This week, in the craziness that was the first week of e-learning, we took a reprieve in a new kids tv show, Emily’s Wonder Lab. Anytime there’s a new television show, I’m much more attentive in watching to make sure it’s something appropriate for my 5-year-old. In reading the description, I noticed it’s a show […]
Category Archives: Education
Like many of you, I am not returning my children to school on August 24th. Although, as I write this, none of us may be if the board agrees to do the first nine weeks online. But that vote is still a week away. Ya know, take a stressful situation and add that much more […]
Read Across America is a fun initiative to promote reading, created by the National Education Foundation. The focus is to create the love of reading and to create diverse readers. It’s a great opportunity to highlight special celebrations and observances throughout the school year. Each month, there are suggested books for readers posted on their […]
Five days into the ‘new normal school year’ my daughter was quarantined from school. I had my heart set on keeping my kids home and doing e-learning for the first semester of the school year. I knew it was a bad choice for us. But, I had more questions than I had answers. I was […]
Don’t panic, there are still a few more weeks until school is back in session. I may be the only mom who is dreading back to school. Call me crazy but I’m still enjoying summer with my kids. As a full-time working mom, summer has been very relaxed with no schedules and no place to […]
I’m a stay at home mom of two non-school aged children. That title will change soon as my son will be starting VPK (voluntary pre-kindergarten) in August. I know it’s only a couple hours a day and it’ll be good, for the both of us. However, this is a whole new chapter and cautious feelings […]
Is this gifted? From the young age of two, my son Luke was quirky. He began to demonstrate some very different (and possibly gifted) behaviors compared to his other toddler buddies. I noticed that he would prefer to play by himself. He’d line up his cars in size, and in color order which was is […]
My kids have been home for four weeks, and this week we entered our 2nd official week of virtual school. As I see it, this virtual school we are all now navigating is like us being an extension of the teachers. We are their helpers (at least that’s what I keep trying to tell my […]
I won’t be attending Meet the Teacher night this year. There will not be any ice breakers at the back to school faculty meeting for me. As a result, I will not be scrambling to set up a fresh new classroom for another incoming class. I am leaving the teaching profession. This year I am […]
Last month, I read an article by Tiphani Moorer, called, “Dear White People, Why now?” It made me uncomfortable. It made me realize that I am watching and sitting on the sidelines with what is socially unjust. Reducing people to hashtags and statistics. Using the language of “us” versus “them.” It distances me from the […]