Thanks to our guide sponsors, Go Girls!, Legarza Sports, Shu Ren Mandarin Immersion Summer Camp, KidzToPros STEM, Arts & Sports Summer Camps. Legarza programs include Basketball, All-Sports, S.T.E.A.M., and Volleyball | Photo: Legarza Sports Special thanks to our sponsors who make this guide of June camps possible: Go Girls! programs begin the week of June 6 for girls & gender-expansive youth in grades 1 to 8 in Oakland. KidzToPros STEM, Arts & Sports Summer Camps begin the week of June 13 for age 4 through 8th grade in multiple locations. Legarza Sports programs begin the week of June 6 for youth in grades K to 8 in Fremont. Shu Ren Mandarin Immersion Summer Camp programs begin the week of June 20...
Life is full of surprises, happy and not-so-happy ones. Sometimes we need some advice to handle said surprises, usually getting them from those we deem seasoned veterans at dealing with unforeseen things. Other times, the simpler views that children have on life are much more amusing than the multiple adults telling you not to eat that cake all by yourself. Kids don’t care for diabetes or fat, they enjoy the cake and do so with vigor. We could learn a thing or two there… But to get back to the story at present, a pregnant teacher asked her students their thoughts on what she should do when the baby starts crying. The simplistic, yet also complex answers had us in...
Sign up for Derek’s newsletter here.The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent, according to a new CDC study. This is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded.The government survey of almost 8,000 high-school students, which was conducted in the first six months of 2021, found a great deal of variation in mental health among different groups. More than one in four girls reported that they had seriously contemplated attempting suicide during the pandemic, which was twice the rate of boys. Nearly half of LGBTQ teens said they had contemplated...
Photo Credit: Canva By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use. This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Follow us on Instagram for more fun ideas for kids! It’s a well-known fact that children who participate in arts and crafts activities often have better fine motor skills than those who don’t. But what many people don’t know is why this is the case. The answer has to do with the way arts and crafts help child development. When a child engages in an arts and crafts activity, they are using their hands and fingers to create something. This helps improve hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and dexterity. In addition, these activities...
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)There are movies that seem ahead of their time, and there are movies that feel a little behind the times. Then there are movies that become an odd amalgam of both that just seem to be out of time entirely, even if it feels like so many people are rooting for them. Such was the case with "Grindhouse," the unique 2007 experiment from Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill") and Robert Rodriguez ("From Dusk Till Dawn," "Spy Kids") that saw the directors team up for a double feature throwback -- one designed for...
