Some authors write to entertain, others write to mentor. Suzanne Collins is a mentor writer. But I almost forgot this while reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Many Hunger Games fans were irate about Collins’ plans to tell the childhood story of President Snow. [...]
(A Review of Two Books Every Family Should Read!) Childhood Connections Recently I shared the story of a lady who lived in the Orient for a time and noticed that children were frequently familiarized with math and science symbols and ideas the way most young [...]
(A Review of an Excellent New Math Book that Every Family Should Read!) By Oliver DeMille A Start and A Stop A while back I read an article written by a woman whose family moved from the United States to spend some time in the [...]
Giving Your Kids a Head Start by Emma DeMille Cox Listen While You Play A few weeks ago, Ian and I traveled down to my parents' house with our little boys, to do the month's MIC recording on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". We spent several [...]
by Oliver DeMille Like the 3 words on quality education I shared last week, these 5 additional words can be very helpful to parents, teachers, coaches, mentors and others who work with young people. Have fun with them! I. Protopia The process of becoming better [...]
SUMMER 2016 BONUS EDITION: My Response Was “Wow!” by Oliver DeMille (Review of a new book that will bring real learning magic to your home: Give Your Child the World by Jamie Martin) “The children should have the joy of living in far lands, in [...]
by Rachel DeMille As mentioned in our previous post (on how to celebrate your kitchen as the heart and hub of a lot of great learning), there is a whole genre of literature that is worth exploring: literature-based cookbooks! Understand, I love all kinds of [...]
by Oliver DeMille The Key To begin, please make sure you’ve read Part I and Part II of this Special TJEd Report. If not, Part III won’t make much sense. Second, if what you got out of Parts I and II is that your kids [...]
by Oliver DeMille The Beginning This was the turning point. Always before, I picked a book here or there, I dabbled, I started a book and then let it sit for months. But that day changed everything. It was summer. It was hot outside. In [...]
(and a Fun Invitation…) by Oliver DeMille Spring Fever Reader When springtime comes, it’s more difficult to keep the kids in their classrooms. They might be there physically, but their minds are increasingly outside in the sunshine, running amidst the flowers, listening to the sounds [...]
