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Want a Kid Who Loves Math? Five Things NOT to Do and What to Do Instead

Shelly — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:41:25 +0000

Do you want to raise a kid who loves math? Here are my top tips to produce the results you’re wanting. 1. I did NOT pressure my kids to do math or to excel in math Instead, we played all sorts of strategic games like checkers, connect 4, chess, Pente and the like. These games …

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Why I Started A Montessori Charter School

Shelly — Wed, 09 May 2018 17:02:29 +0000

When I moved to Bend, Oregon I was surprised to learn that while there were several thriving Montessori preschool programs, there were no Montessori elementary programs at all! As a former assistant teacher in a Montessori lower elementary class (1st-3rd grade) I knew that the freedom to move about the classroom and to focus on …

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The Secret to Drastically Reducing Infant Falls

Shelly — Thu, 03 May 2018 19:09:55 +0000

During early infancy, babies pretty much stay where you put them. My mom refers to this stage of development as the happy paperweight stage. But once babies are a few months old, they begin to move. Some infants are rolling over and scooting as early as 4 months! Don’t fret if your baby doesn’t roll …

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The #1 Best High Chair in the Entire World

Shelly — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:35:13 +0000

OK, you can already tell by my headline that I LOVE this high chair. But why would a high chair be worthy of an entire blog post? Well, let me tell you! If you know me at all, you know that I have done very little advertising on my website and I would never promote …

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How to Quickly and Easily Reduce Screen Time

Shelly — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:45:06 +0000

We’ve all been hearing about the ill effects of screen time on developing brains and each of us have a slightly different way of dealing with the information. Some people argue that the research isn’t in yet (there is actually quite a bit of research on this topic and most of it is quite disturbing), …

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