by Yolanda Fontanez-Coleman | Mar 29, 2011 | Academic Subjects
While measurement is an important skill for kids to learn and understand – it’s also a fun engaging pastime and one of the most fun topics in math! Playing measurement games with kids is a great way to build on, or peak their interest in measuring. Kids will love...
by Yolanda Fontanez-Coleman | Mar 23, 2011 | Unique Approches to Learning
The film, Race to Nowhere, documents the stories of young students, parents and teachers across the country and there take on the educational system. The students featured in the film share their stories and recount the daily stress they feel with regard to the...
by Yolanda Fontanez-Coleman | Mar 21, 2011 | Learning Resources
Today I begin my “Recommended Teaching Tools” feature! Every Monday I will write about an educational tool or resource that can be used with students in the classroom or at home, by teachers and parents alike. Today’s recommended teaching tool is… Hot Dots! Hot Dots...
by Yolanda Fontanez-Coleman | Mar 16, 2011 | Understanding New Concepts
Have you ever asked yourself will it ever finally click? I’ve worked with kids long enough to know that, yes it will “click” for them…eventually. Kids develop and evolve at their own pace and sometimes different skills take longer to learn than others. It can be...
by Yolanda Fontanez-Coleman | Mar 11, 2011 | Tutoring
Every time I turn on the news or go on-line I see a story about bullying. It breaks my heart to hear of so many children suffering at the hands of bullies. I speak to parents on a daily basis and I hear more and more stories of children being bullied right in my own...
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