Getting Your Child’s Brain Ready for Learning
This week’s guest blogger is Dr. Pete Brettingen, from Lake Life Chiropractic. It’s that time of year when parents start thinking about back-to-school shopping and [...]
Pulling Back the Arrow to Move Forward
We all remember the unit on archery from our elementary school gym classes and the steps involved in learning the sport. One of the most [...]
Bernie’s Blog – Part 2
Once again this week high school student and Yellow Parachute Learning Partners client Bernie Whitely is serving as our guest blogger. Here is part 2 [...]
Bernie’s Blog – Part 1
This week’s guest blogger is Bernie Whitely, a tremendously inspiring high school student who has worked with Yellow Parachute Learning Partners for a few years. [...]
What is Yellow Parachute Academy?
For the past few weeks I’ve been hearing from a lot of my parent-friends who have concerns about what school will look like in the [...]
Survey Says…
Last month we conducted an informal poll on the Yellow Parachute Learning Partners Facebook page where we asked parents what was the bigger struggle of [...]
We’re Working On It
As parents, there is so much on our plates these days. We're hands-on parenting 24-7. We're working from home. We're helping our kiddos with distance [...]
Why it’s Important to Worry About Yourself
With today’s announcement making the temporary closure of schools in Minnesota permanent for the remainder of the school year, you’re all (understandably) facing some additional [...]
Setting Aside Our Experiences to Help our Kids
Cara Thorpe, founder and CEO of Yellow Parachute Learning Partners, is here again with answers about personalized learning. Learn about setting aside our own experiences [...]
Personalized Learning in Real Life
Cara Thorpe, founder and CEO of Yellow Parachute Learning Partners, is here with answers about personalized learning – an angst-filled topic for teachers and parents [...]