Monthly Archives: March 2012

All Kids are Smart

What do we mean? All kids are smart? All kids? What about the kids that get poor grades or those that struggle in class? Well, if the only criteria of smart is what a kid does in school,your really missing … Continue reading

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The Safety Song

Discover and Learn has a fantastic fun tune called “The Safety Song”. The song features a character called “Dr. Discover”, who will be revealed in cartoon form at a later date, and his sidekick “Aynton”, who happens to be named after the son … Continue reading

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Neatness Counts Too

Okay, I’ll admit, maybe I’m not the best person in the world to talk about this, but I think it is important. My father was a stickler for a nice, neat, clean room and I was just the opposite, however, I … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road

We are at a crucial time in education. It is very exciting but also very scary. We could either make great new strides and reform how kids can learn with so many different opportunities and new methods of teaching, or … Continue reading

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Technology should be used more

Have you ever seen a child or student engaged on the Internet? The concentration and dedication to what they are doing is usually pretty amazing. My kids excitement level on a video game is close to scary. He doesn’t hear anything … Continue reading

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Parents and Teachers: Batman and Robin of Education

The red phone is ringing in the Bat Cave and the Bat spotlight is on over Gotham city. The villian this time is not the Joker, it is illiteracy. The parent is Batman, the teacher is Robin. Now some would … Continue reading

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Teachers do it all…

I wish we could come up with a new word besides teacher. It is clearly not a big enough word for that profession, lets face it, teachers nowadays are doing at least three jobs at a time, sometimes more than … Continue reading

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Discover and Learn Characters: Maria

Our last character that we would like to introduce, is the least representative of a larger point or political statement, she is our little darling “Maria”. She is just a cute character that kids will relate to and love seeing. After … Continue reading

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Discover and Learn Characters: Chang

Discover and Learn is introducing a character that does excellent in school, his name is “Chang”. There are students that are advanced academically and excel in the classroom. We have so much conversation about students that struggle or are not doing well in school, and … Continue reading

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Discover and Learn Characters: Gummie

Gummie is a retired geography teacher. When he was young, he was never able to go outside of his town because his family was very poor. He vowed that one day he would visit every state and capital city in America, … Continue reading

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