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Tips For Getting Your Child to Open Up About School
Afternoons in many preschoolers' households often sound like this:
Mom: "What did you do in school today?"Child: "I don't remember." Mom: "What books did the teachers read?" Child: Silence and a blank stare.
Tell Mommy Your Thoughts on Paying Cash For Extra Credit
Would you work a little harder on a task at the office if your boss offered to give you a bonus upon completing it? Many would answer that question with a resounding, "Yes." What if that same situation was applied to schools with teachers and their students?
President Obama Wants Kids to Stay in School Longer
President Obama may be leading our nation, but he's just dad to his daughters, Malia and Sasha. And, his new idea to have longer school days and years is none too popular with them. In addition to adding class time, the commander in chief wants schools to be safe places for children to go in the afternoons and on weekends.
Have You Adjusted to the School Routine?
The kids may have adjusted to their new school routine, but have you?
Sixty-three percent of LilSugar readers prefer the lazy days of Summer to the rush of the school year, with the tight scheduling and early morning routines that the days involve. While lil ones may relish returning to their friends, the start of their extra-curricular activities and the normalcy of their daily routines, for both working and stay at home mamas, the school year often means fewer lax mornings and later nights as they try to cram all of their day's activities into fewer hours.
How Do Your Children Get to School?
What child hasn't heard the story of their parents hiking five miles to school, uphill (in both directions) during a blizzard? Such tall tales may seem even more foreign to kids as fewer moms are allowing their lil ones to walk to school on their own. According to the National Household Travel Survey, child abductions, unsafe traffic conditions, and neighborhood conditions can be blamed for the decline in the number of walkers from 41 percent in 1969 to 13 percent in 2001.
Did You Skip Work to Take Your Child to Class?
Back-to-school jitters aren't only reserved for lil ones. Parents can be just as anxious as they prepare for the child's first day in a new classroom.
For working parents, the return to school often involves some calendar choreography to manage work commitments during the same time frame.
Nursery Schools Enlist the Help of Mental Health Experts
Call it the preschool diaries. When one tot acts out at nursery school because his family recently moved, the whole class can be affected. The Wall Street Journal recently found that behavioral problems among young children have grown beyond the usual stubbornness that typically characterizes the preschool set.
What Classes and Activities Are Your Children Enrolled In?
Put me in coach! With the school year back in swing for most children, a new season of extra-curricular activities is under way. From athletic teams to the more creative hobbies, after-school programs offer children a chance to burn off some energy, make new friends and learn skills.
Parents Try to Stop Obama's Speech From Airing in Schools
Do we send our children to school to learn or monitor what they learn? Parents throughout the country are objecting to many public schools' decisions to broadcast President Obama's speech next week. The Commander-in-Chief's address which will be made directly to students at a high school in Virginia, is scheduled to be streamed live on the White House website.
Make Your Child the (Rice Krispies) Apple of Her Teacher's Eye
What does every teacher get on the first day of school? An apple. Smiling faces would be more than enough for any educator, but parents often usher them in with a less than shiny fruit that ends up in the teacher's lounge.
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