Teaching parents how to be good facilitators in their child's learning is not easy.  

I have a student that I'll call Sam.  Sam enrolled in my class at the start of the school year.

Today is the day when I get to face my fear...a third grader who totally disrupted last weeks lesson.  

Let me fill you in.  

I have realized something very important in the three years that I've been a business owner, and the 11 years that I've been teaching.  

Don't forget to be good to yourself.  I just booked a 50 minute massage for myself.  It's not my birthday.

I have run my own after school program for the past three years.  Fortunately, today was the first day that I actually had a bonafide disciplinary problem.  Let me explain.

I work one on one, as well as in a class room setting, with a student I'll call Jonathan.

Today I heard something hilarious.  We all know, as teachers, how important it is to laugh with the children.

One of my new students this year, named Shira, came to her lesson in a smiley bubbly mood.  "I got my test" she said, in perfect English.  

Today I began a new segment in my daily lessons called, "Around the World in 10 Minutes".  I taught the kids about Japan.  By the end of the lesson, the kids were knowledgable about: