The Pledge of Allegiance as a Civics Lesson
Published in ChicagoNow, December 4, 2014 At Thanksgiving, for unknown reasons, some of my grandkids started reciting the Pledge of...
Dec 4, 2014
A Third Grader’s 10 Ideas for School Improvement
Guest blogger Published in ChicagoNow, December 1, 2014 Remember the old Dr. Seuss book If I Ran the Zoo? In it, young Gerald McGrew...
Dec 1, 2014
Kindergarten: Creativity Triumphs Again
Published in ChicagoNow, November 24, 2014 Here’s the proverbial picture that’s worth 1,000 words, my grandson’s kindergarten worksheet...
Nov 24, 2014
6 Bad Holiday Habits
Published in ChicagoNow, November 21, 2014 You would think at my age (8 grandkids – you do the math) I would have this holiday thing...
Nov 21, 2014
Fun and Play are Good for Kindergarten – What a Surprise
Literally constructing knowledge Published in ChicagoNow, November 19, 2014 The headline in today’s Chicago Tribune reads “Fun plays a...
Nov 19, 2014
Common Core Testing for Dogs and Cats
Published in ChicagoNow, November 17, 2014 I’m not making this up. In the print version of Scientifics Direct, a very nice catalog of...
Nov 17, 2014
What Do You Believe In? Ask “The Little Preschool That Could”
Published in ChicagoNow, November 13, 2014 The seeds of what Cherry Preschool of Evanston, Illinois, believes in were present from the...
Nov 13, 2014
12 Picture Books 4 to 8 Year Olds Should Read
Published in ChicagoNow, November 10, 2014 This is National Young Readers Week – a perfect time to post my feelings about the demotion of...
Nov 10, 2014
Another Frozen Winter on the Way — Let’s Make Sure the Kids get to Move
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, November 3, 2014 If you think 2014 was the “winter of our discontent,” just wait to see...
Nov 3, 2014
Taking the Road Less Traveled: The Founding of Cherry Preschool
Published in ChicagoNow, October 29, 2014 The first Cherry Preschool was born in 1990. It existed on a scrap of paper hidden in a drawer...
Oct 29, 2014