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A Parenting Call to Action

8 months ago by RSG

After weeks of pandemic-focused programming, this week was supposed to be a return to our regular weekly guides, newsfeeds, and recommendations this month. However, this moment in history calls for joining our voices and efforts together to bring about ...

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The Benefits of the Art in STEAM Education

9 months ago by RSG

Art is an important means of storytelling and self-expression, and it plays a tremendous role in the formation of culture. Fine arts in all their forms are acknowledged for their many benefits every April 15th, as World Art Day is celebrated globally. The even...

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A Vision Test May Be Just What Your Child Needs for School Success

2 years ago by RSG

As a parent, you only want to do what is best for your child. You want to make sure that they are safe and healthy. You take them to the doctor once they are born and to the dentist when that first baby tooth cuts through their tender gums. But what’s often o...

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Kids Messenger Tools

2 years ago by RSG

Social media continues to persist and permeate our lives. High schoolers and middle schoolers seem to have it worst. Their online privacy becomes exposed and situations can quickly become dangerous to our children. Bullying, gossip, suspensions/expulsions, ad...

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It Is Official, Architecture is Now A STEM Subject

2 years ago by RSG

On July 31, 2018, Congress passed a bill officially designating Architecture as a STEM science. This was a bipartisan effort for which the American Institute of Architects lobbied With this bill, architecture was officially categorized along with other subjec...

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Largest Study on Effects of Screen Time On Children Underway

2 years ago by RSG

Did you catch the recent 60 minutes episode featuring the groundbreaking new study on the effects of screen time on kids? Anderson Cooper interviewed researchers who are following 11,000 kids for a decade to understand how screen time actually affec...

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Fewer Toys Equal More Focus and Creativity

2 years ago by RSG

According to a study published earlier this year in the Journal of Infant Behavior and Development, kids fare better in environments with few toys. The researchers studied two groups of toddlers. One group had 4 toys and the other had 16 toys to play with...

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College Math Readiness For Current Grads At A 14yr Low

2 years ago by RSG

On Wednesday, ACT released their annual report on the condition of College and Career Readiness showing only 40% of students met the benchmark that indicates how likely they are to succeed in a first year algebra class. This is not only alarming for m...

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Raising A Creative Child

2 years ago by RSG

It is unfortunate that STEM is not often synonymous with creativity because the reality is that it is. Innovators are masters at creativity; applying existing ideas, tools, resources in novel ways to create something new. So yes - raising a ST...

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Would You Enroll Your Daughter In An Online Preschool?

2 years ago by RSG

Online preschools are growing in popularity and some Early Childhood experts and advocates have a big problem with that. So much so that they have launched a petition to shut them down warning that they "can lead to excess exposure to screens for that age...

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