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Welcome to the Education with Grandma Blog
Below you will find essays, articles and posts. To read about a specific topic, click on one of the links below and scroll down.


Helping Parents Understand Learning Disabilities
A funny, curious little guy I love very much has a learning disability. Although I remind myself that each challenge in life brings its...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Resolving Stubborn Behavior By Being Creatively Destructive
My cousin Patty died this week. In memory of her, I want to share this story, which I recall with loving humor. When I was ten and my...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Finding Hidden Surprises As I Wander Through Senior Years
During my senior years, I noticed some remarkable changes in my attitude. I laugh and have more fun in my mid-seventies than I have ever...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Take Advantage of Prison Reforms to Save At Risk Students
The United States would truly be worthy of worldwide acclaim if our nation could boast of increased and improved schools simultaneously...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


How Much Per Pound Did It Cost?
My husband thinks my blogs have included too many ground-up body parts. Maybe he’s right. What can I say? Growing up in the Texas desert...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Getting Angry & Getting Even with a Green Parrot
This story comes from Grandmother Glover’s Voice. In this story, which took place in the 1920s, Grandmother tells about her grandson’s...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Saving a Life With a Dirty Rag
Today, I post a family story about my daddy — my first hero. Daddy was always a manager. Maybe his 6’4” height caused people to...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Practice Personal Organization to Facilitate Life
From time to time, I return to my roots as an educator. Through the years, many self-proclaimed and medically diagnosed students with...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Does Living in Fear Help Keep Us Safe?
In 1933, in his inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared, “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022


Brimming with Smiles: Beaming with Friendship
Being fourteen has it’s challenges! This blog is for our granddaughter who is a freshman in high school. I recall being rather grim and...
Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
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