Archive for 'Education'
How Physical Education Affects Children’s Grades
How physical education and academics can go hand in hand. Phys. Ed. and Academics It’s recommended that school-aged children and teens get sixty minutes of exercise each day. Considering that a good part of their day [...]
Prepping Pre-schoolers for Formal Education
How to prepare your preschool child for their formal education. Preparing Pre-Schoolers Is your preschoolers planning to attend kindergarten in the fall? You might be thinking it’s time to learn the ABC’s and numbers. But really, [...]
Food and Education
How eating the right stuff can help kids learn better. Food and Education Some times the simplest things can help our children succeed in school. For example a good eight or ten hours of solid sleep [...]
Learning to Budget
Teaching kids to budget their allowances, learning to save and spend. Learning to Budget When it comes to learning life skills, it’s important to help teach kids about budgeting. Whether they get their money from an [...]
Initiating Homework
Some ideas on how to jump-start kids to do their homework. Initiating Homework When it comes to all the things that kids have to learn at school, well, there just doesn’t seem to be enough hours [...]
Trouble Signs in the Primary Grades
Some of the signs that your early grader is having trouble learning. Trouble Signs in Primary Grades Do you think your young child is struggling in school? Maybe your child is slow to warm up to [...]
Children’s Fitness Linked to Good Grades
Middle school children who are fit have better grades than unfit children according to research out of Michigan State University. The researchers studied the link between how children scored on standardized tests and the grades on [...]
Over-scheduled Kids
When those after school lessons are just too much of a good thing Over-scheduled Kids With all the wonderful after school lessons available to kids today, it can be pretty tempting to fill their time with [...]
The Shutdown Learner
The important role fathers have in their children’s education, coming up next on The Parent Report. Dad’s and Kids Education There’s a lot of research that shows children who have dads who care and get involved [...]
How to Praise Good Grades
Is there a right way to praise good grades? Praising Grades When a child comes home with high marks, what parent doesn’t want to jump up and praise them? Sometimes it’s even tempting to reward them [...]
