Hugging and talking to your child are key to mental health, experts say.
Karen Bridson
Friday January 18, 2013
Minecraft teaches math, science, social studies and much more while entertaining and keeping kids engaged.
Karen Bridson
Tuesday January 15, 2013
I’ve long been quite concerned about how few girls and women today are pursuing computer science as a profession.
We’re missing the tech wave and the ramifications could be enormous down the line. Forecasts call for technology and computer science to dominate the job market
Karen Bridson
Saturday December 29, 2012
What do you do when your child's friend is not very friendly?
Karen Bridson
Thursday December 13, 2012
TVOKids releases newest educational music video with Bookworm.
Karen Bridson
Monday November 5, 2012
The question of whether or not I am an engaged, involved parent in my child’s education world is one that I’m sensitive about.I have never taken a day off of work to help out in my son’s classroom. I have never volunteered to go on a field trip and I have only once ever attended a school council meeting.I hang my parental head in shame.
Karen Bridson
Monday November 5, 2012
When Roger Martin, Dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, wanted to learn the keys to success, he turned to some of the most successful people in the world.
Giving his keynote address at the 2012 People for Education Conference Nov. 3, Martin explained how he spent 15 years interviewing and researching these people, with an eye to coming up with a
Karen Bridson
Monday June 25, 2012
Event aimed to inspire love of creating for the web in kids.
Karen Bridson
Friday May 25, 2012
Find out my top ten picks for spaces to play in Ontario.
Karen Bridson
Wednesday May 2, 2012
Most people remember at least one teacher who went above the call of duty to make learning fun for their students.
Well, if your child is lucky enough to have a teacher like that, they can recognize that hard work by entering their teacher in the TVOKids Best Teacher Ever competition.
“What you have to do is log on to TVOKids.com and tell
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