Hammers Don’t Belong in Education

As a school year winds down, it is a good time for reflection. Are you an educator? Perhaps you are a parent or grandparent just earning the title of teacher? It certainly doesn’t have to feel as if you are hammering concepts. You should not feel you must nail your children’s pants to the chair!Continue reading “Hammers Don’t Belong in Education”

Child’s Play 101

Welcome to playtime, my friend, child’s play 101! Children can learn a lot from play, in this case from blocks. Among the lessons could be balance, structure, aesthetics, perseverance, and emotions. First of all, let’s build a block tower. In order to achieve balance, the blocks must have sufficient surface contact to allow for subsequentlyContinue reading “Child’s Play 101”