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Learning can be fun, creative and fascinating! Parents and teachers will benefit from author and friend Vanessa Van Petten’s article. Parents are included in this article because you are and will become your child’s best teacher. You will not only have the opportunity to team with professional experts that directly work with your child in schools, but you will have the opportunity to become educated on teaching techniques and strategies shared in this article. Keep an open mind. As always, when your child is using a computer in your home, keep a watchful eye to ensure your child’s safety and appropriate use of the Internet. Have fun while you learn!

7 Ways Teachers & Parents Can Use Online Tools To Keep Students… Continue Reading

Learning about child psychology with respect to child behavior patterns in homework completion varies from elementary to high school. Younger elementary children are often more excited about completing homework assignments outside of school than middle or junior high school students. Some parents question the value of homework after their child spends 35 to 40 hours a week in school.

Homework assignments, completed successfully, reinforce what children learn in the classroom and build confidence in the next day’s activities. But the value of homework extends beyond the subject matter. It can help children develop good habits, including self-discipline and responsibility.

Parents and guardians are essential to the process. Homework can help parents learn about their children’s educational growth and ways of thinking. But… Continue Reading

Morality and Parenting

Part of our education as we grow and develop as human-beings is to establish a set of beliefs. Many of our beliefs and character traits pivot around our moral values. One of the benefits of raising children is not only passing on our family history and cultural beliefs, but moral beliefs, as well. Children, as early as the age of two, begin to understand the concepts of right and wrong. This article will help you, the parent, with some beginning talking points to begin discussing moral values with your child.

Possible Topics to Discuss:

• Your child sees cheating occurring at school.
• Your child witnesses drugs being sold at school.
• Your child finds some money or a valuable item