Lessons Beyond the Classroom "Not another chapter of names and dates," she groaned, slumping in her desk chair as the Teacher distributed yet another stack of history worksheets. "History is just so... boring." The teacher's response was predictable: "Page 216, everyone. Today we'll be memorizing [...]
JUST IN TIME TO READ THEM IN 2023! An Invitation Great reads are, well…great. They move you. Or change you. Or invite you to face challenging realities, or approach the future in better, more effective ways. They empower you, or help you do other equally [...]
by Eliza DeMille Robinson On July 13th, 2022, I finished writing book four of the Intelligence series…. “Wait, what? Book four?” *you might be asking* “What about book 3? Counter Intelligence? Supposed to come out this year? Remember?” Well, yes, of course I remember! I [...]
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 [...]
This is more of an "Inspiration Minute" -- a quick snippet I'm sharing that started as a conversation on our Facebook group. Don't Try This At Home I just googled "freak accident conveyor belt." I don't recommend it, but I'm sure you can imagine the [...]
Trapped Sometimes reading a certain article, book, blog, tweet or other idea just … sticks. It resonates. It’s memorable. It makes you think. Or laugh. Maybe it causes you to frown. Or shake your head in surprise. For example, I recently read an article published [...]
See. Learn. One of the keys to great education is to raise children in a “print-rich environment” (see Maya Thiagarajan, “are asian kids really better at math?” Parents, September 2016), by surrounding them with access to books and examples of parents, siblings and others reading [...]
