Standardized Testing: Love it? Hate it? Not sure about it? California public school students in Grades 3-8 and 11 participate in annual standardized testing called the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced or SBAC, for short). Here are some facts that...
We all know space in San Francisco is an endangered species. I’ve worked with hundreds of families in SF and, if you can think of a non-traditional living situation, I have seen it. Some kiddos are lucky enough to...
The birds and the bees are going to fly into our children’s lives at some point. How will they enter?
As a tenured teacher new to 5th grade curriculum, I attended a "puberty talk" training. That training prepared me to...
When my mom first suggested that we make the cross-country trip from San Francisco to Florida to visit her for a week with the twins, I thought the idea of flying with two infants was hilarious. It just...
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I am a life-long reader. It has been my favorite hobby for as long as I can remember. Having kids who enjoy it as much as I do has been a priority since my...
Please stop telling my son he is okay when he falls. Do NOT tell him he is okay, to brush it off, and up, up, he goes. Sure, we both know he is probably okay, but are you 100%...
After my daughter Ilse entered the toddler years, I thought we were done with teething: the long, irritable days of drooling, gnawing on her fingers, and a refusal to eat her regular foods. When Ilse was an infant, I...
Editor's note: We're happy to have Joe Wiseman, Director of Learning for C5 Children’s School, guest posting for us today.
You may be wondering about the best time to move your child into a program that helps prepare his or her...
Our resident sleep expert, Dr. Sarah Mitchell, joined Mid-Peninsula Moms Blog founder, Kelly Arditi, to answer the age-old question: When will my baby sleep through the night? Sarah wrote an article on this topic last week and used this...
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Today I’ll review Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn. It’s one of my favorite parenting books, and I’ll begin with this caveat: read it with a...
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