The process of learning how to read can be as simple and painless as learning how to speak. The Lighthouse Academy begins by placing our youngest students in classes in which the older students are already reading. All children want to “do what the big kids can do,” and as the intriguing work that absorbs the older students involves reading, there is a natural lure for the young child.  The first... [read more]

A power struggle is when a person holds one position and another person holds a different position and both are unwilling to change their positions. Then it becomes a struggle for power. It is rarely about the issue at hand. It is about feeling powerless and wanting to feel more power within the situation. Let’s look at the difference between “authentic power” and “coercive power.”... [read more]

Far too many schools have transformed the process of learning and discovery, which comes naturally to children at birth, into a stressful and often unpleasant experience. We tend to think about schools from a business perspective. We talk incessantly about high standards, competition, and holding children accountable. Somewhere along the way we forgot that schools are meant to nurture children’s natural development,... [read more]

It’s that time of year again.  We look around and take inventory of our life.  We all agree that life is way too fast.  We wonder, what has happened?  It used to be much easier.  Now it seems that we fight for brief moments with our children, often too tired to really get involved.  It almost seems that sometimes we are simply surviving life, not living life.  Our pastor once said, “when... [read more]

Many today are focused on the flu and what the affects might be on their family.  We fully understand the concern and encourage massive prevention measures to keep the bugs away.  But at the end of the scare and worry, we must place our full hope and confidence in the One who made us, Jesus Christ our Lord.  We all suffer.  Some physically, mentally, spiritually, finacially, maritialy and racially…just... [read more]