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The Dog Is Your New Teacher

What does a dog and a baby have to do with teaching a class?  Well, as it turns out, a lot.  I just found out about this awesome non-profit group from Canada called Roots of Empathy.  Their goal is to …

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Our Very Outdated Mathematics Curriculum

I’ve talked about this time and time before but our education system is really outdated.  So when I found this article about the problems our children face in our education system when it comes to mathematics, I was really happy …

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We're Raising Our Children Out Of Creativity

Recently, Amy Lux was asked to present at the Association for Childhood Education International on the importance of recess and play.  You know those 20 minutes a day we got as kids to run around and play on the monkey …

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Teaching Our Kids About Emotional Intelligence

Geography, Mathematics, and English are but a few subjects that need to be in our children’s education.  What I mean is that, there are still topics that our children rarely come across in their learning experience but desperately need.  Where …

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Your New Geography Building Is Ready For Take Off

So, ever since I saw that video of the 2 year old geography whiz, the subject has been on my mind, and I found this amazing article about the use of a decommissioned jet as a class room.  The idea …

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Breaking News! Children Think Differently Than Adults!

So here’s another study showing that children and adults are different.  I know, crazy, right?  And I really think we need to understand this in order to enhance their learning experience and improve our parenting ability. Psychology professor Yuko Munakata …

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The Chair of Truth

I know sometimes it’s hard to have a honest, heart to heart discussion with your kids.  They might be getting to that age where they’re starting to tell stories that don’t contain the whole truth or they’re starting to realize …

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This 2-Year Old Kicks My Butt At Geography!

Granted—that is not hard to do!  I have been a geographically challenged my whole life (and how do you use a compass anyway?  It is so not as easy as it looks!) but when I came across this video the …

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Denmark – Who Knew? I Guess They Did…

I posted recently a survey about the crisis in kindergarten. Honestly–I would love not to have to think about this stuff, just drop my girls off to school and know that they are excited and engaged in learning. So I …

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Yoga and the Effect it Has on Your Kids

What if you could find a way to get your kids to relax, focus and be more balanced? Did I get your attention? Well, I just read this article on how kids who practice yoga regularly improve their memory, concentration, …

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