by Sarah Green | Nov 4, 2016 | News
You’ve probably heard your students say “five-second rule” when they drop food on the floor. They quickly pick it up and eat it. Theoretically, if a piece of food is on the floor for less than five seconds, no bacteria will get on it and it will still be safe to eat....
by Sarah Green | Nov 2, 2016 | Student Issues
Schizophrenia is not a well-understood disorder, but it is one that humans have been dealing with for a very long time. Although schizophrenia usually sets in between the ages of 18 and 25, it can set in during childhood as well. About 1 in 400,000 children (as...
by Sarah Green | Oct 31, 2016 | News, Student Issues
The American Institutes for Research took a look at formal early childhood education this year, or as most of us know it, preschool. They found that approximately 48 percent of children from families below the poverty level participate in any form of preschool,...
by Sarah Green | Oct 28, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines for childhood media usage and they’re mostly common sense. They suggest things like not relying solely on devices to calm children down, lest they develop difficulties managing their emotions. They say...
by Sarah Green | Oct 26, 2016 | Teacher Issues
It’s hard being an introverted teacher. Every single work day is filled with hundreds of children of various ages and needs. You have to balance teaching your class with individual attention to students, and it always seems like you’re doing a dozen things at once....
