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Personalized Learning
New Guide Helps Parents Support Students in LEADing in Their Learning
Following the success of both the "Learning Differences MOOC-Ed" for educators and the "Students LEAD" course, The Friday Institute launched "Letting Students LEAD," a parent-directed companion resource to further support maximizing student learning.
Series
Family Technology Pact: Why You Need One and the Hidden Benefits
By: Rachel Wigglesworth. Everyone uses digital media nowadays. How can we navigate what is an appropriate amount of use with our families? Rachel shares how she is trying a family "technology pact."
SEL & Mindset
Active Parent Engagement and the Role of Digital Portfolios
What if schools could engage parents in real-time and connect them more meaningfully to the dynamic happenings in their children’s classrooms? Learn how Bullis Charter School is enabling teachers, parents, and students to engage in the learning conversation in insightful and authentic ways.
SEL & Mindset
Cardboard Challenge: Promoting Creativity Year Round
Since 2012, kids everywhere take part in the Cardboard Challenge as a way to gear up for Imagination’s Day of Play. Learn the story behind it and 5 ways to promote creativity year round.
Personalized Learning
Kids Can Thank Mom by Making a Meal Themselves
Let me preface this section by saying I am not an expert at having kids make the meal. I always marveled at those parents who had an amazing menu plan and activated a rotation where everyone takes responsibility to cook one meal, rotate chores, and so on. We just haven’t been that family and our schedules have never felt that predictable. So, we’ve done more “opportunistic” cooking.
Smart Parents
Holiday Gift Ideas for Teachers and Classrooms
Does this sound familiar? Your children have some phenomenal teachers and you’d like to recognize them this holiday season, but you’re not sure what to give. Here's a guide with some ideas you may not have thought of.
Smart Parents
Getting Creative with Cardboard: The Perfect Mix of Learning and Fun
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned over my 19 years as a parent is to keep it simple and to look for easy ways to tie together learning and fun. In this post, I take a look at a recent simple activity I organized that did just that.
Project-Based Learning
What Parents Need to Know About Project-Based Learning
As a parent, you’ve probably heard the buzz about “project-based learning,” but you might not know exactly what it means. Here's everything you need to know.
Smart Lists
Smart List | 40 Resources for Homework Help & Parent Organization
Homework is hard and parent engagement is important, so today we’re excited to share out this list of 40 resources that teachers can provide to parents to help them stay organized and engaged.
Place Based Education
Smart Review | Is There PBE In Your Water?
Teacher and parent Andrew Larson takes advantage of his family's vacation to do a fun product review and get in some place-based education practice that could benefit his biology classroom.