Early musical training, even pre-school lessons, has been shown to assist in the development of certain mental thought processes, especially developing spatial intelligence, pattern recognition, forming conclusions and reasoning skills. It is clear that the benefits of learning music for children extend way beyond the ability of being able to play a musical instrument.
For instance, [...]

5 Ways to Zap “Mommy Guilt”
I remember, almost 14 years ago, bringing my son Kai home from the hospital. We had borrowed an old car seat from someone we knew. I placed all 6 lbs 14 oz. of him into the car seat and suddenly burst into tears. The car seat was way too big [...]

When my son was growing up he spent most of his time during the school year struggling with homework assignments and studying for tests. Study skills were not taught in school so he had to struggle on his own with only my help. According to the author of S.O.A.R.® Study Skills, Susan Woodcock Kruger, M.Ed., [...]

The Internet has revolutionized many factors of modern life, and has not stopped at education. Long a tool for education making information more easily available for the learner, the next step has been taken in Home Schooling online. Looking at the ready information in a wide range of specialties makes this an obvious [...]

There are many reasons that sign languages have been introduced into a child’s life. Most of the time we as parents don’t think about sign language or teaching the language to our children if they are not hearing impaired. Today there are many individuals and parents who have found sign language can be helpful to [...]