Help your kid understand the language of math
Let’s be honest. Quite a few of us hate math. (We see you raising your hand as you read this!) It’s usually the adults in the room who say they’re not fans. According to a survey...
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How to help kids develop a growth mindset
Growth mindset: where you are is where you are now. Musician John Legend was four years old when he first sat down at a piano. Today he’s an EGOT (winner of all four major awards in the...
"I didn’t grow up thinking I didn’t like math or it was too difficult"
Cristina might tell you she didn’t love math as an elementary school student, but today she works with numbers, statistics, and data every day. Cristina knew she wanted to do something with a lasting impact, so...
Teach the Universal Skills that Prepare Kids for Any Future
The workforce of tomorrow will look very different from that of today. According to a 2018 jobs report by the World Economic Forum, it is estimated that 65% of kids entering elementary school today will end...
How can my kid be a good team player?
Every year, LinkedIn releases the Workplace Learning Report identifying key trends in the professional world. To prepare the 2020 report, LinkedIn surveyed more than 6,600 professionals in eighteen countries. Among the takeaways: universal skills are really...
Get serious about play
“Fun is done solely for its own sake and gives us a chance to improvise, experiment, and make things up.”Doesn’t life feel like the movie, Groundhog Day? We’re waking up to the same old, same old...
Getting on each other’s nerves? Try consensus
Now that you’re on top of each other 24/7 some friction may be developing. One way to achieve harmony is sharing responsibility and decision-making. The best decisions are those achieved through consensus rather than because Mom...
Manage conflict with a mission, reflection, and a space plan
How do I manage conflict between me and my kids, and between siblings? As a family, we usually get along pretty well. Now that we’re home and on top of each other all the time, cracks...
Don’t emotionally distance yourself—practice empathy
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from COVID-19, it’s that our actions impact others, and to feel remorse when we make a mistake. Conversely, it also feels like stay-at-home orders are making us more me-focused, doesn’t...
Develop a family mission statement
When times are good or bad, it is always a good idea to discuss and codify what you believe in as a family. A shared set of family goals, and do’s & don’ts, can guide your...
The future of education: Project-based learning
Does the traditional school model of passively learning facts by rote prepare our kids for life’s 21st-century demands? Today employers actively recruit candidates who show potential for leadership, critical thinking, and cross-cultural understanding. The top five...
The future of education: Active vs. passive learning
When you were at school, you read a bunch of textbooks, did worksheets, took tests. Maybe you enjoyed history and loathed chemistry. But what if you had actually liked chemistry and chose to actively pursue it?...