Seven ways music boosts that brain
Recent research underscores how playing an instrument (sooner than later) bolsters kids' academic, social, and emotional lives.
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What is STEM - and why should you care?
Key things parents can do to give their children an edge in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Be a travel agent
How you can help at home: Have your child plan a real or virtual trip - budget and all.
Don't let their brains melt
Avoid summer school (and summer brain drain) with a little e-learning.
If you give a child an allowance ...
Ten tips for teaching kids how money makes the world go round.
The power of play
As children slog though grueling schedules of enrichment and academics, researchers have found a connection between brain development and the very thing kids are getting less of.
Undercover calculation
Seven fun ways to work math into your kids' everyday routine.
The Finnish paradox
More, more, more. Should we apply the principles of supersizing to education reform?
Great gifts for all types of girls
Go-to gifts for girls who think outside the pretty pink box.
Learning apps to stop summer slide: grades 6 to 8
Try sandwiching these learning apps between tween social engagements. You'll be surprised how palatable these educational tools can be.
