by Amy LeForge | Feb 19, 2013 | Education
For years we’ve been told that the best thing we could do for our kids before sending them off to school was to feed them breakfast. Breakfast, it was said, boosted their brain function and gave them a running start in their education. Now it looks as if we should’ve...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 16, 2013 | Education
Some co-workers and I tried an odd experiment about a year ago. After hearing a friend gush over a delicious meal by saying “I could live on this alone,” I suggested a few of us try to do just that. We each selected one particular food, and vowed to eat nothing else...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 13, 2013 | Resources/Reviews
I was contacted a while back by Luke Nolan, one of the creators of the terrific children’s poetry book titled 1, 2, & Sometimes 3. The book was written by Luke and Benjamin Nolan, and illustrated by Theodore Adams. Here’s what the authors have to say...
by Amy LeForge | Jan 8, 2013 | Education
Teaching is more than a profession – it’s a lifestyle. The best teachers are those that honestly want the kids in their classroom to learn and so do everything they can to make it possible. However, not all children learn in the same way. That’s why it’s vital that...
by Amy LeForge | Jan 8, 2013 | Education
When I was a kid I read a short story by Ray Bradbury called A Sound of Thunder. The story was fascinating, a tale of time travel with a terrifying lesson about ripple effects. One small event, one that, at the time, seemed so trivial and irrelevant, ended up...
