Play for ALL Initiative – Family Evenings The Children’s Museum of Richmond In efforts to bring the joy of play and discovery to every child The Children’s Museum of Richmond will hold an evening exclusively for children with special needs and their families. We invite your entire family for an after hours event featuring open [...]
Children’s Museum of Richmond offers Play for All Richmond children with special needs
May 13, 2010 By
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The New Community School
May 4, 2010 By
The New Community School is Central Virginia’s only college preparatory school for grades six through twelve devoted solely to restructuring the language foundation of dyslexic students, New Community focuses every month on turning dyslexia around. The New Community Schooll believes that, even as late as high school, students with dyslexia can increase their proficiency in [...]
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YMCA of Greater Richmond Child Care and Day Camp
April 27, 2010 By
YMCA of Greater Richmond is Central Virginia’s largest provider of high quality, licensed child care, the YMCA offers a variety of programs in safe, fun and nurturing environments filled with exciting, hands-on activities. YMCA Child Care builds strong spirit, mind and body for preschool-through middle school-aged children. Here is why YMCA Child Care is unique: [...]
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It’s not JUST preschool, Richmond moms!
April 25, 2010 By
It is NOT just preschool! I hear this comment more and more frequently. I hear it from my friends who know what I do and my beliefs about early childhood education. Today, I actually heard it from a preschool teacher. So I am here to set the record straight. Here are the facts: -80% of [...]
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Little Scholars helped this 4-year old. . .and a special offer for Richmondmom.com readers
March 31, 2010 By
“Little Scholars made it fun for him to learn while providing age-appropriate and effective direction. In order to capitalize on his new-found interest and confidence, I continued with individual Little Scholars sessions with Stephanie Jefferson, pictured here. Her creative approach continues to show results in John. This child, once frustrated simply by holding a pencil, [...]
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Why Richmond Need a Childrens Hospital (Part II)
March 28, 2010 By
by Gayle Schrier Smith, MD “But I really want one, Mom!” he whined. “Maybe you should put it on your Christmas list.” I countered. “It’s March 25, Mom. Christmas is exactly NINE months away! We could get a baby in that amount of time!” And so my breakfast table conversation began. Everything takes time. There [...]
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Tips on helping your Richmond kid become a better reader
March 10, 2010 By
For children in grades one through three, there are many activities and opportunities for parents to incorporate reading into their children’s daily lives. During this stage of reading development, children acquire sight vocabulary and, by the end of grade three, have mastered most phonics skills. They begin to establish more formal comprehension skills as they [...]
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Why Richmond needs a Children’s Hospital
March 7, 2010 By
by Gayle Schrier Smith, MD As the mother of five, I have come a long way in cultivating my parenting abilities. My children teach me something new every day, and for the most part I’m always grateful. I remember when my youngest was born. I thought I owned every baby gadget ever made only to [...]
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Noticeably More Attentive and Much More Helpful
March 1, 2010 By
My experience with LearningRx has been positive and rewarding. I was excited and nervous when we began the process as I knew there was a large commitment on my part as a “co-trainer”. I loved working with my son at home and our relationship has strengthened as a result. I have seen his confidence grow [...]
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Husband’s death causes mom to find new way of life: at Mathnasium
March 1, 2010 By
After marrying very young, I was the first in my large family to graduate from high school a year and a half later. While raising our four sons I began to have the desire to go to college and become a teacher. I decided to take classes, part time, at the local community college to [...]
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