Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education

It Starts Around Third Grade

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | November 4, 2019.

Academics tend to break down around third grade, when children go from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn, or from simple arithmetic to more complex math concepts. In the earlier grades it is more...

A School with a Child Development Perspective

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | October 7, 2019.

Children are not miniature adults – a second-grader is not a deficient twelfth-grader. Children are not miniature adults – a second-grader is not a deficient twelfth-grader. Children have a unique set...

Raising Children, Not Test Scores

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | September 9, 2019.

When my daughter was twelve years old, we bought a new house with a beautiful yard. The gardener, Mikel, had been mowing the grass and tending the flowers at this house for years, so when we moved in,...

Why Teaching Academics by Skill Level vs Grade Level is Better for Your Child.

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | April 21, 2019.

Grouping students by skill level rather than grade level for math and language arts meets the needs of those students who are ready for

The Cost of a Missed Childhood

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | March 17, 2019.

Please enjoy this excerpt from my upcoming book, A Common Sense Education in Uncommon Times: Caulbridge. In writing the chapter, The Cost of a Missed Childhood, I reached out to Derek Rubinstein, Psy.D....

Your Child’s Self-Regulation is Not Just Self-Control

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | February 9, 2019.

Self-regulation relates to your child’s ability to successfully participate in the classroom, take turns, understand social cues, make good decisions and be a good friend. Defined as the ability to...

Your Child’s Hierarchy of Needs for School Success.

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | January 27, 2019.

The chart below compares the basic needs for human development and a child’s school success. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs reminds us that only when the basic physiological and safety needs are met, can...

What is Developmental Movement and Why Does My Child Need It?

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | January 6, 2019.

Children first learn through the senses and movement of the body. A baby’s reflexes are small movements that help the brain learn; connecting experiences (sensing or touching) with

Are We Giving Up on Our Children – Only to Accommodate the System?

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | December 2, 2018.

Accommodations in school are generally offered in response to a student’s academic, social-emotional or physical discrepancies. With rare exception, a student’s academic struggles are

Why is My Child Struggling in School?

Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education | September 25, 2018.

If your child has difficulties with recalling previous lessons, is easily distracted or generally resists learning, there may be other factors at play. A child’s academic struggles may be indications...

Author: Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education

It Starts Around Third Grade

A School with a Child Development Perspective

Raising Children, Not Test Scores

Why Teaching Academics by Skill Level vs Grade Level is Better for Your Child.

The Cost of a Missed Childhood

Your Child’s Self-Regulation is Not Just Self-Control

Your Child’s Hierarchy of Needs for School Success.

What is Developmental Movement and Why Does My Child Need It?

Are We Giving Up on Our Children – Only to Accommodate the System?

Why is My Child Struggling in School?

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