How School Shootings are Victimizing Our Kids in More Ways Than...
As the new school year begins parents everywhere are fraught with concerns over the epidemic of school violence that has overtaken our nation. Shadowed...
Optimize Your Morning Routine For School
After a long summer of sleeping in and hitting the snooze button, trying to get the kids up early for school may seem daunting....
8 things to do before your baby heads off to college
The summer before college is an amazing and beautiful time. While you may be working to cope through that your baby is officially (unless...
Back to School: The Best Winter Coats and Accessories
Back to School means fall is on the horizon. We gladly welcome the changing of the seasons from the fiery hot summers to the...
Junior Explorers: Teaching Kids Conservation One Classroom at a Time
In this day and age of environmental awareness and conservation, you often hear adults talking about leaving a better planet for the children who...
Organized, Uniformed and Ready for Kindergarten
I’ve been mentally preparing myself for this day for years. My oldest child is finally old enough to go to kindergarten.
With so many schooling...
Finding the Right Curriculum for Your Family
Choosing the curriculum you will be using for an entire school year can be one of the most daunting tasks for homeschooling parents. Let...
Back to School with a Mom of All Girls
Back to school shopping as a mom of all girls means we are in constant motion to find the cutest, the hippest, the brightest,...
How Heavy Is Your Child’s Backpack?
This is a guest post by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).
When kids carry more than 10% of their body weight, discomfort can occur....
10 Items To Check Off Your School Supplies List
Can you believe summer is almost over and it is time to send your kids back to school? Are your kids as prepared as...
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MAGNET SCHOOLS
When you have kids, you don’t realize exactly how many decisions you have to make just by the time they’re 5 or 6 years...
Back to School: Preschool & Kindergarten Essentials
The early school years are such a precious time. Your young child is just getting the hang of what school is like and his...
The Benefits of Keeping Recess in School
Duck, Duck Goose, Mother May I, Hopscotch, Dodgeball, Red Light, Green Light; do any of these games sound familiar? Of course they do. Many...
5 Steps to Getting Your Kids Pumped for Back to School...
The new school year is right around the corner, and that means moms and dads everywhere are already trying to plan how they are...
How To Make Every Family Road Trip An Educational Adventure
No matter how your family approaches education school might start to feel pretty blah by November. Why not spice things up by taking learning...
Career Planning: Everything You Need to Know
Career Planning! There is so much involved with this that trying to plan a future can be overwhelming and stressful. Finding the perfect career...
Exploring the Options for Your Graduating Teen Who is Just Not...
For some of us we still recall the fear and anticipation of the first day of our last year of high school. Our senior...
10+ Best Teaching Supplies: Educational Games & Toys You Need
Teaching supplies are not just for teachers! Whether you are sending your kids back to a traditional classroom and preparing your afterschool playroom, or...
School Lunches: 18 Of The Best Lunchboxes And Snacks To Make...
Ready for Kristin. Thank you so much!
Going Back to School: 16 Meal Prep & Home Organization Items...
Going back to school is such an exciting time for everyone in the family, but it also means there is a lot more work...
National School Breakfast Week: The Case for Feeding Our Kids
For most of us moms around the country, we wake up before the sun, sleep long after the moon has risen, and spend a...
Educating Your Child About School Violence
When considering the discussion you should have with your child(ren) regarding school violence, it seems like a daunting and unpleasant task. How do you...
Back to School Shopping with Target
Kids all across the country are beginning to board school buses, get into their carpools and gear up for another school year full of...
The Importance of Creating a Homework Space with Joss and Main
It’s just around that time of year again. School buses will soon be showing up to cart your precious cargo away for yet another...
5 Effective Reading Strategies for Kindergartners
Kindergarten is an incredible time in a child's life! Not only is it a growing time for your child socially (sometimes it's even the...
10 Profitable Jobs That Don’t Require a Degree
Growing up you were likely told that you have to graduate high school, go to college, get married, and then settle down to have...
Child Diabetes: 6 Important Things to Prepare Your Kid For School
Your child with type 1 diabetes is headed back to school. This may be your first go-round with going back to school and juggling...
5 Ways to Make Your Child a Testing Rockstar
Spring time means many school districts are participating in a variety of state-mandated tests, which can be pretty stressful on kids. These tests play...
18 Great Back To School Activities To Keep Your Child Engaged...
Back-to-school time is always filled with excitement and jitters, especially on the first day of school. All the school supplies are new, as are...
Back to Busy with a Mom of All Boys
No matter how much I keep hoping these boys will stop growing so fast, each year seems to come and go, flying by faster...
The Impact of Music in Children’s Lives and Education
“Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or...
Back to School: Going Beyond the Sack Lunch
Some would argue lunch is the best part of the school day. With lunchboxes like these, there will be no denying that! No matter...
De-Stress Your Back to School Morning Routine
Back to school time can be stressful, and the morning routine is the hardest time of the day for many families, including mine. With...
BACK TO SCHOOL ESSENTIALS
It is hard to believe that we are already closing in on the end of summer and back to school season is officially in...
How To: Be a Preschool Supermom
As school registration begins in the spring, so does the parent responsibilities for next school year. Being a Super Pre-School Mom is totally attainable...
Middle School Books Your Kids will love from Schiffer Publishing
It is an escape, a vacation, a trip to another place and time; reading is an exploration, an adventure, and a place to go....
How A Budgeting Bullet Journal Can Keep You Financially Healthy &...
With the way the market is today, and a recession on the cusp, it's more important than ever to keep finances in check. But...
