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Getting Down and Dirty While Camping

By Aadel Bussinger

We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. ~Henry David Thoreau Camping brings families together. There is just something about experiencing the rawness of nature, the warmth of the fire, and the closeness of a tent or RV that bonds hearts and minds. If you [...]

Honoring Your Child’s Education Choices

By Rita Brhel

My four- and five-year-old daughters go to a wonderful Montessori-style preschool. I had originally planned to homeschool, but my oldest daughter had some significant development delays that I was unable to address. I did not have the knowledge or training to work with her on cognitive processing and motor skill delays. And the preschool has [...]

4 Steps to Teaching Your Children About the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

By Deanna Ward

If you’re looking for a fun and educational project to share with your children may I suggest a “Cat House”? Now, before you say you’re allergic to cats let me say these aren’t the type that meow – but rather fly. My cats are caterpillars – Black Swallowtails to be exact – and watching them [...]

5 More Ways to Foster Creative Thinking

By Aadel Bussinger

I listened to an interesting bit on the radio today. It basically said that new studies show that reading and searching on the internet changes the way our brains work. Sites like Google and Wikipedia provide instant gratification rather than encouraging our brains to focus on one task. The result is lower attention spans and [...]

5 Techniques That Build Creative Thinking Skills

By Aadel Bussinger

Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Einstein Creative thinking is a skill that needs to be honed. As humans, we all possess the capacity to be creative- to invent, design, and express through various forms. But that capacity can be muted or developed. Children create naturally. They are usually immune to fear of judgment or [...]

Helping My Son With GCSE Maths

By Patricia Jackson

I have a son called Jonah, who is currently in the first year of his GCSE studies. Up until the last year or so he has been doing well at school, but the usual distractions of a boy his age are now starting to have an effect. As a result his school work has suffered [...]

How Traditional Classrooms Hinder Creative Thinking

By Aadel Bussinger

If you ask any employer or organization what are some of the most critical skills a person should have, creative thinking is usually one of the top three listed. Creative thinking is not just for artists and writers. We use quite a few terms for creative thinking: creativity, divergent thinking, innovation, problem solving, etc. It [...]

Teaching Children to Write Poetry

By Aadel Bussinger

Writing poetry is like painting with words. You can have all the tools for painting- brush, paints, canvas- and never really create anything from the heart. You can write poetry as an assignment, but unless it comes from the inner self it is just words on paper. That isn’t to say that poems written within [...]

The Importance of Developing a Sober Mind in Our Students

By Aadel Bussinger

When you start with an answer and a formula to get the answer, there is no need for the question. If there were one question that I wish I could never hear again it would be, “What do I have to know for the test?” The American school system, with its emphasis on grades, tests, [...]

Snow Much Fun: Learning Opportunities For Winter Weather

By Aadel Bussinger

There is a reason school kids pray for snow days. Not only do they get to skip out on worksheets, but they also get to go outside and handle some of nature’s funnest fluffy stuff. And those powdery flakes aren’t just fun, they can be educational as well. Build Snow Caves and Forts If you’ve [...]