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Field Trips

The First Grade Field Trip: A Running Diary

Scott Shamberg | Posted 05.28.2013 | Parents
Scott Shamberg

9:30 a.m.: The first "how much longer?" is heard from three rows back. This is followed shortly by a "Gabe has a girlfriend," shout-out. The boy takes it in stride.

Do You Like My New Red Dress?

Rob White | Posted 04.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Rob White

If you're of a certain vintage, you might recall Art Linkletter's classic TV segment, Kids Say the Darndest Things, which aired from the 1950s through...

Bringing Education to Life

Perea Blackmon | Posted 01.29.2013 | Home
Perea Blackmon

When a student can see something rather than just read a textbook, they are much more likely to understand it and remember it. For instance, if I was to tell you a T-Rex has big teeth, would you fully understand and be able to put that into perspective?

When Field Trips Go Wrong

Bethany Meyer | Posted 12.18.2012 | Parents
Bethany Meyer

My son is in kindergarten. With 29 other boys. I volunteered to chaperone their field trip to an apple orchard last week.

Green the Back to School Blues

Jackie Ostfeld | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green
Jackie Ostfeld

Today's kids are growing up in an environment very different from that of the generations preceding them. Children are really overdosing on the indoors.

'Hunger Games' Becomes Part Of School Curriculum

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 08.09.2012 | Home

NEW YORK -- For some school kids around the country, the odds have been ever (and awesomely!) in their favor as they've scored the ultimate field trip...