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School is out and summer is in! Summer is a great time to rest and relax, but don’t forget it is a great opportunity to play (and learn) with your child. Take advantage of every moment of summer to reinforce what your child already learned…

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Oh! Mom, my friend is feeling sad… fostering EMPATHY since the early years   Social awareness has become an important skill in today’s life. Parents and schools have experienced how much impact that social and emotional development has in our children, despite their academic abilities….

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“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” –  Fred Rogers It seems that today’s parents have a hard time seeing the connection between learning…

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Summer time is approaching, and being away from home is a challenge that some of our children start facing at this time of the year. Parents use summer time to send their children to Grandma´s house, cousin’s house, summer camps or even longer playdates. As…

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El 06 de mayo de 2014, Globofran consultores expertos en franquicias e inversión en los Estados Unidos y Annabella Pavan Consultor Educativo de ProEdu Consulting realizaron este Webinar llamado “Todo lo que debe saber sobre colegios en el sur de La Florida” En este seminario…

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We are hosting another workshop for parents at The Gathering Place and this time we are talking about bilingualism. Join us Friday, April 25th at 12 to talk about what is bilingualism and what can you do to promote it at home? Learn about stages…

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10 ESTRATEGIAS PARA ENSEÑAR A NUESTROS HIJOS A MANEJAR EL MIEDO Y LA ANSIEDAD.  “ La  ansiedad y los miedos son fenómenos universales que forman parte del desarrollo humano y por ende de los problemas cotidianos de la infancia” El Mundo en que vivimos es…

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We want to share this very interesting article from Judy Willis, M.D, M.E.d in ParentToolKid.com that talks about how praising our children can be more challenging than we think.  While we praise our children, we should focus more on abilities, progress, effort, promoting more perseverance,…

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We really like the checklists put together by Diane Connell in an excerpt from her book Brain-Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner. In this excerpt titled “Clip & Save Checklist: Learning Activities That Connect With Multiple Intelligences”, she provides checklists to help teachers provide a “multiple intelligence…

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The benefits of play are great — research provides more and more evidence of the positive effects play has on child development. Unstructured play helps children learn how to work in groups, to share, to negotiate, to resolve conflicts, to regulate their emotions and behavior,…

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