education

5 toys to encourage pretend play in your home

by Julie Meyers Pron February 1, 2012

Pretend play allows young children to try experiences that don’t exist in their every day lives. Somewhere between ages 2 and a half and 4, most toddler to preschool aged children will begin acting as favorite characters, reliving, recreating and creating scenarios and trying to live out lives different than their own. Children pretend as [...]

Read the full article →

Who? Comics: an iPad app that puts fun in learning

by Julie Meyers Pron January 29, 2012

Thank you to who?Comics for sponsoring this post and encouraging my child to read biographies in comic book form! Please click here to learn more about the app. And follow

Read the full article →

Should I send my child to Kindergarten or wait a year?

by Julie Meyers Pron January 19, 2012

As a former teacher who is active in education, I’m asked this question, a lot. There are several factors to consider, as each child needs to be considered individually. In-other-words, I can’t give you an answer for your child, only for mine. And I opted to hold both of my August-birthday boys back a year [...]

Read the full article →

How to study, learn and teach spelling words

by Julie Meyers Pron November 30, 2011

Practicing spelling words each night can be boring. What eight-year-old gets excited about writing each word three times or listing them in alphabetical order? Here are a few creative alternative activities to spice up spelling to help your child study and learn spelling words. Create a word search Print out a sheet of grid paper and [...]

Read the full article →

How to teach children to save money

by Julie Meyers Pron November 29, 2011

At around age seven or eight, kids start wanting big things. This is a prime opportunity to teach our children the value in saving money. Big, especially, is learning about saving versus spending. After our hard lesson (for all of us) last fall, Big asked for a wallet so that he could start saving. The [...]

Read the full article →

Sexual abuse links

by Julie Meyers Pron November 10, 2011

Our world has been rocked with news of the scandal at Penn State, but the lack of attention on how to help these children is astounding. I’ve gathered a few resources: Don’t Be an Enabler — When a Child Is Abused, Here’s What to Do was written by Michael Reagan, President Ronald Reagan’s son. He’s [...]