Reading aloud helped tremendously when I was teaching my boy how to read. I would sit him on my lap and read to him, while I moved my index finger under each spoken word....
My son saw his first dragon dance and lion dance in 2009 during Chinese New Year festivities hosted by a supermarket in Makati City. It was only my second time to see these dances...
· by admin · 13 Feb, 2015
With so many teaching and learning resources available online, it’s easy to overlook the materials that are right within our own “cyber backyard.” Take, for instance, The Department of Education (DepED) Learning Resources Management...
The Department of Education (DepED) will conduct an early registration for the 2015-2015 school year in all public elementary and high schools nationwide from January 24 to February 27, 2015. The early registration is...
· by admin · 31 Jan, 2015
My son, Motito, suffers from a bad case of chicken-scratch handwriting. His spelling is spot-on, but many of his letters are poorly formed, words are unevenly sized and run too close together, lines are...
· by admin · 31 Jan, 2015
In the groundbreaking 1967 film “The Graduate,” newly minted college graduate Benjamin Braddock is unsure about what to do with his life. During a homecoming party hosted for him by his parents, Braddock receives...
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· by admin · 31 Jan, 2015
I nearly got lost when my mother took me to Luneta to hear Pope John Paul II say Mass on February 1981. I joined the unprecedented crowd that thronged the same venue to witness...
An educational revolution is afoot, and leading the charge towards “free world-class education for all, for life” is the non-profit educational organization Khan Academy. Khan Academy is a a free online resource with over...
· by admin · 31 Jan, 2015
Every once in a while, Teacher Mommy, like many hapless residents of our beautiful islands, is subjected to the discombobulating and hair-pulling ordeal of transacting with government offices in order to obtain some documentary...
· by admin · 31 Jan, 2015
Transacting with government offices rates highly on my list of unpleasant experiences, particularly if the government agency happens to be the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). I shudder to remember the quaint early days...
