Use it before they lose it
Summer Learning Loss (SLL) is a real concern, causing students to forget or lose important skills and knowledge they don’t use over the summer
Parenting With Reiki
Reiki is an energy healing practice that’s a complementary and supportive holistic therapy
Nurturing self-directed learners
The workings of the modern classroom have changed considerably since I was a student in school
Helping boys and girls learn together
There are no hard and fast rules to learning, but there are often gender differences based on our physiology and evolutionary/cultural heritage
Brighton School designed for students with academic challenges
Brighton is a warm, vibrant school community designed for students with academic challenges in grades 1 to 12. Our secondary school offers a partial credit program and non-credit courses
Turn your kids into happy helpers
Have midnight walks to the kitchen become treacherous journeys complete with landmines and hidden traps?
Amazing Kid: Harnoor Gill
For most, volunteering is a means to an end, either mandated by some higher power or performed during the holiday season when one feels they should give back to their community
Teaching your child about money
About nine out of 10 parents of children aged five to 17, with household income between $15,000 and $75,000
Life after report cards
Last month schools were in the midst of “reporting season.” Now is the time when you find out formally how your child has been doing in school in the first few months of the year
Amazing Kids
There are a lot of things that come to mind when we hear of someone who is a talented, award-winning athlete as well as an inspirational, self-motivated leader and fundraiser for juvenile diabetes
Helping Babies Sleep
As a father to six children I have experienced many variations in the learning curve of what helps babies get to sleep and what doesn’t
Goal setting for the school year
School is back in session and the challenge in curriculum concepts sets the stage for interesting opportunities and experiences as well as the development of stronger interpersonal skills
10 tips to help your elementary child study
Helping your child study effectively for tests is vitally important in the elementary years. When the groundwork for good habits is set
French School Kids Perform Higher Than Average
Many Canadians would be surprised to learn that Ontario is home to Canada’s largest francophone community outside of Quebec
How to make math easier
A recent Gallup poll asked students to name their most difficult subject
How to protect your baby’s skin during colder months
Most parents take extra precaution with their baby’s skin in the summer, but don’t realize that it is equally important to protect baby’s skin during the colder months
How infant speech develops
During the past year the Oral Dynamics Lab at the University of Toronto has been doing research with more than 125 babies on infant speech development. Their study investigates how babies use information on speech that they see and hear