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How you talk to your child changes their brain
A simple change in the way you communicate can boost your child's cognitive development.
By: Sophie Hardach
Afterthoughts: A blog for the classical, Charlotte Mason mama.
An intellectual watering hole for classical, Charlotte Mason homeschooling mamas. We resist systems and instead implement methods -- practices driv ...
Cross-cultural education: advice for parents
This post covers some key advice I give to parents about coping with the stresses associated with cross-cultural education. It’s nice to hear that ...
A Very Dangerous Place for a Child Is College
“Colleges should do this and colleges should do that, everyone says?” I walked across the front of the auditorium, stopped and faced the two hundre ...
Helping kids who procrastinate on school work
What’s really behind all the dilly-dallying and delaying? Is procrastination simply laziness or lack of self-discipline?
By: Catherine Wi ...
10 Ways Teachers Can Support Third Culture Kids
I was talking to the principal of an international school recently, and he had never heard the term “Third Culture Kid” (TCK). This really surprise ...
A Handy Chart Featuring Over 30 iPad Apps for Students with Special Needs
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education
...Children with Special Needs
Families raising a child with special needs while living internationally face an incredible challenge. Not only are they navigating another culture ...
Safe Passage, How Mobility Affects People & What International Schools Should Do about It
"Moving is one of life's greatest challenges. The largest study in educational research history demonstrates that moving harms learning. But moving ...
Book Recommendation: The Bible and Borders
A Book Review & Recommendation for "The Bible and Borders: Hearing God's Word on Immigration"
Why Making Space Isn't Enough
Welcoming Strangers recommends this article from Banner. The world today feels as divisive as ever. Abortion, refugee resettlement, immigratio ...
Voices Around the World
Gordon & Ute Carkner share snippets from letters they've received from past alumni at UBC.