Learn Debate Skills with Debate Camp's New Online Learning Resource

on April 17, 2020

Debate Camp Online provides students with a welcome zone in which to learn and develop skills in parliamentary debate. ... Read full article

Google Arts & Culture Allows You to Take Your Kids on a Virtual Tour from Your Couch!

on April 15, 2020

Thanks to Google Arts & Culture, discover the inspirational moments, iconic people, and artistic wonders that are available at the tip of your fingers. ... Read full article

Leaping into Learning

by Sarah Shaffer on January 30, 2020

The idea that we’ve removed recess in the name of giving children more time to work on skills that boost test scores is based on an absolute failure to understand the developmental link between play and healthy brains.... Read full article

The Full Measure of a Child

by Sarah Shaffer on December 16, 2019

But what if our race to the top has resulted in a race to the bottom, at least in terms of taking the fun out of learning? In our rush to get back to the basics, we may have forgotten something very basic: there’s profound and genuine joy ...... Read full article

Kids and Climate Without Tears

by Sarah Shaffer on November 11, 2019

Our kids have enough to worry about without adding the climate apocalypse—fires, mudslides, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, and floods—to the list. I want the children in my programs to fall in love with the natural world...... Read full article

Where Have All the Children Gone?

by Sarah Shaffer on July 12, 2019

I worry that there there may be equal cause for alarm in a “silent summer” of backyards devoid of children’s voices. Parents used to have to shoo their kids outdoors to play. Now we hardly know that they are home. And that is not a good thing.... Read full article

The 2019 Top 3 Best Lego Summer Camps in Contra Costa County

on July 10, 2019

Here are the 2019 Top 3 Contra Costa County Best Lego Summer Camps as voted for by parents in Contra Costa County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area... Read full article

The 2019 Top 5 Best STEM Summer Camps in Contra Costa County

by Best of Parents Press 2019 on July 10, 2019

Here are the 2019 Top 5 Contra Costa County Best STEM Summer Camps as voted for by parents in Contra Costa County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area... Read full article

The 2019 Top 3 Best Lego Summer Camps in Alameda County

by Best of Parents Press 2019 on July 10, 2019

Here are the 2019 Top 3 Alameda County Best Lego Summer Camps as voted for by parents in Alameda County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area... Read full article

The 2019 Top 6 Best STEM Summer Camps in Alameda County

by Best of Parents Press 2019 on July 10, 2019

Here are the 2019 Top 6 Alameda County Best STEM Summer Camps as voted for by parents in Alameda County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area... Read full article