Via Pexels Homework. It's one of the most dreaded words in the English language for both kids and parents alike. But it doesn't have to be that way! With a little bit of creativity and planning, you can help make homework not only less frustrating for everyone involved but also more enjoyable. This blog post will discuss some tips to get your kids interested in reading and make the experience a positive one for all!This is a collaborative post Start With something they Are Interested InOne way to get your kids interested in homework is to start with something they are interested in. If they are passionate about a particular subject, start there. For example, if your child loves animals, help...
Each July, when Chiamaka Agbasi-Porter welcomes a new group of high school seniors to MIT Lincoln Laboratory's two-week residential radar program, she starts with a question: Who here is applying to MIT? Only about half raise their hands. Some tell her they don’t feel smart enough for MIT. "I see myself right at that age," says Porter, Lincoln Laboratory’s K–12 STEM outreach coordinator. "So, I tell them a little bit of my story. I always begin with, 'I was just like you.'" Porter was once a high schooler who loved math and science. She yearned to improve her skills. But she was also extremely shy and self-doubting. She struggled to ask teachers for help finding extra ways to learn. "I...
James Steinberg, for the Deseret News Being a parent today comes with what seems like a never-ending challenge: Getting kids to put down their electronic devices.As I write this, our two youngest children (ages 10 and 12) are playing Minecraft on their school-issued laptops. Our oldest, who is 15, is in her room, probably on her laptop as well. Even though none of them have their own smartphone or tablet, the draw of screens seems constant. Screen technology is everywhere. The average American child gets their own smartphone by age 10, and many get their own tablet before that. Even if you hold back from getting children their own devices, they will often be issued one by their school, or...
The sun is out and the weather is warming up! You know what that means right? It’s now time to think about starting some seeds indoors. So go pull the gardening tools out of the shed and put them to work. But they aren’t the only ones to be put to work- go grab some little helpers to help out as well! Gardening is a fantastic way to not only teach children about plants and vegetables but also a great opportunity to teach them about work and patience. It’s never too early to get them involved! I’ll share some tips I have found along the way. 1. Allow your child to explore the plants with all their senses. Children who...
[all covers by Ario Anindito and Pierluigi Casolino] Renowned literary horror novelist Victor LaValle’s second comic series out from BOOM! Studios isn’t just a perfect follow-up to Destroyer as another classic SF story twisted about, turned on its head, and updated to the present moment—the five-issue Eve, an 11-year-old girl’s quest across a US devastated by climate change and a super-plague, is even more rewarding than Destroyer’s dark beauty and hope-beyond-despair. Like Destroyer, Eve centers on a young person and their complicated familial bonds, through the lens of humanity’s conflicted relationship to modern science, tech, and capital. But unlike the undead Akai’s story, Eve’s journey unfolds across a broader landscape and a stranger temporality, so her relationships are more varied...
