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Thoughtful Thursday: Teach Your Children Poetry

Since you are primarily in charge of teaching your children these days, why not teach them some poetry?  April is Poetry Month, after all.  In today's Thoughtful Thursday we will look at three poems by African American poets (all women, in fact), which you and your children can enjoy learning about and discussing. If you need some motivation to [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:58:27-04:00April 16th, 2020|Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Teach Your Children Poetry

Register NOW to Join Us On April 22 for School in the Time of COVID-19

  Register NOW to join us on Wednesday April 22  at 4pm EDT for a free GCP webinar, School in the Time of COVID-19!  We are gathering a group of experts who are helping educate and motivate our children in this crisis to give us strategies for managing the homeschooling experience. Wondering how best to oversee their schooling while [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:58:27-04:00April 16th, 2020|Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Register NOW to Join Us On April 22 for School in the Time of COVID-19

Homeschooling Headaches? Join Our Virtual Discussion on 4/22 for Expert Tips and Help!

On Wednesday April 22 at 4pm EDT, I will be hosting a free virtual video panel discussion, "School in the Time of COVID-19" to give guidance and answer your questions about managing your children's homeschooling experience. Are your children dealing with a full schedule of schoolwork that is tough for them (and you) to keep track of?  Or do [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:58:27-04:00April 10th, 2020|Academics, Admissions, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Homeschooling Headaches? Join Our Virtual Discussion on 4/22 for Expert Tips and Help!

More Homeschooling Help & News

Have your children settled into a home schooling routine yet?  From many reports, this is an uneven and bumpy road.  Some schools are providing an entire day of schoolwork, and parents are struggling to keep track of passwords and schedules, manage device use and sharing within the family, and track their children's progress, while trying to do their own [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:58:27-04:00April 7th, 2020|Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on More Homeschooling Help & News

Parenting Lessons from Ellis Marsalis, Revisited

As the world pays tribute to Ellis Marsalis, we wanted to repost this GCP post from June 2012 which focused on his talent not as a musician, but as a parent. Parenting Lessons from Ellis Marsalis Last night I had the incredible pleasure of sitting at a friend’s small dinner party for Jazz at Lincoln Center and listening to [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:58:27-04:00April 6th, 2020|Cultural, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Parenting Lessons from Ellis Marsalis, Revisited

Caring in this Crisis: Helping Others

In an earlier post we talked about the importance of caring for yourself physically and mentally during this COVID-19 crisis.  Today we want to focus on caring for others:  what can you and your family do to help others in this time of need? Even though parents have so much on their plates now, taking some time to focus [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:59:47-04:00April 1st, 2020|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Caring in this Crisis: Helping Others

The Latest in Online Resources: Wide Open School from Common Sense Media

Hang in there, homeschooling parents, more help is on the way!  Common Sense Media has just launched its Wide Open School platform, a free collection of high quality online learning experiences for families and educators.  Common Sense Media recognizes that our education system is not prepared for this abrupt transition to remote learning, and that while some schools are [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:59:47-04:00March 31st, 2020|Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources|Comments Off on The Latest in Online Resources: Wide Open School from Common Sense Media

The Latest Online Learning Resources from Common Sense, You Tube and More!

Need more homeschooling materials?  Here are the latest online learning resources to help you and your children: Common Sense Media, a trusted guide for media and technology, has just released customizable learning packets for K- 2nd grade students.  While these packets were principally designed for teachers, they are intended for use by parents and children as well. The materials [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:59:47-04:00March 27th, 2020|Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Books, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Latest Online Learning Resources from Common Sense, You Tube and More!

More Great Online Homeschooling Resources For Parents and Students

Trying not to overwhelm you all, but we want to send along some more great homeschooling resources: Khan Academy:  This free online learning site is taking it's responsibility to help parents and teachers with remote learning very seriously.  Starting with the page that asks "How Can Khan Academy Be Used For Remote Learning During School Closures?",  the site gives [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 23rd, 2020|Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on More Great Online Homeschooling Resources For Parents and Students

Lesson Planning for the Homeschooling Week Ahead

My mom taught 5th grade and was a reading specialist in NYC public schools for over 30 years.  When I was young, we knew that whatever weekend family activity we planned would need to end by Sunday afternoon so Mommy could focus on her lesson plans for the week. When I started teaching my Parenting courses at Hunter last [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 22nd, 2020|Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Lesson Planning for the Homeschooling Week Ahead
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