Sentences with phrase «home than at school»

Not living on campus does have costs — such as transportation or a parking pass — but it's almost always significantly cheaper to live at home than at school.

A child is just as likely to be sociable with one or two people he meets at home than at school.

Not exact matches

You must have a qualifying person living with you for at least half the year (except for a school absence) and you must bear more than half the cost of keeping a home.

Each chapter discusses an aspect of the one theme that the central purpose of all education — whether in homes, schools, churches, business organizations, community agencies, or the mass media, and whatever the area of learning, whether science, art, health, or international relations — should be the transformation of persons from the life of self - centered desire to that of devoted service of the excellent, and at the same time the creation of a democratic commonwealth established in justice and fraternal regard rather than in expediency.

In addition, you have not even attempted to show that children of mothers who work are any less successful in school or in life than those of stay - at - home mothers.

We often think that's why parents will pack sugary desserts in school lunches, probably much more often than they'd dole out sugary treats at home.

More basic, homestyle cooking can be found at the house of Irma de Guerra, a grandmother who has opened her home to board students from the more than 50 Spanish language schools based in Antigua.

According to a recent study by PEW and reported by The Verge, teens increasingly find Facebook to be «stressful, an extension of their daily lives at school and home rather than a place where they can relax and be themselves.»

Those famous soft thick bakery sugar cookies with frosting (seem more like discs of cake though), the soft chewy ones you make at home to decorate for various holidays, or those not soft, sad, no flavor, gross kind of sugar cookies that kids would bring in on there birthdays in elementary school since their mom thought it was a «healthier» choice than cupcakes.

My job keeps me busy, busy, busy, and my new kitchen is much smaller than my kitchen at school, which is smaller yet than the kitchen in my parents» home.

A Utah School of Medicine study cited in an ESPN TrueHoop report by Tom Haberstroh found that back - to - back games on the road yield 3.5 times more in - game injuries than those played at home.

In the Poway and Rancho Bernardo areas, at least 400 families reportedly lost their homes, including Poway High tight end Ryan Deehan, who has received scholarship offers from more than 20 schools including Arizona State, Colorado and Oregon.

The first Colonial team is set to kick off this fall, playing home games at nearby Moon High School Stadium while marching to the drum of none other than former New York Jet coach Joe Walton.

Rather than trying to «teach» skills like grit and self - control, he argues, we should focus instead on creating the kinds of environments, both at home and at school, in which those qualities are most likely to flourish.

My children's needs were more than adequately met by being at home with their father / grandmother (or later on preschool and then elementary school) during the 1/3 of the day that I wasn't with them.

Children who eat breakfast at school — closer to test - taking time — perform better on standardized tests than those who skip breakfast or eat breakfast at home.

It is true, one of the teachers at my son's school said she didn't get home until 8 pm the night this was announced — 5 hrs later than school ends, imagine if school didn't end until 6 pm!

Early reading in schools is necessary so that the teacher can give children classroom assignments rather than working individually with each of them, but at home it doesn't matter.

A strongly Introverted child may well be happier educated at home than being in a classroom all day, and a strongly Extraverted child may prefer being at school.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

The price of a meal from home is FAR more expensive than paying the FULL paid lunch price at schools.

The most recent estimates from local authorities put the number of home schooled children in the UK at more than 36,000 — a figure which has increased by 65 % over the past six years.

Christine, that roasted broccoli sounds delicious, and I make something similar at home, but for our schools which are literally serving meals out of a closet, there are no ovens that heat as high as 450, just a retherm oven that maxes out at about 300, and is not really meant to be set higher than about 250 to reheat the frozen partially thawed meals which is all these kitchenless schools can handle.

Studies have shown that lunches packed from home are typically not healthier than lunches served at school, so that excuse is out the window too.

My daughter is 6 and bought an easter craft home its prob the first artistic thing we have seen form school since Christmas she is cretaive rather than academic so at a recent parents evening we just got average average average becuse art and creativity do nt count.

so many kids will eat things at school, at a friends house, with another community group than they would at home for all the reasons listed above.

More than 60 percent of the parents, more than 21 million with children younger than 18, are at work when the children come home from school.

It looks at the British school programmes that are working to help their pupils develop character, but points out that nothing has more influence than the home environment and the quality of the pre-school years.

And when it comes down to it, if given the choice, my kids would rather have a (relatively) rested, calm, relaxed and PRESENT mom to come home to after school and to tuck them in at night than one who is their class mom and girl scout troop leader and baseball team mom and who runs the school store organizes the school fundraiser and is on every board there is to be on in town (I don't do all that stuff, but you get the point) and who is also a complete and total stressed out and spread thin raging lunatic from the moment they get home until the moment they are in bed.

Rather than focusing on the number of calories available at lunch, efforts should be made to ensure that children are eating breakfast whether at home or at school.

Many administrators and food service personnel say students are eating just as well or better at school than they do outside of school and at home.

Two of those for me are cutting myself off from work stuff at 2:30, making sure I'm showered and dressed before the kids get home from school rather than staying in sweaty workout clothes and showering after the older kids get home, and not unpacking lunch boxes immediately after the kids walk in the door.

Timothy was not old enough for school (they don't start until six in that region) so spent two years at home, where he became a fluent reader, a competent speller, and considerably more computer literate than me.

Likewise, with social situations, rather than just saying «get over it,» it's much better to brainstorm and problem - solve at home, and give the child tools to cope at school or on the playground.

Even if they have already had breakfast at home, kids who eat school breakfasts are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who don't, finds a study from groups at U. Connecticut and Yale.

We have prepared 14 pages e-book to help you set - up and get started with Tot School at home, along with more than 50 weeks of free printable plans for weekly themes.

This is different from home tuition provided by a local authority, or education provided by a local authority other than at a school.

Parents of children who have been registered at a school and who begin home education need to inform the school in writing that they are providing education otherwise than at school so that the child's name can be removed from the register.

There are some exceptions, but the majority of home schooled children are very good at getting along with others, and they are very comfortable talking to children of different ages (both younger and older than themselves), and to adults.

If your toddlers seem to have above - average abilities, it might be a good idea to begin research into home - based learning at once rather than have them suffer years of boredom, being held back in the school system.

Its great if you can do it during a child's formative years, but there comes a time when the kids start going to school and staying at home full time really becomes a liability than an added value to the family.

Now I'm not endorsing that both get power careers and leave the child completely unattended, but I have contact with plenty of stay home moms as my child attends a very affluent private school and many of those stay at home moms don't do squat after the kids are dropped off other than yoga.

Love this post!!!! Somehow making school lunches always feels more daunting than serving them at home.

Single and cohabiting stay - at - home mothers are more likely than married stay - at - home mothers with working husbands to say they are ill or disabled, unable to find a job, or enrolled in school.

Do your kids like having a home - packed lunch better than buying at school?

Your experience and the other comments indicate that many U.S. school lunches are far healthier than what many kids get at home; I can attest to this from my own childhood, although looking back the lunch I CHOSE (there's that missing education about food) was pretty deficient.

Most parents will attempt to help their teen change while living with the family at home, rather than immediately sending their troubled teen away to a private boarding school for troubled teens.

Middle school can be demanding and the added pressures of homework, friendship challenges, and challenges at home can be more than your tween can handle.

But the reality is that there are many things that would affect that other than just individual parenting skills — like a long line of trickle - down societal expectations; the way kids are treated at school; not to mention a high - quality, state - funded daycare system that most parents choose over staying at home permanently with their children.

Here I am, a stay - at - home mom, daughter of a stay - at - home mom, and I read an article like that and think, «uh oh, is my choice to stay at home going to make my [maybe someday] daughters into high school dropouts who aspire for nothing more than childbearing?»