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《 The Whole-Brain Child 》是近期许多微信 教育群 里热推的一本书。我也跟风儿买了一本。短短百余页的小册子，很好读。收益非浅，有点醍醐灌顶的感觉。以前代孩子中遇到的问题，似乎找到了答案。 从大脑发育出发，让你了解你的孩子 。市面上无数育儿书总是长篇累...

The "Best Bat" may be a misnomer. Every year manufactures claim their new model is the best. Plus your boy grows, too - what best ...

It's his 2nd Pinewood Derby Car season, and we want to try something different this year.  Surprisingly, our new strategy worked ! My so...

一个企业在规划自己的产品和战略时，是应该谋定而后动还是应该勇往直前、见招拆招？ Peter Sims 的《 Little Bets 》一书在采访了从乔布斯 ( Steve Jobs ) 的苹果、皮克斯 ( Pixar ) 到脱口秀喜剧演员克里斯·洛克( Chris Rock ...

After reading the benefit of fishing with your kids:  staying away from xboxes & cell phones ,  learning a new skill set , getting fathe...

There is a Regular EDC knife , and there is a Damascus EDC knife ! An EDC knife is meant for everyday carry. Our lives are different. Wh...

It's always a good sign when you're mentally exhausted after reading a book, and I felt that way after completing Never Eat Alone , ...

Perhaps inspired by my recent  post , many friends start building science projects of  ScienceWiz / Inventions Kit   with their kids ,   How...

[ 中文 ]  I bought  Emotional Intelligence 2.0 book probably due to a little social pressure - at least two corporate training instructors r...

Did you make the similar mistake?  My son loves Legos. To cultivate his engineering sense, I bought tons of different LEGO sets,  City , The...

"Is ice skating the right sport for my kids; which one - Figure skating or Hockey? " Many parents asked these questions. My answer...

[ English ]   大家都知道－“干得累不如干得巧”。那怎么才能干得巧？这本《 Your Brain at Work 》书 会给你一点儿启示。 我对本书的第一印象就是它 讲故事的笔锋， 把很多脑科学知识自然地与 Emily和Paul一家人的工作、生活串起来。解释了大脑...

My son has played chess over a year. He went to chess camps and took chess lessons. One tip is to get the right books. He read the following...

My son and I had zero background about the Pinewood Derby Car when we got his car kit from our Pack. Over the past 2 months, we did lots o...

What is the right Bose Bluetooth Speaker for me?  I know that I will be never wrong having a Bose blue speaker. The question to me - Which i...

《 ScienceWiz / Inventions Kit 》： 儿子8岁了。他对 Lego 有与生俱来的热爱，好奇机械、爱拆东西。为了给他普及一些科技知识，除了读书外，我一直在找一本适合7－8孩子的科技动手图书。不想让他仅限于 l Lego 的拼搭，更要引导他一些基本的物理常识...

美国 Goodreads 网站  2016年度“读者选择奖” 2016年最佳图书20本 1. BEST FICTION -  最佳小说 Truly Madly Guilty 《委实疯狂的罪恶》

Celestron 70mm Telescope ：刚看见有人求荐入门级Telescope适合7-8岁孩子但低于$50。一分钱一分货。低于$50且质量说的过去的比较难找。 我家用的是  Celestron 70mm , Amazon Best Seller，$65。效果比较满意 ...

摘要 为了进一步激发8岁儿子的中文兴趣，我在他临睡前的story time 引入了故事性、趣味性强的成语和 陈卫平 的《 中国历史 》中一些故事。效果不错，儿子每晚都盼着听；而且他在日常对话中有意识地使用一些听过的成语。 没时间的话，看到这里即可；有时间可继续往下读……

演讲技巧(Presentation skills) 在职场的重要性我就不再赘述了，想必大家都有共鸣。我在公司也陆续参加了几个有关Presentation skills的培训。虽有些帮助，但见效不太显著。 一次，偶然的机会在YouTube上看到 Cole Nussbaumer ...

1. 导语 这里的经验仅限于我和儿子参加了一年半的Cub Scouts活动，所以分享经验主要基于Cub Scouts。 Cub Scout  是童子军的预科，主要针对7-12岁男孩。通常说的童子军是指  Boy Scout  12-18岁男孩。更多童子军信息参见  Boy...

The Shortest History of Europe  covers the sweep of European history in only 150 pages. Based on a series of lectures, John Hirst tells the...