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Communication With Kids: How to Address Tragic EventsWhen traumatic events occur in our world or our town, our inclination might be to limit communication with kids and keep them naive and protected from the tragedies and violence that occurs around them. However, it is often difficult to prevent these stories from reaching our children’s ears. Our main…
Organization: How To Create a Portable Homework Stationmom • crafts • parenting • education
Organization—Back to school...it's that time of year. Many of you have already started, which means most likely your kids have brought home homework. Parents dread homework as much as the kids. This portable homework station will help keep peace in the family. Back to school is not my…
Gearing up for the new school year!It’s that time again! Back-to-School season is officially here! Whether you’ve just begun prepping for the new school year, or your kids have already started – this can be an exciting but hectic time for both parents and kids. Summer flew by and now is about the time when everyone…
Education: 8 Ways to Keep Math Skills Up in the SummerEducation—Summer is the break kids look forward so they can shut off their minds. But summer is also three months out of the year when your kid’s developing brains should be practicing and staying in shape. As summer activities begin, keep your children’s minds open and ready for growth…
Summer Learning: How to Make an Educational Treasure MapIt can be hard this time of year, particularly during the summer, to keep up your kids' enthusiasm for learning. For that matter, it can be hard for you to keep up your enthusiasm to help your kids to learn. If you're like me, you've been working hard…
Summer Learning: Math and Reading Sidewalk Chalk ActivitiesVery soon, the kids will be out of school for summer. While that means lots of fun activities, we don't want them to experience too much of the "summer slide," where they lose some of what they learned during the school year. To avoid this, it's a good idea…
