Do you find yourself always telling your children to get off of the computer? Instead of doing that this summer, go on the comput...

Have you ever used a manual typewriter? Have you ever seen a tumbleweed or a coal chute? If you haven’t, it would be hard to understand so...

It's summertime! The temperatures are heating up and kids are antsy for summer vacation to arrive. Kids think about freedom from the cla...

Conversations are all about give and take. One person asks and the other person answers.  What is it about our questions and answers that ca...

Years ago, I tutored a 4th grader in Washington, DC. DeShawn was still struggling with reading on her own, but she loved hearing books rea...

Creativity is an essential quality for children to have. It urges them to ask questions and learn about things they've never heard about...

The achievement gap between at-risk youth and advantaged youth usually begins even before children arrive at school. It often starts with a ...