Very soon, the kids will be out of school for summer. While that means lots of fun activities, we don’t want them to experience too much of the “summer slide,” where they lose some of what they learned during the school year. To avoid this, it’s a good idea to add some educational activities to your summer plans. But that doesn’t mean you have to sit down at a desk and use workbooks. You can make learning fun!
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How to Encourage Girls to Enjoy Science and MathThroughout school, I had an unrealistic fear of math…. So much so that I decided to change my major in college from a Business Major to a Health Science Degree so I wouldn’t have to take the higher level math classes. I don’t regret getting my degree in
Education: How To Get Your Child Excited About ScienceIt was early on in my childhood that I discovered I was one of the “right-brained“ folks. I excelled in my music classes… and was a great reader of emotions. I had a hard time making up my mind but I was fun and witty. When it came
Elementary Education: 6 Keys to Finding the Perfect Math Tutormom • education • parenting • education
My eight year-old son, Connor, has always been a pretty mellow and happy-go-lucky child. That is until this year. About a week before he entered 3rd grade, his half-full glass suddenly became half empty. He claimed he wasn’t starting school because he said he was “bad at math….” He
Technical Skills: The Importance of STEM EducationDid you know that in a 2006 international assessment of 15-year-old students, …the U.S. ranked 28th in math literacy and 24th in science literacy? Or that the U.S. ranks 20th among all nations in the proportion of college students who earn degrees in natural science or engineering. “When compared with
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Can Sid the Science Kid actually make learning fun? I’m not going to lie to you. I hated math. I was never good at it in school. I signed up for an economics class my first semester of college… and my TA, after trying to help me grasp a concept
The holiday gift giving season is over, kids are wrapped up in school, and homework is on the brain. With that in mind, PBS Kids… put together an amazingly fun and educational prize pack for one child in your life to encourage a learning and love of STEM subjects (science,
…Helping your kids learn and love STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) often feels like a chore. And for some, it can seem overwhelming, especially if you didn’t do so well in those subjects when you were younger.
But today, the educational landscape has changed. STEM is taught in
Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
