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Laurie Ann Thompson

Laurie Thompson

School profiles

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In March, I worked on writ­ing sum­maries for sev­er­al schools based on sur­vey data obtained from par­ents by Judy’s Book Greater Seat­tle, including:

  • 65th Street Coop­er­a­tive Preschool
  • The Clear­wa­ter School
  • Epiphany School
  • French Amer­i­can School of Puget Sound
  • Hill­top Ele­men­tary School
  • The Nova Project
  • Pike Mar­ket Child Care and Preschool
  • The Ever­green School
  • West­side School

I also wrote an arti­cle for them enti­tled “A great preschool means a great fit.”

[2007–06-01: Unfor­tu­nate­ly, they seem to have tak­en down all of their arti­cles and now have only com­mu­ni­ty reviews and prod­uct deals, so my school sum­maries and arti­cle appear to be no longer avail­able. Bro­ken links have been removed.]

Early language delays can hamper learning

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This arti­cle is about diag­nos­ing and treat­ing lan­guage delays before chil­dren enter school in order to pre­vent learn­ing dif­fi­cul­ties lat­er. My daugh­ter, as well as the chil­dren of sev­er­al of my friends, are for­tu­nate to have received speech ther­a­py as preschoolers.

“Ear­ly lan­guage delays can ham­per learn­ing”, Par­entMap, Novem­ber 2004, page 13

Hike and seek with geocaching

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My first pub­lished arti­cle is about tak­ing kids geo­caching — a grow­ing sport where hand­held GPS sys­tems are used to locate hid­den “trea­sure”. Although we don’t go often enough, my fam­i­ly real­ly enjoys hik­ing, and geo­caching adds a nice twist to help keep the lit­tle ones moti­vat­ed. The Pacif­ic North­west is a par­tic­u­lar­ly great place for geo­caching, but you can try it just about any­where in the world.

“Hike and seek with geo­caching”, Par­entMap, August 2004, pages 22–23

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