Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Nov 20

Picture Book Month & The Common Core

by Stacey

I love that November is Picture Book Month and that there is an entire web site devoted to it. I have received daily e-mail updates this month alerting me to new posts written by favorite children’s book authors all titled, “Why Picture Books Are Important To Me.” In all honestly, I have been crazy busy […]

Nov 03

Could Recess Cure Our ADHD Epidemic?

by Stacey

This weekend there was a fascinating article in the New York Times titled, A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D. Embedded within the article were some truly startling statics about the rise of A.D.H.D in our society. For example, “The lifetime prevalence in children has increased to 11 percent in 2011 from 7.8 percent in 2003- a […]