Opportunities to Teach Are Everywhere!

Look for opportunities to teach your child. Some of the best and most memorable instruction comes impromptu out of life's basic experiences. What better way to teach about plants and animals than to catch bugs in the park with your child? What better way to teach reading than to read to your child and explain what the "big words" mean? What better way to teach character than by working alongside your child to help a neighbor?
Little gems of learning are waiting to happen every day. Where will you find the next one?

Perseverance: A Must-Have for Children

Many children have set out to accomplish something--sports, music, good grades--only to realize that the path is uphill and the prize is not free. Certainly, you've experienced seeing excited eyes and faces as your children share dreams of accomplishing some new endeavor; then, you later see the frustration and hear those distressed words, "I can't." This is the time when being a parent counts.

Children need to feel successful. The actual accomplishment of a ...

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