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teach your children about giving this holiday: #blog4cause
Welcome to #blog4cause 2012! * November & December 2012 * Inspiring speakers and a little conversation between creative minds at EVO Conference this summer has led us to #blog4cause, and ...
halloween giving: how to BOO! your friends (on a budget)
I’ve said it before–spooky Halloween is not my thing. So this weekend, when our family was officially BOO’ed for the first time, a whole new chapter of Halloween fun–and Halloween ...
water bead free play: relaxing, soothing, & so totally worth it
During the school year, my kids are tired. Their days are long, the nights are short, and quite frankly, they’re just tired. Add an afternoon activity one or two days ...
keeping families safe while driving: safely go
Though our number one priority as parents is to keep our kids safe–all of the time–it boggles my mind the number of people I see looking at their phones while ...
develop strong reading skills early: skimming vs reading
I realized something recently that I should have noticed way before now. Actually, I had an idea about it, but I wasn’t really for sure for sure. One of my ...
how to raise kids who love math
I was absolutely floored at how many emails I received after I posted the article about what to do when kids hate reading last week. Blown-away. Floored. Many wrote to ...
geocaching: what it is & why we’re hooked
Right now, we’re 2 for 6. That’s right–2/6. 2:6? And today we totally thought we had one, but we didn’t. We’ll masters by wintertime, after a fall of not worrying ...
target supports education: grants & programs that ROCK (+ giveaway!)
We all love Target. That’s nothing new, right? The sales rock. The clothes for kids–and adults!–rock. The Dollar Bins rock. The grocery items rock. Those cute brown boots I got last ...
3 quick, hands-on, totally cool math games
Every summer, our school hands out summer packets–worksheets upon worksheets with ways that parents can continue the learning all summer long. And among the worksheets are ideas that incorporate learning ...
smart summer calendar: fun, focused summer plan for ANY family
Hip, hip HOORAY! Summer’s finally officially here! Woo00-hooo! My melancholy, revved-up, emotional kiddos finally seemed a little less anxious today. Though Owen would not believe that he passed Kindergarten until ...
disney social media moms celebration: 5 life lessons learned
I am over the moon to share all that I learned at the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, but it just cannot be done in a single post. So today, ...
