vocabulary
word a day: creating word conscious, word happy kids
Our very first day of the Smart Summer Challenge found us lazying around at home because Owen returned from swim and dive feeling really under the weather. So while he ...
creating word-conscious kids
A portion of this article was originally posted by me on ABC & 123 on 5/17/10. Just the way that some people will notice a kite in the sky, a ...
the skinny on important early literacy terms
Originally posted on ABC & 123, 4/05/10: We, as parents and our children’s very first teachers, can begin to support early literacy development as soon as our kiddos are born. ...
our easy and exciting backyard fragrance experiment
It’s been impossible to ignore that springtime (or is it summer?) has arrived in full-force, so for the last few days, we’ve been enjoying our own backyard, our brand-new pup, ...
farm-full of rich vocabulary words
I always cringe when I hear parents talking in baby voices and using baby words when interacting with their not-so-babyish children. Or other people’s not-so-babyish children, especially once those kiddos ...
asking the heart questions
This morning at breakfast, before we even had a chance to check out Maddy’s kindergarten calendar or talk about the weather, an article in The Kids Post had us practicing ...
