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July 23rd, 2011

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Top ten reasons to be concerned

 

1. Children between the ages of 8 and 18 years spend an average of nearly 6.5 hours a day

 with electronic media - Rideout, V. and Hamel, E. (2006). The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parent. Kaiser Family Foundation. (Note: Remember this was published in 2006 think of...

Ode to the Stick

Try celebrating summer this year by getting back to basics.  It's time to play with what's possibly the world's oldest toy - the stick!  Inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2008, the stick merits special recognition as one of two inductees (along with the cardboard box) not created by a toy manufacturer.  "The good thing about a stick is it's...

Mapping Mapping is a hands-on activity that can be adapted to all grade levels and integrated across the curriculum. It is a prime example of place-based learning in that the natural environment literally creates the context for learning.   Types of Mapping Identify cardinal directions - north, south, east, west Human-made features (buildings, highways, roads,...

By KATE BASSETT HARBOR LIGHT NEWSPAPER Luke Baker bounded into the kitchen holding two pieces of red and white rope, asking his mom for help untying a knot. There was, he explained, an important mountain climbing expedition taking place. When they talked about the knot-- a well-tied fisherman’s-- and determined it could not be undone, the Harbor Springs second grader...