Fictional Parent Statement Navy School There are many four-year-olds in this city. But none compare to Tempo Knickerbocker, beloved daughter of Cappy and Bill Knickerbocker. (In case you are wondering, we are the Knickerbocker family, originally settling in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1665.) Since birth, Tempo demonstrated exceptional promise and precocity. She reached all developmental milestones … Continue reading Private School Kindergarten Essay: What Not to Write (Part One)
Lenore Skenazy’s Free Range Kids is Coming
I had the pleasure of speaking this evening with Lenore Skenazy, the columnist who wrote "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Take The Subway Alone" for the now sadly deceased New York Sun. Skenazy's provocative column led to a book deal with Wiley. Her upcoming book, Free Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Enjoyed Without Going … Continue reading Lenore Skenazy’s Free Range Kids is Coming
Do You Worry about Summer Learning Loss?
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show explored today if over the summer, kids are at risk of losing two months’ worth of learning. YMCA Summer Learning Center’s Marty Forth and CUNY professor of education Ken Gold were guests. One very interesting point the program raised is that kids do learn important skills over breaks: socializing, choice-making, taking initiative, and following … Continue reading Do You Worry about Summer Learning Loss?
Resources for Helping Young Children Learn to Read
Want to help your child learn to read? I talked to Irene Daria, reading teacher extraordinaire and owner of the excellent blog http://www.goodcityliving.com recently, and she gave me some excellent tips: 1) The Explode the Code workbook series. These phonics-based workbooks are fun to work through, and will greatly improve your child's abilities to sound … Continue reading Resources for Helping Young Children Learn to Read