Tagged with "School"
SPONSORED: Homeschooling trends among LDS families: A changing tide
Homeschooling is a growing trend in America and among Mormons. LDS-oriented American Heritage School gives reasons and resources for this trend. As Latter-day Saints are to religion, homeschoolers are to education—a peculiar people. Yes? Not so much anymore. For Mormons' emergence into mainstream...
Young Women Lesson 46: The Purpose and Value of Education
"There is no limit to your potential. If you will take control of your lives, the future is filled with opportunity and gladness." -Gordon B. Hinckley Discussion Questions • Why is it important to gain an education? • How can a good education help us in the future? How can getting an...
SPONSORED: Online homeschooling with crucial student interaction at K12
This online school provider facilitates regular events and interactions for homeschoolers, so they can receive positive socialization with fellow students. Many of the fond memories kids take from school are the friendships with classmates. Sadly, some of the harmful experiences also come from...
{Lifestyle} Back-to-School Ideas
It's back to school time! Here are some fun treats, parties, and activities you can do to help your kids get ready for school. Photo from It Is What It Is Smartie Pants Treats Photo from Modern Renaissance Very Special Back-to-School Dinner Photo from I Am...
Dave Says: Student Loan Debt Killing Relationship?
My niece and her potential fiancé have a lot of student debt. How can they come to peace with getting married with all this debt hanging over them? Dear Dave, My niece just graduated from college with $20,000 in student loan debt. Her boyfriend graduated as well, and they’re talking about...
Brazilian youth excel despite challenges
MR says: A brother and sister in Brazil have received national honors for their academics. A quality education is often synonymous with attractive job opportunities — a golden ticket to upward social mobility and perhaps a high-paying job. But Brother David L. Beck, Young Men general president, would add...
{Lifestyle} Organizing Your Home for Back-to-school
Fear not about the craziness of back to school days. You can do it, especially if you follow a few simple tips. It begins: the papers, the lunchboxes, the assignments and lunch calendars. And so does your trauma of where to put it and how to track it. Worry no more. I’ve got a few simple...
Website Offers Free Online Learning for Pre-K through 4th Grade
The Internet has loads of free information available in just a millisecond. But finding that information in an organized, lesson-based form can be difficult. One Web site sponsored by Head of the Class provides online learning to tens of thousands of parents, teachers, and learners. And this...
What Teachers Wish You Knew
School doesn’t end with the bell. You, as a parent, want to be able to give your child the best education possible and as much help as he or she needs—but where do you start? And where do you draw the line? Even though your child may complain when sent off to school, don't underestimate the...
My Great Idea: Back to School Breakfast
Getting back into the school year schedule after a summer of sleeping in and relaxing can be difficult—not only for kids, but for parents as well. By providing an early incentive a week before school, I’ve found beating the beginning-of-the-school-year blues can be fairly easy. I love the summer...
Word of Wisdom: The Reality
Only you will be held accountable for the choices you make in this life. Only you will reap the benefits, and only you will live with the consequences. P arents, teachers, and leaders notwithstanding, the truth is pretty simple: It's all up to you. Only you will be held accountable for the...
Word of Wisdom: The Pressure, Part 2
Friends' behavior can influence you even when nothing is said--even when you don't realize you're being influenced. Group dynamics are powerful. That's why it doesn't hurt to think carefully about the groups you choose. The Pressure, Part 2 C hurch leaders are continually reminding LDS...
Word of Wisdom: The Pressure, Part 1
People are communal creatures, and wanting to be one of the crowd is natural. This usually brings up questions: "Which set of rules makes sense to me, if any? Whose ideas come closest to my own? What group or groups truly satisfy my needs?" Answers may not be that easy to come by, and that's why an understanding of group behavior and how it affects you is so important.
TV or Not TV?
I'm going to make a challenge here-are you sure you want to keep reading? Here it comes. Ladies and gentlemen (please imagine a drum roll somewhere in the distance), I challenge you...wait...I challenge thee (it sounds more, you know, like a commandment), I challenge thee to fast from TV for a month! No TV, no movies, no videos!
Word of Wisdom: Stupid Rule or Cool?
How hard is it to be one of the few guys on the team who doesn't throw down a beer once in awhile? How does it feel to be labeled "close-minded," "too religious," or even "brainwashed by your parents" because you won't try just one cigarette...smoke just one bowl...take just one pill? There has to be a way to do what's right and still "fit in," right?
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