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November in the red room

November in the red room

This month students will have the opportunity to become inspired by the cuisine of different cultures  and create art using the food from each region studied.  To do this, students will be learning about and examining the "foodscapes" of Carl Warner in hopes of...

Being Your Child’s Pack Leader

Being Your Child’s Pack Leader

We have all heard the term, “pack leader.” To some of us this term brings up thoughts of wild dogs or wolves, and to others it reminds us of a very popular television personality, Cesar Millan, also known as “the Dog Whisperer.” According to Millan, “a pack leader is...

The Old Fashioned Art of Play

The Old Fashioned Art of Play

As a child, play was always a part of my day. Whether I played with my friends at school, in the fields surrounding my house, or in my room with my sister, play was an integral component of my life. Play for me involved blocks, dolls, cars, sticks, rocks, bugs, and...

Redshirting: Holding kids back from kindergarten

Redshirting: Holding kids back from kindergarten

(CBS News) Kindergarten "redshirting" is on the rise. That's the practice of parents holding their children back from kindergarten so they can start school at age 6 - older, bigger, and more mature than their 5-year-old peers. Some research shows that redshirting will...

Creating Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies with Juice Plus+!

Creating Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies with Juice Plus+!

Those of you who have children know that there are days, weeks and months, where your children just won’t eat how you would like them to. No matter how hard you try to make that sprig of broccoli tempt them, somehow it just never does. That is where we were about 6...