Kaleidoscope
From the desk of Susie Fahrer
The Rainbow Seven Domains™
Director’s Welcome
PIP-ING at Rainbow
Educational Research has revealed that children learn best when the material is relevant to them. That is one reason why the "PIP: Personal Interest Project" has been a long tradition at Rainbow...
Decisions, Decisions
When is your child old enough to make decisions on her own? At restaurants, it's not uncommon to see a parent asking a very young child to decide what she wants to eat. What amazes me more, is when I...
What does HOLISTIC education actually mean?
"Holistic" is becoming a buzzword, but we have used it to describe the education at Rainbow Mountain Children's School since 1977. From Wikipedia: The concept of holism refers to the idea that all the...
The most important component
As you may know, Rainbow's educational philosophy is wonderful. But it takes much, much more than a great philosophy to have a great school. What is that makes the difference between a classroom...
Play IS work
Remember playing as a child? Most of us had a lot more freedom as children to run through backyards, wade in a creek, or form a neighborhood baseball game than kids do today. It turns out, all that...
Creativity Crisis
There is IQ, EQ (or EI for Emotional Intelligence), SI (Social Intelligence), but did you know there is a CQ for creativity?  What's remarkable, is that researchers who have done longitudinal studies,...
Measuring Success
Some of America's top schools no longer require SAT or ACT test scores for admission, because the correlation between test scores/IQ and success in college is very poor. (Grades are a much better...
Is Santa Claus Real?
"If you want Santa Claus to be real, then you have to be like Santa Claus." Many of you who have told the Santa Claus story to your children, have been concerned about how to handle their disappointment...
Congratulations, You Have Been Nominated!
"I'm totally surprised and have never been more honored in my entire life..." Those were my words as I proudly accepted the PEACE PRIZE. The Fourth/Fifth grade "Fantastics" are studying twelve...