• Parenting, Parents, Starting School, Young Children

    Posted on January 26th, 2008

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    Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

    Changing Standards Kindergarten has evolved from a largely social, developmental environment to an academic one governed by state curriculum standards, educators say.  To ensure children are ready for kindergarten, preschools have been adjusting their own teaching strategies. Kindergarten teachers now ask children entering their classrooms to have skills such as: Writing their own name Counting [...]

  • Starting School, Teachers

    Posted on September 10th, 2007

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    Appreciate your Child’s Teacher and Enhance their Learning Experience

    It’s a new school year. Your child is in a new homeroom with a new homeroom teacher who faces a classroom filled with students she doesn’t know. How do you get the teacher to positively set your child apart in her mind? Well the best way is through some genuine appreciation for what she does!A [...]