Moms Inspire Learning

Finding the Math in Every Day, Part 3

How do we make math not only fun, but real and relevant to our children? We can help them to learn in the way they love most: through play.

Finding the Math in Every Day, Part 2

Math is an intimidating subject for people of all ages.

It doesn't have to be.

Thank You!

I'd like to thank those of you who took time out to participate in my reader interest survey. Some of you also left extremely kind, thoughtful, and informative comments. I just want to let you know that I really appreciate it!

It will be a light week here at Moms Inspire Learning because I'll be working on a large project. So, my posts will mainly consist of article links. Going forward, I will only be writing one or two long posts per week, and a couple of very brief posts. That's why I wanted to know which categories you were most interested in, because I won't be able to cover as many in depth in any given month. I'll provide you with more details over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks again, and have a wonderful week!

Putting the Listening Back into Literacy: Tell Me a Story

I've mentioned before that history was my least favorite subject throughout my years in public school. Later on, after I had my children and started graduate school for teaching, I suddenly became fascinated by the subject.

When I started researching the many types of children's books and online resources relating to social studies, it became one of my favorite subjects to write lesson plans and units for. Since I felt strongly that geography and diversity were important topics that were (and still are) not being addressed enough, I decided to try to infuse them into every lesson plan and unit I wrote.

Putting the Listening Back into Literacy

Television. Video games. Computers. Cell phones.

Have you noticed that many children, and even adults, seem to lack a sense of focus these days? They are easily distracted, and who can blame them? Being surrounded with so many forms of advanced technology is kind of like having ten different doors in front of you! Just thinking about your choice is a distraction, which can lead to a partial or complete lack of focus on any one thing.

Listening for Literacy

The definition of literacy, as per the Concise Oxford American Dictionary, is "the ability to read and write."  True literacy, though, encompasses so much more.

Before children learn to read or write, they first need to listen to what people are saying and respond in an appropriate manner. The more they are spoken with and read to, the greater the chances that they will grow into active listeners, speakers, and storytellers. THEN they can become the strong independent readers and writers we so want them to be.

Moms Inspire Learning Reader Interest Survey

I've put my heart and soul into this blog for the past 8 months, and now it's time to reevaluate. I've been told that I need to narrow my focus.

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