education
How Barbara Arrowsmith Young Changed 1000s of Minds
This is the first of three videos we are sharing about a program and school for kids with learning difficulties. Sit back and be inspired by one woman’s story who is literally changing minds. https://www.facebook.com/MichelleFerrericom/videos/807765176083669/ Barbara Arrowsmith Young is a TEDx speaker and her story has been shared around the world. What a privilege to
A Mom’s Thoughts On The Last Day Of The School Year
A rant for the last day of school. WE MADE IT. And I don’t do gifts, but I do words and I wanted to make this video to say thank you to some seriously amazing humans who had an impact on our family through the school system this year. Thank you. We live in a
Standardized Testing Is Destroying Our Kids’ Self Worth
If you have kids in a school in Ontario, you might already been familiar with EQAO or the Education Quality and Accountability Office. In a nutshell, EQAO = standardized testing for our kids to get a measurement of how kids in Ontario are doing in school. But after I watched my son melt down in
Do You Care About EQAO Testing?
I’m having some big feelings about the EQAO testing that’s happening in schools right now and I wanted to reach out and share my thoughts. I really would love some input from professionals here, teachers, childcare workers. What do you think about EQAO testing… and testing in general? Join in the conversation on Facebook.
Helping Kids Who Don’t Fit Into The School System
This is Part 3 of a 4-part interview series with Dr. Stuart Shanker. Click here to watch the entire series. You may have noticed on your child’s report card, a self regulation area. It’s a big part of success criteria for kids. In fact I just had a parent teacher interview and I boldly told my one
How The Ontario Science Centre Made Me a Better Parent
I think most of us know what we should do to be successful in life. Whether it’s in our career, in our diet, our finances or in our parenting. Most of us KNOW what we should do, but we often forget. Most of the time, we are unmotivated and uninspired to put forth the effort.
One of my FAVOURITE Places + A Giveaway for YOU
My youngest son, Marcello was born September 15th. Birthdays are special at our house. I make an effort to make sure the birthday person feels celebrated! When Marcello turned three we visited The Ontario Science Centre. I pulled the other two out of school and we made the trek to Toronto for the day. It
MOOOMMMMM! I HATE SCHOOL.
As your Facebook news feed continues to flood with happy pictures of kids going back to school, and your child screams and cries at the thought of going to school, know you are not alone. For us, it usually began about a week before school started. The whining, the inability to fall asleep, mood swings,