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help! when kids hate reading: 3 tips for parents
It’s hard–I get that. Parenting in general is a tough gig, but when your child dislikes something that you love? Something that comes as naturally to you as walking or ...
2 tricks to an organized school year
How do you stay organized during the school year? What do you do to not get lost in the sea of papers your kids bring home from school each day? ...
how every family can start the school year off right
Several years ago, I wrote about how to make the school year a smashing success, or. . . actually how to make the school year as successful as humanly possible. ...
wordless riddles: silly lunchbox notes
When I asked Maddy, Owen, and Cora what they liked best for their lunchbox notes, I got three different answers. From Maddy: I want more jokes–not joke, jokes like knock-knocks ...
our super-special Kindergarten lunchbox love notes
One of my first, most distinct happy, happy memories was when I was six years old. I was eating my very first lunch out of my very first lunchbox, in ...
daniel tiger’s neighborhood: quality programming for preschoolers
When something seems bad, turn it around. . . . . . and find something good. I like it. And I know my kids would love it too–and even ...
hello teacher notes: let kids connect with teachers
Another one of our fave back-to-school traditions involves a little bit of writing, some decorating, and a wee bit of walking. Not much walking, really. Just to the mailbox or ...
back-to-school shopping: get the kids involved
I can hardly believe it’s that time of year again, but it is. Last year, when we waited until (gasp!) the week before school to start for our Back-to-School shopping, ...
how to prepare your child for kindergarten — summertime prep
This time last summer, we were gearing up to send off my sweet boy to Kindergarten, and this year, it’s my baby’s turn. Cora will walk into those elementary school ...
10 fun ways of helping kids learn the abc’s
It’s so easy for us to say we want our kids to learn the ABC’s and 123′s before kids hit Kindergarten, but how do we actually do it? Is there ...
how to prepare your kids to see disney pixar’s brave
Since we don’t go to the movies all that often, I’m all about doing what we can to prepare kids for movies before we go. I’m a nervous kind of ...
