Did you know many families go to camp as a family rather then sending the kids off alone? Today’s guest is Peg L. Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Camp Association, where she has been for over a decade. She has had a wonderful career and extensive experience in childhood, adolescent and young […] The post The Learning Curve – What are the Real Benefits to You and Your Child of Going to Camp? appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Today’s educational system is a labyrinth of bureaucratic pitfalls. Even going outside the school system for private tutoring services has its short-comings. Today’s guest is Elaine Sigal who has had near 40 years of experience in education at all levels from grades 8-12 and teaching at university. At one point in her career in education she founded and ran a classroom based 'brick and mortar' educational company (from 1995 – 2009) Based on this experience, Elaine founded STIZZiL.com....

Today’s educational system is a labyrinth of bureaucratic pitfalls. Even going outside the school system for private tutoring services has its short-comings. Today’s guest is Elaine Sigal who has had near 40 years of experience in education at all levels from grades 8-12 and teaching at university. At one point in her career in education […] The post The Learning Curve – How Can Parents and Students Work the Educational System to Best Advantage? What Are the Advanced and Innovative Ways to...

This works for children and adults! Just as exercise promotes physical fitness, exercising our brain improves brain fitness in four critical areas. Memory Attention Processing Sequencing Today’s guest is Dr. Martha S. Burns who has been a practicing speech language pathologist for 45 years. Dr. Burns is on the Faculty of Northwestern University, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders and who also works with Scientific Learning Corp. Hear Dr. Burns discuss how one of...

This works for children and adults! Just as exercise promotes physical fitness, exercising our brain improves brain fitness in four critical areas. Memory Attention Processing Sequencing Today’s guest is Dr. Martha S. Burns who has been a practicing speech language pathologist for 45 years. Dr. Burns is on the Faculty of Northwestern University, Department of […] The post The Learning Curve – Build Brain Fitness and Accelerate Learning for Your Child appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website (http://www.childfamilyplaytherapy.com). Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical career — but something was discovered by her: many of these disturbed or troubled children were, in actuality, highly gifted children who’d been misdiagnosed...

Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website. Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical career — but something was discovered by her: many of these disturbed or troubled […] The post The Learning Curve – What Are the Three Types/Stages/Areas of Child Development? Learn to Work with the...

Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com (http://childfamilyplaytherapy.com)website. Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical career — but something was discovered by her: many of these disturbed or troubled children were, in actuality, highly gifted children who’d been misdiagnosed with...

Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website. Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical career — but something was discovered by her: many of these disturbed or troubled […] The post The Learning Curve – What Goes on in a Child’s Mind? What are the Keys to Childhood Successful...

The issue of the effects of bullying at school has recently received nationwide prominence and it is a serious problem. Bullying and being bullied not only interferes with a child’s success at school, academically, socially and health wise, but it can have life-long lasting ill affects on a person. Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia is Vicki Abadesco, the director of Soul Shoppe, an organization devoted to helping students, teachers and parents eliminate bullying...

The issue of the effects of bullying at school has recently received nationwide prominence and it is a serious problem. Bullying and being bullied not only interferes with a child’s success at school, academically, socially and health wise, but it can have life-long lasting ill affects on a person. Today’s guest on The Learning Curve […] The post The Learning Curve – How to Handle Bullies and Being Bullied at School appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Today, with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve, we have the return of Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular results in the classroom. He and his work have been widely cited in publications dealing with education and is featured on the Education Resource Information Center at Teachers’ College,...

Today, with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve, we have the return of Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular results in […] The post The Learning Curve – Learn What Exercises and Drills You Can Use to Help Your Child Read Easily and Well. appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular results in the classroom. He and his work have been widely cited in publications dealing with education and is featured on the Education Resource Information Center at Teachers’ College, Columbia...

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular results in the classroom. He […] The post The Learning Curve – What Are the Mind Processes You Can Help Your Child With So They Read Easily and Well? appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children (http://www.tools4preschool.org). This is part 2 of our interview with Murray. Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable story this is. The Mission Statement of Murray’s registered Section 501c(3) non-profit, Tools of Learning for...

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children. (Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children.) Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable story this is. The Mission Statement of Murray’s...

Into whose hands goes the decision of what will be learned and by when? Currently, the system’s standards make the system more important than the children it is supposed to serve, hence: A Declaration of Educational Independence. Parental choice in education is needed rather than the new laws being foisted upon us. We need to change the core common standards that perpetuate the current system along with its belief that all children can be cookie-cutters and all the same. This is a system...

Parents have a critical part to play in getting their kids ready for college. This week we have the return of Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Academic Development at Marquette University and author of Are You Really Ready for College? (http://www.areyoureallyreadyforcollege.com/) Dr Neuman reveals there are too many conversations about what the schools are not doing, but not enough conversations about what parents are not doing! What you and your child can do to prepare for college...

This week’s Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia is about preparing for college and doing well when there. Our guest is Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Marquette University and author of: Are You Really Ready for College? (http://www.areyoureallyreadyforcollege.com (http://www.areyoureallyreadyforcollege.com)/) Hear Dr. Neuman reveal the fact that good grades in High School do not guarantee good grades in college? No! — College takes personal skills as well as smarts. Students...

Today on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia we have the return of Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education. Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com (http://www.parentatthehelm.com) Linda has been a columnist with Home Education Magazine “forever,” and was the first “Early Years” advisor for http://homeschool.com (http://homeschool.com). She also...

Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, returns to tell us what can be done to protect your child from this catastrophe. Dr. Barnhill, affectionately known as “Dr. Huggy-Bear,” gives us answers to the following points: What is the key to good discipline? How to handle a child who fidgets. The consequences of wrong diagnosis and unneeded medication. Did you know pesticides disrupt childhood behavior? What are the most common chemical contaminants affecting your...

Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia is Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education. Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com (http://www.parentatthehelm.com) Linda has been a columnist with Home Education Magazine “forever,” and was the first “Early Years” advisor for http://homeschool.com (http://homeschool.com). She also participated with...

2007 US government stats state 5.4 million children have been given a ADHD diagnosis. The most recent figures are much higher. This week’s guest, Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, reveals the incidence of wrong diagnosis is something in the order of 20%-40%! Kids in the conventional educational system are at real risk of being misdiagnosed, mistreated and mishandled. This is a program that should outrage many parents. Dr. Barnhill reveals some of the egregious reasons...

What’s the importance of an at-home kindergarten readiness program? . . . Because children who are ready for school do better in all the other grades and have more chance of finishing school. Because many children who enter school unprepared or behind their classmates stay behind. But mostly because being ready for school starts long before getting there: it starts at home—this and parent involvement are shown to be critical factors in the child’s success at school. Today’s Learning Curve...