After the holidays, I am refreshed and more than a little excited. Not only were my vacation days rejuvenating but I now have a new awareness of the importance of my daily walks in the forest.
Custom Student Report Cards Increase University Acceptance
25/01/2012 By 11 Comments
How much do report cards really tell you about your child’s progress, but more importantly, their potential and future? After all, isn’t going to school all about an end goal of graduating and continuting onto a successful post secondary program? Requirements for formal and informal student progress reporting at school are based on ministerial orders [...]
Multitasking Undermines Deep and Sustained Learning, Research Shows
16/01/2012 By Leave a Comment
It is the myth of multitasking: When we do more, rapidly switching from one task to another, we are actually being less efficient, less accurate, less able to manage complexity and less able to recall the content of what we have been doing compared to individuals who focus on one task at a time.
Causes Of Speech And Language Disorders
26/12/2011 By Leave a Comment
When parents walk through our door, they often want to know “WHY” their child is not understanding and talking like other children; “WHY” they aren’t pronouncing sounds like others; or “WHY” they’re stuttering. Listed below are some factors that are known to predispose or precipitate speech and language disorders.
Kids Christmas Presents. When is Enough, Enough?
15/12/2011 By Leave a Comment
Credit card debt across North America will soar this month and parents will scramble to find the gift(s) that will light up their children’s faces. But for how long? A couple hours? A few weeks at best? And is that really worth it? Which leads me to the question, when it comes to buying Christmas gifts for our kids, just “how much” is “too much”?
10 Interesting Fun Facts About Halloween
25/10/2011 By Leave a Comment
For many of us parents, Halloween is all about rushing back from the office early, making sure that there’s enough candy from the local Walmart to give away, rushing the kids through dinner so that you have enough time to get the kids dressed up in their nice costumes and out the door, to go door-to-door. But were you actually aware that Halloween has an interesting history, beyond just the commercially promoted “Trick-or-Treating” event?.
