I read an article in the Vancouver Sun recently about the fine line parents walk between providing an enriched education for our children and over scheduling them. The article like so many I read in the paper these days played
FAMILY LITERACY DAY
Happy Family Literacy Day every one! Here’s a fun idea to celebrate – find a well loved book that has the same number of characters as there are in your family and have a family play. It doesn’t matter if
THE ART OF STORY TELLING
One great way of introducing a new skill, routine or activity with your child is to make a photo story book about it. I just made a “Day-In-The-Life-Of” story book as a bit of fun for my son. It was
5 STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO IMPROVE INTELLIGENCE
Dr Marian Diamond from Berkeley University has spent her life studying the brain. She was the first person to take samples of Einstein”s brain and compare them to samples of other brains to try to unlock the secrets to Einstein”s
THERE’S A NEW NOG IN NOTCH HILL
Announcing the birth of Alexander Benjamin Lott – Born August 14 2009. Weighing in at 7lbs 12oz. Me – Happy, but absolutely exhausted after 50 hrs of labour.
MULTI SENSORY WHAT???
Multi Sensory Learning has been a buzz word in education for decades now. It sounds very serious but few people know about the benefits it can offer. What is Multi Sensory Learning? Multi Sensory Learning is very simply learning through
COMPUTER AIDED LITERACY
There are some great computer or internet based literacy games out there. They are fun, interactive and quite amusing, small doses are a great way to add another dimension to your child’s learning. A while back I spent a fair
SLOW PARENTING
I’m very pregnant right now and have been reading a lot about slow birthing on Jacquie Munroe’s Blog and it has made me think a lot about slow parenting and the slow movement in general. We’ve heard it all before
TIPS TO KEEP YOUR KIDS READING THIS SUMMER
Reading like any new learned skill can get quite rusty after a summer off. Here are some tips to keep your kids in practice over the long hot summer months. Take a digital camera with you on a day out
SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO INSPIRE YOUR CHILD TO READ.
The beginnings of reading start long before children learn the alphabet. To learn to read a child must want to learn to read and for a child to want to learn to read they must be exposed to language from