Grand Opening: Distance Learning 2020-2021 School Year
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many families have expressed interest in distance learning for the 2020-2021 school year. We are here to help! We have good news! TESLA Country Day will offer the following classes through a blended program of distance learning and field trips with optional meetups. TK and kindergarten combo [...]
OC Family May 2019 Issue – A Fresh Take on Education
Women, mothers in particular, don’t get much credit for their roles as pioneers — people who break ground in arts or sciences or stand their ground when it comes to protecting and helping the underprivileged or underrepresented. But California has its share of these role models: Julia Morgan, the state’s first female architect and designer [...]
Gratitude Garden Preschool is An Innovative Educational Home for Kids
San Clemente Lifestyle | February 28, 2018 Article and Photography Cara Elise Taylor San Clemente is home to one of Orange County’s few nature-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) schools. The students at The Gratitude Garden Preschool are inventing, building and experimenting with science in a non-toxic and nature-based environment. The Gratitude Garden is a magical [...]
San Clemente Lifestyle January 2018 Issue – Teaching Financial Well-Being to Children
Many parents struggle with teaching their children to save, to spend, and to use money as a form of helping others. Some families believe that an allowance is earned through household duties, while other families believe that an allowance should be given regardless of duties. Whatever a family’s personal choice is, the responsibility of what [...]
South of The Pier January 2018 Issue – Teach CODING to Children
Currently there is a huge demand for schools to be teaching coding to young children. Programming literacy is an incredibly important skill that all children today will need to know. According to research, 90 percent of parents in the U.S. want their children to learn computer science—it will be crucial for many jobs in the [...]
Talega Life October 2017 Issue – Health Consequences Near Highways
New findings by UCLA and the California Air Resources Board show that harmful pollutants from cars and trucks can drift more than a mile and a half from Southern California freeways, suggesting that air pollution’s effects could be more widespread than previously thought. According to a recent study by The Keck School of Medicine at [...]
Talega Life March 2017 Issue – Spring Time Service for Families
Spring break will be coming up soon and many parents are wondering what to do with their children during this week long time off of school. Both working families and families with one parent at home have a variety of options to teach their children real world learning and service during this valuable time together. [...]
Talega Life January 2017 Issue – Raising a Resilient Child
Raising resilient children is every parent’s goal. There are over 100 parenting books that focus on the topic. We all want our children to bounce back from adversity, stay strong under pressure, make good decisions when no one is looking, and be their own problem-solver. Resilient children do not do everything on their own, rather, [...]
Talega Life December 2016 Issue – The Gift of Boredom
It has become the norm in Southern California for children to be over scheduled and have very little down time and an opportunity to be bored. Childhood experts assert that children need time to be bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative and reflective. Children that are constantly active risk the [...]