Every day, adults make hundreds of conscious, informed decisions for themselves. Parents make many more. Choosing for others is overwhelming. I didn’t anticipate many of the decisions I’ll have to...
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Why the Kids in My School Move From Class to Class — As Young as Kindergarten
By Henry Saylor-Scheetz, The 74 It’s been more than three years since the pandemic upended schools, but students are still living with the consequences. The continuous stream of news highlighting low...
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One-on-One Tutoring Program Bets Big on Teaching Kindergartners to Read
By Julian Roberts-Grmela, The 74 Correction appended Jan. 4 High-dosage tutoring is one of the most effective tools to help students recover from lost learning, including in subjects like reading,...
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