For good study skills, start your child young
By making learning fun with games and conversation during the preschool years, establishing good study skills during elementary school, and building on those strategies in middle school, parents can help their students become successful in high school and college. Two Springfield District 186 teachers share basic, proven approaches parents can use during these formative…
Fun with food
Fun mealtime and snack presentations can motivate toddlers and school-age children to eat healthy foods. They can also provide a positive experience at the dinner table and a good introduction to foods your kids have never tried. Youngsters like food that has color, shape and character. And remember, children take their cue on everything from…
What’s new at school this fall?
Summer is more than just fun in the sun. While most students are enjoying a much-appreciated breather, administrators at local schools use these months as an opportunity to implement improvements to the schools, both in terms of the physical premises and to scholastic programming. Darrell Schaver, director of operations and maintenance for Springfield School District 186,…
Making a memory with your child’s first bike
There is nothing quite like the joy a child feels when he first learns to ride a bicycle. I remember the first time I tried to ride. The bike was a clunky contraption that my uncles had put together from spare parts; it was so heavy I could hardly turn the pedals. Luckily, Dad…
Summer grandparenting. There’s so much to do.
“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life and, most importantly, cookies.” That quote by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani characterizes what grandmas and grandpas freely give to their children’s offspring. They do so in ever increasing…
Back to college
Heading off to college is a major transition in the life of a young adult – and that young adult’s parents. The process of organizing, packing, moving and finding one’s way in a new environment while maintaining ties to home is a process that is as challenging as it is ultimately rewarding. What follows…
