This week learn about “executive function,” the role dreams play in learning, how best to get toddlers talking, and ways to boost the learning power of reading time with youngsters. In time for summer, get your arguments together about the benefits of chores, and check out the site that makes them a game. In education a study about the significance of fraction knowledge is worth reading. In the fierce battle over parent trigger laws, US Mayors made an unexpected move. Are you familiar with the common core? Two articles will get you quickly current. Don’t miss the short true-or-false test on neuroscience myths. You don’t want to keep being fooled, right?
Parenting
How Kids Benefit From Chores - Laura Grace Weldon, GeekMom
Are You an Optimistic Parent? - Richard Rende, red-hot parenting
There's a Cultural Shift in Baby/Toddler Reading - J. Richard Gentry, Psychology Today
Simple Yet Powerful Things to Do While Reading Aloud - Reading Rockets
Learning
Executive Function Skills Predict Children's Success - Ellen Galinsky, Huff Post
How Your Dreams Make You Smarter - Annie Murphy Paul, Psychology Today
10 Best Ways to Encourage Toddlers to Talk - Janet Lansbury, Elevating Child Care
Fluid Intelligence Not Trainable Says New Study - Daniel Willingham, Science and Education Blog
Education
Gender Gap Research on Telling Girls They're Bad At Math - Maggie Severns, Slate
America Needs to Study Fractions - Christie Nicholson, Scientfic American
US Mayors Back Parent Trigger Legislation - Stephanie Simon, Reuters
Mayors Gone Mad - Diane Ravitch, Diane Ravitch's Blog
What are the Common Core Standards? - Ava Arsaga, Parent Cortical Mass
Is the Next Reading War Over Common Core? - Mary McConnell, Deseret News
Resources
Chore Wars: Claim Experience Points for Housework - Chore Wars
Top 15 iPad Book Apps with Extras - Carisa Kluver, Digital Media Diet
Test Yourself: Are You Still Duped By Common Neuroscience Myths? - Education Week
