Janel Meehan doesn't want her children to grow up like she did, not knowing much about money. So every chance she gets, she incorporates financial lessons into their lives — including during her ...

Games that teach kids about money must be accessible and enjoyable. That's rule No. 1 for the sudden multitude of developers hoping to spur (and cash in) on the financial literacy movement. The ...

The popularity of teaching sign language to babies has exploded over the past several years. Who wouldn’t want their wee ones to be able to tell them they’d like their blanket, more juice or a pair of ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite classroom games? In Part One, Shannon Jones, Jennifer Bay-Williams, Molly Ness, and Sheniqua Johnson shared their favorites. Today, Jenny Vo, ...

Evolutionarily speaking, we are built to enjoy learning. Neuroscientists (and those of us who spend time with young children) know this to be true—but institutionalized education tends to dim the joy ...

I get frustrated when teachers are encouraged to make school “fun”. Go ahead and debate me, but I think “fun” is a term better used for the playground than the classroom. Teachers who promise to make ...