August 2nd, 2010 03:42pm
First Day of Kindergarten
The first day of kindergarten is a really scary time – for you and your kindergartener. But it’s all going to be ok. (read the article…)
The first day of kindergarten is a really scary time – for you and your kindergartener. But it’s all going to be ok. (read the article…)
February 11th, 2010 12:04pm
Stripping schools of their sports
Imagine, if you will. Colleges send their scouts out to all the different high schools looking for their next Tim Lincecum or Zack Greinke. They sit in the stands at numerous games, taking notes and writing down names for those ballplayers they wish to extend invitations to for the next season’s college teams. Several students will receive scholarships to guarantee their entrance to their college. And a select few of those star ballplayers will go even farther and be drafted to a major league baseball team.
These scouts will not be attending any Santa Rosa high school games. (more…)
February 3rd, 2010 11:22am
Education – Who’s in charge here?
Over the past several months, I have written several articles on kids in school, mainly because of the troubles I’ve been having with the Taz – a bright kid who has a hard time not being a distraction in class or staying focused on the lessons he is being taught.
Mark Alton, a teacher at Rancho Cotate, wrote to me after I wrote “When Teachers are Great”, an article on the … Read More »
January 20th, 2010 02:52pm
Raising the Ambitious Child
Ambition. It’s what the goal of the week is for my son, instructed by his teacher at yesterday’s conference. Really, it’s the goal for the whole year. Ambition to do his work neatly and with care. Ambition to pay attention during class. Ambition to show he is there to learn by staying near the front of the class anytime the teacher has something to show the class to give them more insight into what they are learning about. This week, ambition is the focus as we enter the second half of the year, eventually saying goodbye to 3rd grade as he enters the higher grades at a different school. It’s ambition to change the negative habits of yesterday and create positive habits for tomorrow. (more…) January 6th, 2010 02:40pm
Parents, the First Line of Defense
Teachers have one of the hardest jobs in the world. As a parent, I am handling the issues of my two children, and there are times when I am so frustrated I want to throw my hands up in the air. I couldn’t imagine the frustrations of a teacher who has a classroom full of children that they are trying to teach when they have students, like my own son, who are easily distracted, and who easily distract others. On top of that, the limitations that the state is imposing on schools are making the classroom a much harder place to maintain a proper learning environment. A teacher’s job is not easy at all! (Read more…) December 15th, 2009 09:30pm
Never, Never Land
There’s a moment in Peter Pan, the one created in 2003, when Peter and Wendy are standing on the threshold of her nursery.
“Forget them, Wendy,” he whispers in her ear. “Forget them all. Leave the nursery, and you’ll never have to deal with grown up things forever.”
She smiles at him, wistfully. Downstairs, her parents are bounding the steps, racing upstairs after a panicked Nana alerted them that something was wrong.
“Forever,” she said with her small smile, “is an awfully long time.” (Read more…)
September 8th, 2009 12:55pm
P/T Conferences (aka When You Find the Truth Out About Your Little Angel)
Parent-teacher conferences are coming up. Our school has a new process where we now have the option of scheduling our own times. This is so incredibly convenient! I was able to schedule them right on top of each other, counting on the hope that I can leave one a few minutes early so I can get to the second at the next school. But I’ve had conferences scheduled before where … Read More »
August 23rd, 2009 07:20am
Getting Back into the School Routine
It’s the time of year when kids cringe and parents jump for joy. Gone are the days of going to bed late and waking up around noon. No more video games for 4 hours straight, knocking on friends’ doors all day long to see if they can play, and seeing if it actually is possible that pajamas will stick to their skin if they wear them for a week without … Read More »
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Single-parenting it since 2004.About the players:
Me: 32 year old dreamer
DQ (Drama Queen): 12 year old dramatic tweenage daughter
The Taz: 9 year old tornado son
Mr. Wonderful: my patient and loving boyfriend
Ex: my ex-husband and my kids’ learning fatherEmail me at crissi@santarosamom.com
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