Make every moment a teachable moment
While eating a bag of cheese puffs one day, my son unintentionally spilled the bag’s contents on the floor. As I dashed to retrieve the broom and dustpan to clean up the mess, a...
Improve math fluency and automaticity with math drills
If the undiminished popularity of Kumon, an afterschool math and reading program, all over the world is anything to go by, then math drills are still highly regarded as a methodology for improving math...
The homeschooling alternative: Homeschooling in the Philippines
With nearly 10 weeks left in the current school year I find myself at a crossroads. I am thoughtfully considering moving my son, Motito, to a new school for the next year school year....
Teacher Mommy’s Learning Goals for 2015
New Year’s resolutions. We love making them, we hate breaking them, but hey, we’re only human. A 2007 survey by time management firm FranklinCovey found that 35 percent break their resolutions by end of...
Baguio City travel: A family road trip to the City of Pines
My son and I are not early risers, especially so when the early-rising has to happen on the morning after the New Year’s Eve celebrations. Not that it occurs often, but New Year’s Day...