by Kim | Apr 23, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Decision Making for Parents
Those of you who have been reading these columns know that I am ambivalent towards NYC’s gifted and talented program. Ever since Mayor Adams scrapped screening for admissions, I reason that basically any child who isn’t acting out or being a nuisance in their current...
by Kim | Apr 20, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
Are you a bookworm at heart? Do you love getting lost in a good story? If you answered yes, chances are, you want your child to develop an unshakeable love for the written word as well. Today’s post is all about developing literacy skills in preschoolers so they...
by Kim | Apr 19, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
Your child will learn to read in Kindergarten (with caveats – more on that below), but will it be based on the science of reading or will the approach be the debunked balanced literacy method? One method leads to success and the other spells doom. If...
by Kim | Feb 3, 2023 | Accelerated Learning
Project based learning is one of the core tenets of a great education because of the interplay between a child’s head, heart, and hands. Memorizing facts has a place in education, but to understand something or innovate upon an existing idea, rote memorization...
by Kim | Dec 19, 2022 | Accelerated Learning, Decision Making for Parents
I first heard of the IB elementary school program last year when touring D13 schools for PreK programs. It wasn’t something on my radar as they had only just started the process and we all know how government bureaucracy works. Surprisingly though, as I toured the...
by Kim | Dec 14, 2022 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
I promised an update on the Kindergarten admissions and the NYC gifted and talented program, so here I am after some reconnaissance and further investigation. Unlike the long-form posts you’ve come to expect in this space, this one will be in bullet point format and...
