Classroom Secrets: Understanding ideas deeply
Every year I run across students who think they know the material only to find out they were wrong.
Plant a butterfly garden this spring
Creating a butterfly garden provides a wonderful opportunity for your children to be outside breathing in fresh air, soaking up sunshine, and digging in the
Parting with the pacifier: How to break the habit
Ready to help your child give up a pacifier? Here are some tips for navigating the tricky transition.
Hippity hoppity Easter cupcakes
With fondant ears and teeth, jelly bean nose, mini M&M eyes, licorice whiskers, and coconut fur, these hippity hoppity Easter bunny cupcakes are adorable, delicious, and kid friendly to assemble.
Dogs can bring households together
A canine can contribute to your family’s wellbeing, encourage responsibility in kids, and promote activity while offering unconditional love and forgiveness.
Encourage a can-do attitude about academics
A recent study by psychologist Kristin Lagattuta, Ph.D., and her colleagues found parents consistently underestimated kids’ worries and overestimated their optimism.
Trinity Christian School – Christian Education in Burlington
Fifty years ago, our founders had a vision of elementary Christian education that would be accessible to all Christian families in Burlington. Today, Trinity is a thriving community of teachers, students, and parents from almost forty local churches that share a
Reading games: No planning required
Stuck inside during March Break? Tired of all the usual games? Try these fun ideas and improve your children’s reading skills at the same time.
Time for sale
Wouldn't it be great if we could actually buy ourselves more time? Well, I can't get you that but I can help you organize your time better so that you feel more efficient, effective and in control.
High Voltage strategies for when you’re down
When we're down it usually means we're tired, have no energy or drive, we're not motivated or we're stuck. It's that feeling that we just can't get things in motion.
TRY – The little verb that never could
Please TRY to read the following sentence:
'Oh look, you ARE reading this sentence'
Exactly! You actually read it and there was an action associated with it. Allow me to explain.
A toe jam obsession
My daughter is completely obsessed with her toe lint. Each and every time she pulls her socks off, she grabs her foot, hunches over and starts picking through her little wiggly toes.
Simmer down, let kids cook
Not knowing what’s for dinner combined with having little time to plan meals, shop for ingredients and throw them together, is a recipe for disastrous mealtimes.
Digging for dinos
This past weekend, we went on a dinosaur adventure at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. Battle of the Titans is a formidable clash between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops and a perfect outing for young children.
Bookish ways to banish the winter blues
Each year, I promise not to let the winter blues invade our house but as I flip calendar pages, cabin fever hits despite my best efforts. That’s when I pull out the books and get to work banishing the winter
Parenting with Pooh
In simple text and nearly childlike expressions, Pooh and Milne distill the raising of children in to easy, manageable tasks. Following are some tips based on the wisdom of a pudgy, hungry bear.
No more food fights
Easy, child-pleasing meals and snacks with proven success from a child care centre director and experience toddler mom.
Show kids what grown-up love looks like
Parents’ words and actions teach kids how to show interest and express love, and what it means to be in a committed relationship. If your kids’ love lessons come from Hollywood movies and YouTube videos, you might want to make
Sleepy songs
The sweet sound of the human voice is soothing and Jason Simmons uses his vocal instrument to full effect on his a cappella lullaby CD for children,