by Ari Yares | Aug 2, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Recently, my oldest daughter and I turned her four and a half hour drive to drop her off at camp into a bit of a road trip. We listened to podcasts together in the car, pointed at things out the window, and talked about where we might head on our next stop or what we...
by Ari Yares | Jul 31, 2017 | 21st Century Learning, School Leadership, The Innovative Dad Blog
One of the exciting buzz words among educators is 21st-century learning (yes, I know the 21st century has been here for a few years). It’s a way to package an approach to education that emphasizes things like critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and...
by Ari Yares | Jul 26, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about losing my temper. Maybe it’s because I’ve been feeling that it’s been just a little too close to the surface or maybe I’ve witnessed just a few of them at work recently (from kids, not the staff). A...
by Ari Yares | Jul 19, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
This is how dinner went the other night in our house. One of my children had finished eating and was still hungry. Child: “What else can I have?” Me: “Strawberries” Child: “I don’t want strawberries.” Me, desperately trying to find something for him to eat: “How about...
by Ari Yares | Jul 5, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
I went grocery shopping the other day and an errand that should have been pretty quick to twice the amount of time I had planned. The culprit? Choice. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a big fan of free will and I believe we should be empowered to make our own...
by Ari Yares | Jun 28, 2017 | School Psychology, The Innovative Dad Blog
Like many boys his age, my son is fascinated by construction equipment. They are big, noisy, and they do things. He’s particularly enamored by bulldozers. These versatile workhorses of construction sites do it all. They move things, they flatten things, and they...
