Basic Skills Basic skills are acquired abilities. Unlike breathing or blinking, we are not born with them; they must be learned. Furthermore, skills can be lost through disuse. They require drill or practice in order to perfect them. Does that make you think of flash...
Skills Parents Should Teach
Skills Parents Should Teach? These are a list of skills parents should teach the next generation. I would like to go into detail on each one of these and expand the list if needed. Integrity Respect for Self and Others Curiosity and Creativity Service and Generosity...
Skills Parents Need
I was cleaning out my email inbox (something I needed to do for a long time) and I came across a report that listed the Top 12 Skills for 2012. It got me thinking what are the top skills one needs to succeed. Using the report as a starting point here is my list....
The 2 Most Important Things we Always Need to Learn to Be Successful
The two most important things we always need to learn to be successful are: 1) how to use the tools available to us, and 2) how to use our minds to best use the tools. And the important reality is that while the tools we need to learn to be successful change all the...
10 Key Curriculum for the 21st Century
What and how we learn is different today than anytime in history. We have not changed. The tools we need to learn and the things we need to learn, however, have changed. Most of what used to be learned in traditional K - 12 classes can be found easily with simple...