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With the surprising popularity of reality television cooking shows such as MasterChef Jr., Chopped, Cupcake Wars, Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef and others, more children than ever are taking over the kitchen to explore their passion for cuisine. Whether basic familiarity with the toaster, oven, blender or microwave, most parents excite at their child’s interest in learning this valuable life skill. However, not all children maintain the…

Succeeding with Best Practices and in a Learning How to Learn World: Comprehensive Literacy and College and Career Readiness If someone asked you to describe the skills and habits that are expected for college or career success, what would you say? After all, readiness is not simply content knowledge... but also it is! Discover how to build standards-based reading and writing proficiency that is anchored to…

Photo credit: Richard Wheeler When my family joined in the effort to raise awareness about dyslexia through the film, The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, we were primarily motivated by the desire to help deshame and demystify the condition. My husband and I had raised our dyslexic son during a time when dyslexia was widely considered an academic death sentence and we were compelled by the film's…

A local educator believes that happiness can be taught and has written a children's book to illustrate it. “Your Leaves Are Pretty” by Joanne Jeffers Veeck, of Loomis, is the story of a group of trees living in Capitol Park, in Sacramento. The educational story was written for children as young as seven and combines botany and agricultural facts with a fun and heartwarming story about…

Like all children, dyslexics breathe a sigh of relief when summer begins: no more schoolwork, homework, or assigned books. They celebrate summer because it offers a break from the daily tensions inherent in school that leave them feeling as if they never have enough time to do the things that they love. Sadly, for most parents of dyslexics, their childâs initial relief leads to troubling adult dilemmas. "Can my child afford the time to play?â âHow much unstructured time should be…

As a parent, you are your child's first and most important teacher. When parents and families are involved in their children's schools, the children do better and have better feelings about going to school. In fact, many studies show that what the family does is more important to a child's school success than how much money the family makes or how much education the parents have. There are many ways that parents can support their children's learning at home and throughout the school…

A version of this article was originally published at MiddleWeb . I am all for change. In fact, I completely embrace it. I marvel at the fact that it is only when change occurs that improvements may be made to make some part of our world a better place. It is the essence of change to allow us to become a better version of ourselves. Yet, change doesn’t just happen. It must be sparked, followed through upon, and updated by human actions to…

Too many of our children grow up associating “learning” with fear or at best nervousness. Being fearful damages our children’s self-confidence and love of learning. It prevents them from fulfilling their potential, success in school today, and in their lives tomorrow. Today, our children have so many fears to overcome at school: fear of trying something new and failing, fear of not having the right answer…

Developing Classes for Summer 2019 by Renee Ford One of my favorite things about being the Education Coordinator for Bright Lights is that I get to take some time every August and September to “dream big.” I look at education trends, pop culture, past successful classes, and many other resources to develop class ideas that will be brought to life by our amazing teachers and community…