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Category Archives: For Parents

Great Games That Are Also Educational

March 31, 2015by RKP Leave a comment

Want to give your gamers at home some valuable learning experiences? In a recent Mindshift article, Tanner Higgin describes “Three Awesome Educational Games Hiding in Plain Sight” that can support middle schoolers […]

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At Home, For Parents, For Teachers, In the Classroom

To Err is Good for the Brain

May 15, 2014by RKP Leave a comment

mistaks Mistakes are important 4  four for learning! This critical advice for educators and parents from one Stanford University educator comes at a time when the push for getting it all correct […]

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At Home, For Parents, For Teachers, In the Classroom

I’ll Take Atoms for iTunes

March 24, 2014by RKP Leave a comment

My 11-year old loves science. And I love to encourage her to learn, explore, and experiment. When she came home last week from school, this was the conversation: Child: “Mama, can […]

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For Parents, For Teachers

Keyboarding Skills for Children

February 6, 2014by RKP Leave a comment

The use of technology is integrated throughout the Common Core standards. The introductory pages of the English Language Arts standards explains that college and career-ready students need to be able to […]

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The Choice to Connect Through Empathy

January 24, 2014by RKP Leave a comment

This is a beautiful video created by Dr. Brené Brown, on the difference between empathy and sympathy. It’s a powerful lesson for our children — helping them to develop understanding […]

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For Parents, For Teachers

You Can Learn Math!

November 20, 2013by RKP Leave a comment

I love this video.   Image courtesy of Keerati / FreeDigitalPhotos.net”.

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At Home, For Parents, For Teachers, In the Classroom

…While Guiding My Stars

October 23, 2013by RKP Leave a comment

I just read the post “I am a Triangle and Other Thoughts on Repatriation”  describing what it feels like to repatriate back to your home country. My husband, children, and […]

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Finding Hexafish

October 18, 2013by RKP Leave a comment

Back in 2001, educational writer, thinker, and consultant Marc Prensky coined a phrase describing children born at the time as “digital natives.” Prensky explained that those born with technology all around them […]

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Minecraft: Hey Parents, It’s Better than you Think!

September 23, 2013by RKP Leave a comment

“Kids are getting into middle school and high school and having some ugly experiences on Facebook and other social networks without an understanding of how to interact with people online. […]

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For Parents, For Teachers

On Being Quiet

August 9, 2013by RKP Leave a comment

When my daughter was just a toddler, our pediatrician recommended that I read the book The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World. His reasoning for recommending the book […]

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Group Learning Online

August 6, 2013by RKP Leave a comment

“By removing the creative process and leaving only the results of that process, you virtually guarantee that no one will have any real engagement with the subject.” –from A Mathematician’s Lament […]

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