Back to School

It's that time again, kids are back in school.

I recently read where only 25% of young people enrolling in college are qualified to attend based on the education they have received up to now. Do you realize that means 75% are not educated well enough to qualify for college.

It is such a shame that our schools are failing our children. What that means is, that as parents we need to "supplement" their learning, and we need to start when they are very young.

We need to make learning interesting and fun and help them understand how important education is.
That is why I created coloring books about U. S. geography. There is a book about each of the 50 states. While the children are coloring the pictures they can  read important and fun things about that state. When I was a kid someone gave me the jigsaw puzzle of the states, and by putting the puzzle together, I learned each state and the capital. My books contain much more information than that.

There are so many ways to teach our children and at the same time be spending quality time with them.

I know I sound like a broken record, but being a parent is the most important position a person can have, and as parents we need to do more than just give birth to a child. We need to teach and nourish them.

We need to start when they are very young, like we teach them to feed themselves or put on their own shoes. You might be amazed how fast they learn at that tender age.

For example, when they are learning to put on their shoes, take the first one and say "one" then the second and say "two," then point to one of the shoes and say and one, and one are two. If you do things like that, as they advance in age they will advance in learning.
At the same time you will be building a bond with them.

All kids are different. I have two boys and I failed to "teach" them how to be organized. I myself am  very organized, and I guess I thought they would learn to follow my example, and I didn't actually "teach" them how to be organized. The result is one of them is very organized because of watching me and the other one is not at all organized. So unfortunately for the one I should have "taught" him how.

Because all children are different, we need to be more aware of each ones needs, that too is part of being a parent.

Enjoy teaching and sharing with them, because before you know it they will be grown.