by Amy LeForge | May 4, 2014 | Education
At one point, you were the youngest person on Earth. That’s kind of wild, isn’t it? So it’s funny when we realize how much we sound like our parents – or our grandparents – if we utter something like, “Well, these kids these days . . .”...
by Amy LeForge | May 3, 2014 | Education
K5 Learning has an online reading and math program for kindergarten to grade 5 students. I’ve been given a 6 week free trial to test and write a review of their program. If you are a blogger, you may want to check out their open invitation to write an online...
by Amy LeForge | May 1, 2014 | Education
Finding the right preschool for your child is such an important step that some parents actually start searching for one when their child is born. This can be a great idea, especially if you have a large variety of preschools to choose from, though oftentimes there are...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 30, 2014 | Education
This infographic was shared with me and I LOVE it! I only wish I had thought to treat the kids like superheros when I was teaching. It’s stuff like this that makes me think I might like to go back to teaching in the schools. Now that I’m grown up, I think...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 30, 2014 | Education
We’re all curious about different things. You may be fascinated by the way colors combine to create unique shades, while I might gaze for twenty minutes at the way ants go about their business, crawling in and out of their colony. Who’s to say what grabs our...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 21, 2014 | Education
Having taught in various settings for more than 20 years now, I’ve seen education trends come and go. Anyone remember Outcomes Based Education in the late 90’s? Yea. That’s pretty much gone. There has been a lot of bad press generated by the Common...