In this day and age, technology is everywhere. Elementary schools have introduced tablets and computer-based learning as part of their everyday classrooms, toy companies market learning tablets to children under the age of five, and parents carry small computers and screens around in their purses and pockets. And now babies have their own television channels…
Montessori Approach
Classrooms of the Future
This month, CNBC did a piece on a Redesign of the Traditional Classroom and it piqued our interest. The video explains the “flipped” classroom model and predicts that individualized learning will be the standard in 25 years. Does it look familiar? Luckily, our students don’t have to wait that long to take advantage of the…
Why So Much Importance on Cultural Literacy?
How well do your kids know the classics? Homer to Hemingway? Are they aware of some of the landmark decisions that the Supreme Court has made in the last year? If you could not answer in the affirmative to these questions, don’t feel bad. Most school age children are not yet culturally literate, and empowering…
Leverage Boredom This Summer
“I’m bored!” Spoken in whiny unison by children all across the land, to their parents’ dismay. But, what exactly is “boredom?” Merriam-Webster defines it this way: bore·dom noun \ˈbȯr-dəm\: the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest This state is an age-old challenge that adults tend to forget is a big deal…
