Top 5 Secrets to the Best Kindergarten Experience
For some children, kindergarten is an exciting experience; for others, terrifying. For almost all young children though, regardless of their perception, it's overwhelming. K-12 Directory of Schools has five secret pointers on how to prepare your child for the best kindergarten experience imaginable. Follow this guideline and your junior is ...
Top 10 Sites for Children Learning Astronomy
K-12 Directory of Schools looked at the Top 10 Sites for Children Learning About Dinosaurs, but sometimes children are interested in the future more than the past--like the space ships, light years, and everything else related to astronomy! In the spirit of another loved subject in elementary school, junior high ...
The Top Ten Books for Preschoolers
In spirit of the recent movie for Where the Wild Things Are, the K-12 Directory of Schools blog looks at the top ten books for your preschool child. These reads are simply a must as you prepare your child for kindergarten and the K-12 educational world. 1. Where the Wild Things ...
Top 10 Sites for Children Learning About Dinosaurs
Is your child learning about dinosaurs in the classroom right now? Do they have an interest in dinosaurs? Check out the K-12 Directory of School's Top 10 Sites for Children Learning About Dinosaurs to find the best places on the web for your child's dinosaur school project or fascination! Kids Dinos: ...
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Top 10 Extracurricular Activites for K-12 Students
A student’s participation in extracurricular activities, especially during high school, play a fundamental part in the higher education options available to them later in their lives. Christy Lleras, a professor at the University of Illinois, says “soft skills” such as “sociability, punctuality, conscientiousness, and an ability to get along well with others” determine a student’s academic and financial success later in life better than grades and higher standardized test scores. Extracurricular activities are the window to students learning “soft skills” like these.
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Academic Benefit of the Fine Arts
Numerous studies have shown the correlation between the arts and academic success at the K-12 level. One of the more popular arguments is the benefit of music in the classroom and the improvement in core academic subjects thanks to after school music programs.
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The Top Ten Books for Preschoolers
In spirit of the recent movie for Where the Wild Things Are, the K-12 Directory of Schools blog looks at the top ten books for your preschool child. These reads are simply a must as you prepare your child for kindergarten and the K-12 educational world.
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Five New York High Schools for Athletes
In a previous post, the K-12 Directory of Schools blog looked at Five Famous Athletes from Orange County High Schools. New York, New York has its share of famous high school graduate athletes as well. Here are some of the athletes that graduated in the New York City area and which high schools they attended.
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Specialized High Schools in New York City
Not all specialized education comes from public schools. The New York City Department of Education recognizes academically and artistically gifted children with several high schools that are only available upon the completion of an entrance exam–the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT)–minus LaGuardia, an art school that instead accepts entrance upon review of a portfolio.
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Top 10 Sites for Children Learning About Dinosaurs
Is your child learning about dinosaurs in the classroom right now? Do they have an interest in dinosaurs? Check out the K-12 Directory of School‘s Top 10 Sites for Children Learning About Dinosaurs to find the best places on the web for your child’s dinosaur school project or fascination!
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Five Famous Athletes From Orange County High Schools
Looking for a high school in the Orange County, California region for your child? Does your budding young adult show athletic potential? Check out the high schools that fostered some of the big name athletes of today!
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Should My Child Attend a Private or Public School?
While watching an episode of Bones last night–”The Bone That Blew,” Season Four–I chuckled at several scenes in which Agent Booth questions Dr. Brennan on whether Parker, his son, would benefit from a private education. The FBI agent had the mentality most defenders of public school had: “I went to public school and I came out fine! Why shouldn’t my child?”
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Montessori Schools: Children Learn on Their Own
Does your child dislike school? Sometimes the standard methods of learning are not the answer. Here’s some tell-tale signs that your child may benefit from the Montessori method of learning.
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Elementary School in Seventeen Easy Steps
Your child’s elementary school will set up the foundation for the rest of his or her academic life. With so many options to choose from–public; private; parochial; same-gender–it’s difficult to determine what is the best decision for your child. Here’s seventeen steps to help get you through the process, from school selection to enrollment.
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