Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

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  • Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives

    Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives

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    As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…

  • Fish oil: More than just memory

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    This just in: A study has validated that a diet high in Omega-3 oils helps short-term memory. I’m not surprised. Anyone who has high-energy, brainy kids and has tried fish oil will attest to its amazing powers. Short-term memory isn’t one of the things that parents tend to be interested in, but my non-scientific survey…

  • I never met a recipe I didn’t want to change

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    I have a favorite recipe from The Frugal Gourmet which I have been making for years. The first time I made it, I didn’t have any green peppers as called for in the recipe, so I made it without. It was delicious, so for the next twenty years I have made it my way and…

  • Swinging and multiplying

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    In the typical learning pattern for math concepts, kids first get the fundamentals of numbers—counting, adding, subtracting, sequencing, etc.—then they learn multiplying and dividing. Usually around the third grade, they are ready to memorize the basic 1-12 multiplication table. My daughter was different. She was very interested in numbers from a young age and mastered…

  • Crisis healthcare

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    I’m getting to know our healthcare system a little more up close and personal than I’d like this week. My brother got hit by a car when he was out bicycling and had to be helicoptered to a trauma care facility. He’s doing better and may be moving out of the hospital and in with…

  • The all-day learning window

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    Recently I wrote about “the 15-minute learning window,” a way that homeschoolers have learned to tap into “teachable moments” and condense learning into smaller packets. It works really well with subjects that you feel your child needs to work on but is not really driven to learn at the moment. Then the other day at…