Archive for the ‘FEATURE’ Category

Teens and tweens lead a busy life, and that life can wear them out. Most of us have seen young people guzzling caffeine-packed energy drinks.

Many energy products are marketed directly at kids, who may see them as a means to stay awake and alert. They may even be conceived as a way to get better marks or even to be more outgoing at parties. Designer drugs too, can be seen as a way for weary youth to maintain a high energy level.

Remembrance Day, or Veterans Day, is celebrated in our schools every year. Your kids probably come home wearing poppies and reciting “In Flanders Fields.” They may also look forward to a special school assembly with singing, poems and the reading of student essays. But do your kids really understand what Remembrance is about?

Poppies are a sign of Remembrance. They show respect for our veterans and war dead. They also generate funds that help support living veterans and their families. Let us teach our children to wear the poppy.

Martial arts classes make a wonderful PE option for homeschoolers, and are equally recommended as after school enrichment. Oz will be writing about JuJutsu here at Duel Boot. Please visit!

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Helpful hints for reading to children with short attention spans from Cathy Puett Miller, Charlotte Mason education, and Blogalogues’ own Jaime of the Hot Author Report

Learning doesn’t just happen in a classroom, and it’s not just reserved for kids!

Children’s reading skills stem, in large part, from the vocabulary they learn in their younger years. Storytelling and reading aloud are good ways to develop that vocabulary. Cathy Puett Miller gives more advice on literacy.

Does your school promote healthy eating, or just what is necessary or convenient? How do you know if what’s being taught is accurate? Join the discussion!

We’ve gone from computers in class to replacing paper and books with technology. It’s supposed to help kids learn but what’s a coffee shop doing in the library.