Innovation Playground

09/06/2020

Our new episode features my friend and former colleague, Caroline Zoba. She is a well experienced teacher and reading specialist who has worked in some of the top schools in the country.

Caroline has a new website for busy families that promises to bring a new and exciting way to build children's reading comprehension, a skill so important that it will last a lifetime--if done right. If you're looking to have your child learn to be accountable for their reading, with a diverse choices of stories, this is it!

Apple Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-bites-the-beautiful-struggle/id953750222

Spotify Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/65oPTouVDitZhIJCsfAZTE?si=epzretvKRwOrI4MqabmzlQ

Caroline kindly created, specifically for you, a special 10% discount offer when you sign up! Use the code BEAUTIFULREADER when you register at:

www.professorbookworm.com

You can also get a free customized book list for your child, featuring books with diverse characters.

Make sure you follow Caroline, and her dog Louie on Instagram: .bookworm and on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheProfessorBookworm

Subscribe to our show and share with everyone!

Professor Bookworm provides virtual reading classes for kids in Grades 1 through 6 that can be done on your own schedule! Instruction is done through daily videos and personal feedback that make reading fun.

07/23/2020

How can we get our kids to learn something new? How can we help them develop new skills?

One of the best ways is called the 4 P’s by MIT’s Mitch Resnick and the LEGO Leaning Group.

Encourage your child now.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

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@ Elk Grove, California

07/13/2020

One of the most sought after skillsets for the next 5-10 years will be a combination of Coding + Life Skills.

Coding skills is very much in demand, yet there many who won’t have the valuable “soft skills” to really be future ready.

It is so important to know how to communicate your ideas, collaborate with others, persevere through challenges, that many industries and top companies are willing to pay and support the people who have these unique skills.

Get the FREE 1st chapter of our NEW & UNIQUE Beginner’s Coding + Life Skills course for grades 3-6 now. Link in bio!

06/30/2020

Find out when our unique online coding classes will happen next!

Find out when our unique online coding courses will be available this July 2020 . Designed specifically for beginner and intermediate

05/28/2020

As the school year's emergency distance learning is coming to a close, we have a special offer for your family in the works.

We're offering a unique opportunity to teach your grades 3rd-6th child(ren) computer science and coding online. Sharon and I have over 20 years experience teaching students STEM and online Computer Science (CS) and programming. We truly know how to fully engage with students so that they get the best meaningful learning possible.

In order to move forward, we're looking for a minimum of 10 families to participate in this live online class.

Quick Details on this LIVE class:
•June 8-12th (no make-ups)
•1-hour per day (for 5 days only)
•8-9 AM live Zoom video calls
•Computer Science concepts include sequencing, events, loops, conditionals, binary, sprites, impacts of computing, nested loops, functions, variables, data, the Internet, and digital citizenship.
•Requires an online connection
•$35 flat fee
•We'll be sending out a link for payment next week.

We hope your child can join us!

03/22/2020

And update and how to save a little bit of money you can do now during sheltering in place

03/20/2020

Learn coding the easy and fun way!

On this episode, we get to learn how to code by using one of the BEST tools when learning how to code--Scratch Programming! You'll learn how to use Scratch a...

03/18/2020

In this episode, Sharon and I, share some tips on how to keep your kids learning at home so you won't go crazy

Let us know what you think!

You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/09DeuA4NctCAnHOXXTSyYr…

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-family-on-a-quest-build-a-better-family-life/id1442037076?fbclid=IwAR0Fek4c_r-bkiffleAN_hxFDccbqfqu91mcd1H6OER6Br2gV0wtmGAh9Z4

Google Podcasts:
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mYW1pbHlxdWVzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw&fbclid=IwAR3wl6Yaq94PN_o88Qj98GjmxPUO52193lc_XVx8t0vEEcmlS2obVHvjO2M

03/16/2020

Hello Elk Grove & Sacramento Families!

We hope you and your family are doing well as we are practicing social distancing.

As Sharon and I have been teaching K-12 for a combined 40 years (whoa!), we know what it takes for our sons to keep learning during this unusual time.

We’ll be sharing some ideas and resources with you so that your kids will have the best learning experience possible at home; All the while keeping you, the parent, sane and ready for your kids’ continued learning.

On this episode, we talk about:

Screen time for kids. How much is too much? What types of screen types are there?

As we’re staying home during this pandemic, here are some tips that can help with screen time management. Listen, Subscribe and and share!

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Play.

‎Show A Family on a Quest - Build a Better Family Life, Ep 003: How Much Screen Time is Okay for My Kids? - Nov 7, 2019