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 fall schedules. While many of us are either waiting to hear from the school district [...]
Last week I talked about pulling back the arrow to move forward, and how moving backwards in our journey is exactly what we need to move forward. What can we be doing in the time when we’re pulling back? This [...]
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 important steps is the “draw,” the act of pulling back the arrow, before it can [...]
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 of her blog: Having been diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, I know I’ll [...]
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. Here is part 1 of her guest blog: My name is Bernie. I’m one of [...]
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 fall. In this blog, I’ve been working to address those concerns by talking about Yellow [...]
SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER!!! (cue Alice Cooper’s 70’s Classic Rock song)... In the past week I’ve wrapped up the 2019-2020 school year at Yellow Parachute Academy, and we’ve had our end of the year celebration. I’m exhausted and so very [...]
These are strange times. The sudden conversion from a school environment to distance learning has thrown families a HUGE curveball, and it's something we all are continuing to deal with. On the other hand, things have remained relatively unchanged when [...]
"We are not winning at distance learning today. The youngest is already back in bed. He was so crabby he refused to do his school work... even with help from us!" This is a text one of my team members [...]
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 learning. We're trying to keep our cool with the loved ones in our household whom [...]
