Middle School Resources

Category: Middle School

The Dangers of Playing with Toys

August 15, 2007

Playing was good for your child’s health and development. Well, not anymore, and especially not if they are playing with the hundreds of mass-produced, foreign-made […]

Harry Potter Book Magic for Kid’s Literacy

July 24, 2007

We’ve talked a lot about the importance of literacy on this blog and how traditional children’s leisure activities (like reading a good book, for example) […]

Facebook

June 20, 2007

Staying au courant with the ongoing in your teen’s life can be challenging, especially since teens can be notoriously difficult to talk to. Short, one-word […]

Letting them be kids again

June 19, 2007

Amid the welter of decibel-topping noise generated by violent and intense computer games, the Internet, TV and loud music shrieking from the stereo, I wondered […]

Brain Fitness Fads

May 16, 2007

Over the past few decades many public trends have focused on the body. There were fad diets: the Scarsdale diet, the Stewardess diet, the Grapefruit […]

How to beat the word NO

May 9, 2007

How many times have you heard the word no in your life? Probably quite a few. Maybe even hundreds or possibly thousands. Probably you are […]

Media Literacy

April 25, 2007

Critical Thinking and Media Literacy Forget writing private thoughts down on paper—these days, kid’s journals exist in cyberspace. From Facebook to WordPress to Tumblr, kid’s […]

Summer Fun!

April 18, 2007

What are your plans to make this summer an educational one? Summer school? Day camps? Lazy days at the beach? Whatever your plans, these tips […]

Let Your Kids Have Some FUN!

April 3, 2007

Childhood is in serious trouble according to Dashka Slater on Salon.com Consider the word FUN. Overly concerned with development, parents are sucking all the fun […]