Incorporating Math in your Daily Life – Linda Sebec’s approach


Thanks to Linda Sebec for sharing this with us!
We do a lot of math in our everyday life, but I thought it would be fun to compare whet we do to the Swedish national curriculum in math. My kids are under 8½ years old any younger
>The school in it’s teaching of mathematics should aim to ensure that pupils
>– develop an interest in mathematics, as well as
>confidence in their own thinking and their own
>ability to learn and use mathematics in different situations,

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Teaching Spanish: resources


Me and my son, together, just started learning Spanish. This is an ever growing list of useful resources that I was able to find so far:

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Teaching Kanji – 1st the Japanese sounds


Thanks to Marcelo Bayma for sharing this!

Begin with japanese sound. Each symbol has an equivalent sound in japanese, for example, “yama”.

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A vitamin a day: More Harm than Good?


I was searching for the recomendations on the multivitamin intake and stumbled across this article. I'd love to know your opionions or just more information. Please comment below or at our forum!

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How to Teach Your Child Math: Glenn Doman’s Dot Method



Drug recall: all medicine with Phenylpropanolamine


All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled.  STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain ) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA
recommended that everyone ( even children ) seek alternative medicine.

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How to teach your kids Foreign Languages – Lisa Mirman’s recomendations


(Thanks to Laurie Tiemens and Lisa Mirman's for sharing these wonderful recomendations):

Coming off the feature on Nightline, several of you asked how I teach Spanish to my kids as a non native speaker. I am writing now to share some angles on how I expose my kids to foreign languages.

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Teaching 4 languages and My Experience


Thanks to Teresa for sharing her personal method for teaching her 3 year old son 4 different languages!

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