by djmathews | Oct 18, 2024 | Education Choices, Healthy Ideas
HAPPY SCHOOL YEAR TIPS Happy school year! Students have been in school a month or more, getting adjusted to a new schedule, possible even a new school and new classmates (hopefully fitting in somewhere, especially in middle school). School can be quite...
by djmathews | Mar 28, 2024 | Healthy Ideas, Science and Education
DID YOU KNOW — PINES — MAKE HEALTHY TEA? When you’re in the woods — this could be deep in a city park, state/national park, or if you’re in a forest as part of your own property — you will undoubtedly see pine trees. Pines, you say?...
by djmathews | Mar 11, 2024 | Education and Money, Healthy Ideas
(photo courtesy of No Revisions at Unsplash.com) CHORES, ALLOWANCES, VACCINES Some parents believe getting a kid to do something around the house is like, well, pulling teeth (not that THAT is easy to do either, as someone who’s been to the dentist more than...
by djmathews | Aug 23, 2023 | Healthy Ideas
(Some Parents.com site tips and more) In the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s 2022 Education Confidence Report’s annual survey of 1,000 K-12 educators and administrators, there were some interesting findings: 1) 76% of educators had...
by djmathews | Jul 7, 2023 | Education Choices, Healthy Ideas
Habits of Smart, Effective Teens (In Summer or Anytime) Part I Is there such as thing as an effective teen — even if they spend all their waking hours after school on their phone (if you as a parent/guardian let them)? Sean Covey’s book,...
by djmathews | Jan 6, 2023 | Education Choices, Healthy Ideas
I guess you already know, as the National Wildlife Federation points out, that the honeybee, originally from Europe, has 3 parts: a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. They also have hair on their bodies (more noticeable on the furry black and yellow bumblebee). And...
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