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Author Archives: Suzita
Spanish Language Immersion in Guatemala
(Names of our Guatemalan friends have been changed.) As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, our family has traveled to Central America for Spanish language immersion two summers in a row. Initially we went to Costa Rica which was a fitting … Continue reading
How To Hook Kids Into Civic Engagement
Last fall my kids had a memorable day at our local playground. They met our mayor. Quite a thrilling event in their young lives, yielding much excited conversation as they ran home to tell Todd. “She was really friendly, but … Continue reading
Turning Kids Into Readers: Seven Tips I Never Learned from Schools
I knew having three kids would make me a more humble parent, I just didn’t realize how much more humble! When it comes to reading, each of our kids has taken a different path. We have one who was a … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged ADHD research kids, boys and reading, brain changes with reading, Francisco Jimenez, getting my daughter to read, how to get kids to read, kids fidgeting while reading, kids reading, my son doesn't like to read, Pam Munoz Ryan, reading research on kids, reading with kids, video games versus books, wait on video games
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Spanish Immersion in Costa Rica: Unexpected Highpoints for My Kids
If you read last week’s post about our family’s experience learning Spanish in Costa Rica for a month, you no doubt got the impression that it was a fairly trying adventure, but an adventure nonetheless! My summary at the time … Continue reading
Learning Spanish as a Family in Costa Rica
Two summers ago our family traveled to central Costa Rica for a month to live with a local family and learn Spanish at a language school. Our kids were 11, 9 and 6 at the time. I’d conceived of the … Continue reading
Fall-back Skills
A few years back, I got my haircut from a woman new to our local salon. She looked quite young, and later told me she was a part-time college student in her late twenties who cut hair 2 days a … Continue reading
Teaching Kids About Microfinance
For Christmas this year, Todd’s sister, Annie, gave each of my kids a $25 gift certificate to Kiva, an online microfinance organization. Ever since I discovered Kiva it has been one of my favorite, inspirational nonprofits. Sometimes when I’m having … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged charity gifts for kids, gratitude, Half the Sky, Katie Smith Milway, kids and microfinance, Kiva, microloans, my kids get too much stuff for gifts, Nicholas Kristof, non-material gift ideas for kids, non-things gifts for kids, One Hen book, Sheryl WuDunn, teaching kids gratitude, teaching kids to give back
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Wordless Wednesday #2
This year’s favorite ornament, handmade by my Swedish friend, Ulrika 2010.
Paying Kids for Failing: A Backward Reward System That Worked for Me
My stepfather, Dan, passed away last June and I dearly miss him. The most recent reason is that he was the person I’d phone first when I’d failed at something. Dan entered my life when I was 9 and heavily … Continue reading
Sweet Spots: Helping Your Kids Find ENOUGH in Their Lives.