Are you in the all-too-common habit of working frantically all day, only to finish, exhausted, pretty much where you started? Do you dread…
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CAPABLE PROBLEM SOLVING FOR TEACHERS Shady Oak believes in preparing children for adulthood by building on “6 Pillars”: Connection, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical…
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WAYS YOUR FAMILY CAN PROMOTE PEACE ON EARTH The phrase “peace on Earth” has been associated with Christmas at least since the King…
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COLLABORATION: THE CLASSROOM AS A TEAM The “sit still and listen” classroom is going out of fashion, which is a blessing. Learning should…
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At age seven or eight, it’s hard to comprehend the limits of the human lifespan; but it still pays to start early on…
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At the height of 2020’s COVID-19 shutdowns, outdoor activities—and the demand for bicycles and gardening supplies—soared. Electronic screens just didn’t cut it as…
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However it may sound at first hearing, “critical thinking” doesn’t mean “thinking negative things” any more than “graphic novel” means “R-rated literature.” If…
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HELPING YOUR FAMILY START THE DAY RIGHT You’ve probably seen cartoons that portray children leaping out of bed on Saturday morning-then hiding under…
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No matter how high your Bachelor of Education GPA, no matter how many years you dreamed of a career in the classroom, you’ll…
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Children get dozens if not hundreds of daily laughs from “plain old ordinary” life; most adults manage fewer than two dozen laughs a…