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20 Inspiring Back-to-School Quotes for Kids

Download these 20 inspiring back-to-school quotes for your kids because as I send my kids off to another year of school, I want our kids to remember who they are. As they set foot in their classrooms for another year, I want them to know how strong they are. I want them to know that even […]

Read This If Your Child is Unhappy at School

written by Natalie, mom and blogger at Afterschool for Smarty Pants I am very honored to be posting on Imagination Soup today, but I am going to talk about a difficult topic. When our children go to school, we all want them to be happy and motivated. We want them to love learning, make friends, and […]

Why I Dislike Homework and How the Research Backs Me Up

Do your kids spend hours a night doing homework? Mine do. And I hate it– maybe even more than they do. Seriously, I’d much rather that my kids get much needed down-time to: play, nap, read, run, swing, dance, twirl, build, create, draw, invent, or design. Yet I sit inside with them, trying to pretend […]

Flash Cards or Finger Paints: Should Academics or Play Be the Goal of Preschool?

by Amy Webb, parent, educator, and blogger at The Thoughtful Parent. If you are the parent of a preschool-aged child, you have probably put quite a bit of thought into what type (if any) of preschool to enroll your child. If you’re like me, you had no idea how complicated a decision this could be […]

Quiz Yourself – Examples of Divergent and Convergent Thinking

Now that you’ve learned or refreshed your memory on the differences between convergent thinking and divergent thinking, let’s look at the application in learning. Can you determine which is which? It’s important that you can because it’s up to you, parent or teacher, to advocate for more divergent learning in the classroom. Linear thinking, or convergent […]

Parent Advocacy Do’s and Don’ts

Excerpts from a recent interview with Dr. Savitri Dixon-Saxon, mother and associate dean of the School of Counseling and Social Service at Walden University, about her Do’s and Don’ts for parents regarding child advocacy in the school. Do’s and Don’ts (Printable) I used to teach a graduate course called Education and Social Diversity for education administrators and […]

What is the mission of your child’s school?

What is the mission of your child’s school? Take a look right now, I’ll wait. . . . Seriously, go look. . . . My daughter’s elementary school’s mission statement says this: “students will develop, apply, and refine literacy in the language of words, numbers, and the arts so that they are able to achieve […]