- Attention All Parents and Teachers! Keeping Learning Real - The Truth About Your Child and Learning! Dear Reader, Nothing is more precious than the life of a child. It's an amazing experience watching that child grow as a result of what he is being fed. Even more humbling is observing the mind of that child develop. The nourishment provided in the classroom establishes the basis for how that child will learn for the rest of his life. You only have one chance to "get it right." Just as it is impossible to "un-ring a bell," a child must be stimulated to learn in a positive way early in his classroom experience. Otherwise learning will be a difficult challenge. Just like the bell, early habits can be impossible to reverse. It's a fact that if people know better they will do better. No one sets out to deliberately "de-motivate" a child to learn. That's preposterous! However, in our quest to be better parents and teachers we often find ourselves doing the "same old things" and getting the same old results! Every teacher knows that handful of students that are just wired differently. These are the kids who become bored in the classroom. The same kids that we wish we could spend more time with because we know that just beneath the surface there's a flower just bursting to bloom. Too many kids fall through the