A Buffalo teacher sent home the note above with her pre-kindergarten students and, as you can imagine, mayhem ensued. The Buffalo School District has filed disciplinary action against the teacher, Ms. Sharon Dunnigan, and the parents of the pre-kindergarten students have lashed out at the “offensive” note. Generally, I am on the side of parents […]
That’s seven year-old Zora Ball, a cute but most importantly, a smart girl who is the youngest person ever to design a mobile app. Zora attends a science and technology in Philadelphia and she learned to design the program at her afterschool program, STEMnasium. Some experts argue that kids should be learning computer coding along […]
I am not a fan of giving kids rewards for learning because it makes them reliant on extrinsic motivators and instead of increasing the behavior, ‘expected rewards’ actually did the opposite. There have been many studies done on this phenomena over the years and at this point it is a psychological truism. However, there is […]
I saw a post on MommyNoire about the fat letters that have been in the news and I couldn’t disagree more with their position: Maybe the fat letters help some families but the bottom line is, shouldn’t parents and their pediatricians be responsible for their kids’ weight? It’s good that schools want to be active […]
While not Oprah’s “Favorite Things”, I do feel like the lady in the gif above whenever I come across free educational things for kids! Below is a list of free Kindle books for kids just in time for long holiday road trips. Remember that you don’t need a Kindle to read these. You can download […]
Black Mothering 