If your kids are always sleepy in the afternoon, imagine how much better they’d do in school if they were awake for the lesson! A new study indicates that protein can help keep us awake and burning calories. While glucose … Continue reading
If your kids are always sleepy in the afternoon, imagine how much better they’d do in school if they were awake for the lesson! A new study indicates that protein can help keep us awake and burning calories. While glucose … Continue reading
With the school year well on its way, students are facing tests of what they’re learning every week. So what if your child struggles with math not because he doesn’t understand the problems but because just the thought of math … Continue reading
Here in New York, students are well into their first full week of school. Most have gathered the school supplies they need, many are sporting new backpacks (47% will buy a new backpack or tote bag this back to school … Continue reading
You know your children love to run amok and as soon as you unleash them on the playground, they’re running off to climb, jump, skip, and crawl. All that play though may be serving a greater purpose than just fun. … Continue reading
We know a lot about the foundations of reading: you sing your ABC’s, memorize sight words, then learn to sound out new words. Pretty soon, children can read simple sentences. Instead of seeing individual letters and sounds, they begin to … Continue reading
Nothing reminds us of summer vacation in the city quite like some sidewalk chalk on pavement–yup, we’re talking about hopscotch. The quintessential low-investment, giggle-inducing summer weather game that you can play pretty much anywhere, even in space-deprived city living. No … Continue reading
Summer is almost here and though we’ve all heard about danger of the “summer slide”–children forgetting much of what they learned during the school year–how do you motivate a child to do academic work when the sun is shining and … Continue reading
A recent article in Edweek talks about brain research into the causes and treatments for math anxiety. Math anxiety is feeling “negative emotions when engaging in an activity that requires numerical or math skills.” The brains of people with math … Continue reading
Parents are told to value math themselves in order to pass on this positive attitude to their children. But how much math does the average informed citizen need to know in order to get through the day? Check out this … Continue reading
Your children probably wish that everything was easy to learn. Then they wouldn’t have to spend hours doing homework or studying each week for school. Instead, they could devote that time to their favorite games or hobbies, right? Well, research … Continue reading