
Guest Post: Tips for a Successful (Educational) Summer
With the arrival of the end of the school year, students’ schedules and routines are changing. Summertime often means a...

It’s the End of the School Year as We Know It
Hard as it may be to believe, the school year is almost over… actually, it’s probably not that hard to believe! You...

Preventing the “Summer Slide” – Part 2 of 2
In last week’s blog, we defined the term “summer slide,” and in this week’s post we will cover how to...

Preventing the “Summer Slide” – Part 1 of 2
When you hear the expression “summer slide,” you might have a happy mental image of a child careening down a...

How to talk to your child about summer tutoring
This is the time of year when many teachers may request a special parent conference or send a special email,...

Teacher Appreciation
May is National Teacher Appreciation Month. One of our favorite educational websites, Edutopia has devoted a number of articles to this annual event as...

Go Outside and Play: Channeling the Power of the Great Outdoors!
From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud pied April, dressed in all his trim, Hath put...

Problem-Solving at its Finest
To say that last week was a difficult one for the residents of the Boston area (and the country at...

Helping Your Child Be More Mindful
In a recent blog on the Huffington Post, journalist and relatively recent meditation devotee Andy Fraser wrote about an interesting...

Fostering and Assessing Creativity in the Classroom
A while ago, educational assessment guru Dr. Grant Wiggins blogged about a very interesting issue: assessing creativity. The commonly held,...

Einstein: Don’t Judge a Fish by its Ability to Climb a Tree!
This inspirational quote has been getting well-deserved attention on the Internet for quite a while now. Give it a read...

The Kitchen Classroom
In the Engaging Minds Tip of the Week that we shared on Monday, we talked about how cooking and baking...