Category — KID STUFF

KnowledgePoints Gives American Idol Hopeful Temptress Brown And Other Deserving Youngsters A Hopeful Future — Offers free tutoring to kids with special circumstances

(Clinton, NJ) May 19, 2008 – By now – everyone knows the story of Temptress Brown, the 16-year-old student from Philadelphia who auditioned for American Idol.  While she did not advance to the next round, she did win the hearts of the judges and America when she revealed her reason for entering the competition was to help her sick mother.

With the worry and responsibility of her mother’s illness on her young shoulders, Brown has fallen behind in school.  When KnowledgePoints Learning Center became aware of young Temptress’ situation, the Center felt compelled to offer to help and extended free tutoring sessions to Temptress for the rest of the school year, through the summer and through her 12th grade year. 

There’s a Temptress Brown in every city, which is why Jim Helriegel, owner of KnowledgePoints Learning Center in Clinton is offering free tutoring to an area student who faces similar circumstances. “The sacrifice some students have to make to help a sick parent is admirable and we feel they deserve a chance for a good education,” said Mr. Helriegel, who also serves as regional president for KnowledgePoints in New Jersey.

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Kiddie Academy of Lebanon has been providing exceptional care, education and service to children ages 6 weeks - 12 years and their families for more than 10 years.  Kiddie Acaedemy has a full day Kindergarten program and summer camp programs, as well.  Kiddie Academy is a preschool and child care learing center that offers full and part time care, with flexible schedules to suit the needs of your family.  Kiddie Academy provides meals and snacks for your child, and is equipped with ParentWatch Service, which allows you to view your child in his or her classroom at any time.  Kiddie Academy of Lebanon is accredited by NAEYC.

• phone: 908-236-0226
• web: www.kiddieacademy.com

“Study skills are boring!”  That is what most students tell me when I first meet them. 

Boring!?  These are skills that can help them get better grades and spend less time on homework…how can they be boring?

Honestly, there is a good explanation for the bad rap that study skills have developed over the years because a lot of boring things are labeled as “study skills.”  Learning how to use guide words in a dictionary…a necessary skill, but boring!  SQ3R…a reading strategy with many merits, but leaves me asking, “Who wants to take the time to do all five steps?”  Boring!  Identifying the main idea and supporting details on endless worksheets? Another
important skill, but still boring.

There is a broader and more important role study skills should be playing in the lives of our middle and high school students, especially in our current Information Age, when we must prepare students for many careers and jobs that do not even exist yet. [Read more →]

I recently had an experience (in fact, I’m still floundering my way through it) that made me feel exactly the way I did when I was in fourth grade, learning long division.

Many students are now learning “new math” and are hopefully finding long division a bit more logical than I did as a 9 year-old.  Back then, however, we just learned a series of “random” steps that seemed meaningless to me.  I was horribly confused and totally overwhelmed.  I felt stupid and felt like the end of my world was directly in front of me because I was NEVER going to “get it!” Gallons of tears were shed over my math book that year!

Fast forward a few decades and here I am…tackling a new project that is, for me, almost as overwhelming.  Actually, it is just as overwhelming.  The only difference is that I am now putting myself through the torture instead of having the torture “forced” upon me. [Read more →]

The 2008 Teen Arts Festival will be held on May 14th and May 15th, 2008. The mission of the Hunterdon County Teen Arts Program is to identify, nurture and promote artistic excellence among Hunterdon County teenagers in middle and high school.  Any 7th-12th grade student taking private music, art, drama or dance lessons can participate in the Teen Arts even if their school district does not participate. APPLY NOW!

Click on one of the links below to download your application (requires Adobe Reader):

Creative Writing Application Form
Visual Arts Application Form
Piano Application Form
Dance Application Form
Drama Application Form
Video Application Form
Large Vocal Music Application Form
Large Instrumental Application Form
Solo or Small Ensemble Vocal Music Application
Solo or Small Ensemble Instrumental Application
Master Sheet for Visual Arts Entries
Invoice for Teen Arts Registration

The teen arts program provides opportunities for teens to:  

• Share their achievements in the literary, fine and performing arts in a supportive, non-competitive environment [Read more →]

If you are looking for Summer Camp Programs here in Hunterdon County and the surrounding area, please be sure to visit our Summer Camp Directory.

If you run a summer camp program and are listed in our directory, please make sure your information is up-to-date.

If you would like to get listed in our directory or update your information, please click here to submit your information to us.

On Christmas Eve, you can track Santa’s travels by visiting the NORAD website.  Follow his journey around the globe and make sure you’re in bed before he gets to you!

 Visit http://www.noradsanta.org/

Acorn Montessori School educates children ages 18 months to 12 years old in their Clinton Township location. The school offers a warm, supportive environment along with an enriching Montessori-based education that fosters a child’s innate love of learning, creativity and wonder; cultivates dynamic partnerships between family, school and community; celebrates the human spirit and honors the diversity among us to inspire and impact society through academic excellence and service.

Also providing Summer Camp Programs.

• phone: (908) 730-8986

• web: www.acornschool.org

Acorn Montessori School 1st grade student Ethan Amato and Dr. Christopher Amato working out a lengthy Math equation in one of Acorn’s elementary classes at the recent ‘Daddy’s Day Breakfast’.

Every once and a while we come across a website that is really neat, even as a parent you enjoy it. We are sharing some of our favorite holiday website finds with you here.  If you have a great site, let us know about it by posting it in the comments!

Elf Yourself

Website URL: http://www.elfyourself.com/

Hunterdon Moms Online Comments:  This super fun site brought to us by Office Max is the hit of the 2007 holiday season.  On this site you can upload up to four images at a time and then crop out your faces to add them to the bodies of dancing elves.  During the process you can even call a special phone number and record a personalized message to add to your clip.  The end result is your photos as dancing elves! [Read more →]