How to Choose the Correct Type of School for Your Child?
Posted on April 8, 2008
Filed Under Family
How do you choose the best school for your child? School choice options available to parents have increased dramatically in recent years.
Think about your child’s needs and your family’s needs and wants. Consider the personality of your child. A quiet child might fare better in a smaller school or a school with small class size. If you have a budding artiste or scientist, you will want to look for a school that has programs in these areas. Is it important to you that your school be close to home or your place of work? On the other hand, will you need a school with before and after-school care? Check out the following post for ideas on what to consider:
Neighborhood School
Normally, your first option is your neighborhood school. Each public school district sets up its own rules and boundaries for each school in the district, so it is best to check with your local district to find out which school your child will be assigned to, and what the rules are for attending charter schools, magnet schools, or other schools within or outside your local district.
Charter Schools
Charter schools are public schools of choice that operate with freedom from many of the local and state regulations that apply to traditional public schools. Charter schools allow parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, and others the flexibility to innovate, create and provide students with increased educational options. Charter schools exercise increased autonomy in return for stronger accountability. They are sponsored by designated local, state, or other organizations that monitor their quality and integrity while holding them accountable for academic results and fiscal practices. Read more
How to Help Your Child Succeed at School
Posted on January 29, 2008
Filed Under Family
Every child has the power to succeed in school and in life and every parent or family member can help. The question is: How can we help our children succeed? The answer comes from a combination of common sense and research about how children learn and about how to prepare them to learn.
Here are some things that you can do to help your child to make the most of that time:
- 1. Encourage Your Child to Read - Helping your child become a reader is the
single most important thing that you can do to help the child to succeed in school—and in life. The importance of reading simply can’t be overstated. Reading helps children in all school subjects
- 2. Talk with Your Child - Talking and listening play major roles in children’s school success. It’s through hearing parents and family members talk and through responding to that talk that young children begin to pick up the language skills they will need if they are to do well. For example, children who don’t hear a lot of talk and who aren’t encouraged to talk themselves often have problems learning to read, which can lead to other school problems. In addition, children who haven’t learned to listen carefully often have trouble following directions and paying attention in class. Read more
Learning to Listen to Your Body
Posted on January 11, 2008
Filed Under Life, Health
“Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.”
- Albert Schweitzer, M.D.One of the most important ways for you to become a healthy person is to learn to listen
closely to what your body tells you, to recognize what it needs and desires in order to feel fit and comfortable. When you listen long and hard enough to your body, you will begin to differentiate sensations and feelings.Can you feel any tension in your neck? Are your knees locked or at ease? Can you feel all 10 toes on the ground? Is your breath long and smooth or short and fast?
Reality is, most of us are focused on our external environment most of the time. We use our minds so much to accomplish and discriminate that we often lose awareness of the body our mind inhabits. Some of us even seem to have “disinherited” our bodies for various reasons, such as harsh judgments about our physical condition, aches and pains, chronic disease, abuse or simple neglect.
Regardless of your particular circumstances, you know you inhabit a body. However, can you feel your body right now? Can you compassionately observe your own body without judgment, simply being aware and present to what is going on right now? Here are a few tips on how to get started.
You can begin right now by observing your body by feeling your breath coming in through your nose and flowing down into your lungs. Allow your awareness to stay focused in your chest area, appreciating your capacity to breathe without even thinking about it. Your mind may wander off. If it does, simply bring it back to feeling the breath with patience and no harsh judgment about yourself. Read more
How to read and understanding body language
Posted on October 10, 2007
Filed Under Personal Development
If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the body is the mirror of our emotions. If we are feeling great it shows in how we hold and use our body.
Conversely, if we look at someone else’s body we can often tell how they are feeling by the signals their body is giving.
In case you don’t think learning how to read and use body language is not important, here are some statistics about the messages we receive from someone we meet:
- 7% of the information we receive is from what they actually say.
- 38% of information we receive is from the tone, inflection and speed of their voice.
- A staggering 55% of the information we receive is from their body language. Read more
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