Manhattan Edge Educational Programs

Common Core all wrong for K-3

http://dianeravitch.net/2013/08/25/gesell-institute-the-common-core-standards-are-wrong-for-young-children/

http://www.themeasuredmom.com/reading-skills-kids-need-theyre-ready-sound-out-words/.

5 things kids need... before they're ready to sound out words - The Measured Mom Ready to teach your child to sound out words? Make sure he or she has these five skills first. (Then click on a link for loads of free materials for teaching reading!)

“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.”
Ghandi

Children who believe they can excel at math become math superstars...

One good teacher outweighs a ton of books. ~ Chinese Proverb

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. -Arnold Schwarzenegger

Thoughts on reasons for homework: Excellence is an art won by training & habituation. -Aristotle

This is one of my favorite quotes which embodies the spirit of ME: Challenges make life interesting, however, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~ Mark Twain

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. ~ Plato

Out of clutter find simplicity, from discord find harmony, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Einstein's Three Rules of Work

: 3 methods to learn/earn wisdom: 1 reflection, which is noblest; 2 imitation, which is easiest; & 3 experience, which is the bitterest. -Confucius

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. -Bobby Knight ... Thoughts on homework apply here