K-12 school administrators, teachers, board members, facilities managers, and other school community members are meeting in Pasadena next week for an innovative three-day conference on green schools in California. The conference, the Green California Schools Summit, reflects … [Read more...]
Child Size Cleaning Tools Encourages Children to Help with Household Chores
Any toy that can encourage a child to help with household chores is a good toy in my opinion. Add quality wooden construction, and I am sold! Magic Cabin offers a Child's Cleaning Set that contains real cleaning tools. The set includes a metal dustpan and broom, string mop, … [Read more...]
Alphabet Artistry
The Waldorf Alphabet Book illustrated by Famke Zonneveld is a sweet way to introduce your child to the letters of our language. On each page, the letter is introduced with a painting of a main object/animal/etc. in the shape of the letter that also begins with the letter. … [Read more...]
The Gift of 30 Minutes
The Gift of 30 Minutes refers to the tremendous advantages of reading aloud to your child. Reading aloud to children is "the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for reading success." Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report on … [Read more...]
Discovering Math with an Abacus
Many theories on early childhood education promote children's natural curiousity to discover mathematical concepts. Given manipulatives, children naturally experiment, hypothesize, and build their own theories. An abacus is a great toy for building such knowledge, and Melissa and … [Read more...]