SHOPPING SMART FOR BACK TO SCHOOL
Back-to-school shopping can be fun and exciting: cool gear, the latest back-to-school fashions, and blank notebooks just waiting to be filled with the year’s...
How to Reach a Reluctant Reader
Arguably, one of the best milestones of childhood is learning to read. It's quite remarkable (and a bit emotional!) to watch your child blossom...
Art Education Is Important, So Why Is Funding Always Getting Cut?
It is no secret that art education is important for kids. It is beneficial in all kinds of ways, helping with not only creativity...
Post Pandemic: To Mask or Not Mask? The Scary Question This...
Post Pandemic? Everyone thought as the 2021-2022 school year began, we would be post-pandemic. But, as the new school year begins, the debate not...
Understanding Unreasonable Search and Seizure: Protecting your Child’s 4th Amendment Rights...
In the United States, the Fourth Amendment is a fundamental right that grants protection from unreasonable search and seizure. As a parent, it's important...
Helping Your Tween or Teen Set Academic Goals
Mid-school-year can be a challenging time for students and families. Often, academics begin to feel like a drag as the long countdown to summer...
5 Things to Consider When Choosing Healthy Snacks for Back-to-School
“Hey mom, can I have a snack?”
Sound familiar? That is likely the first question your child asks the minute they come home from a...
WAHM 5 Tips to Surviving Back to School Stress
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August 18, 2017
Raising children is a full time job. Raising children on top of holding down a part-time job (or jobs!) from home means...
5 Practical Strategies for Achieving Academic Goals Through Another Tough School...
It’s here! School’s back in session. Are you ready? Let’s face it, the past year and a half have been extra tough for kids,...
Making Back to School Easier with Labels
Back to school is looming, and you’re probably thinking of the mountains of tasks you need to do to prepare for the return of...
7 Ways to Teach Your Child How to Study
Teaching your child how to study is the most important skill you can give them to carry on throughout their school years. Introducing study...
7 of the Best Year-End Teacher Gifts (And Three of the...
Whether you want to admit it or not, your child’s teacher works their butt off to ensure that your son or daughter receives a...
A Teacher’s Roundup of the Best Books for Beginning Readers
Many parents would agree that helping their child learn to read is one of the most important developmental milestones in a young child’s life....
THE SCOOP ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Every year parents face the tasks involved with the start of school. Kids need to be registered. You have to prepare your family to...
The Real Mom’s School Guide
Have you seen what parents are packing in their kids’ lunch boxes lately? The ratio of time spent preparing versus time spent eating has...
Where In The World Are We? A World Map Adventure
“Mom, show me where I was born again please?” my middle child asked me while I was cooking dinner. My two oldest children were...
Surviving a Science Fair Project in 3 Easy Steps
Every year, that time rolls around that all parents dread: Science fair project season! No matter how much your child loves science, there is...
Tips for Changing Schools Mid-year
Being the new kid is always a challenge. Changing schools mid-year can present a different set of challenges altogether. Sometimes during mid-year PCS season,...
4 Powerful Reasons to Chaperone A Field Trip
As a parent, the invitation to chaperone a field trip at your child's school might initially seem like a logistical challenge. However, saying yes...
Does Your Child Have Testing Jitters? Here is How to Help...
Students of all ages are faced with tests. Standardized tests, unit tests, and tests called assessments. Many students have testing jitters, but they aren't...
11 Essential Safety Tips Parents Should Follow to Avoid a School...
Nobody wants to think about the possibility of a car accident in the school pick-up line, but unfortunately, it happens far too often. It...
Spouse Spotlight: Meg Flanagan of MilKidsEd
MilKidsEd fearless leader and Massachusetts-born Meg Flanagan wears many hats. She's Mom, a runner, teacher, avid reader, maker of fabulous soups, wife, military spouse,...
Effective Study Techniques and Time Management Strategies For Back To School...
Oh, mama, can you feel it? The summer days are slipping away, and a whole new school year is knocking at our door. Our...
Back-to-School Tips with Meg from MilKids Ed
If you don’t know Meg of MilKids Ed or missed this awesome video interview with her best tips for starting back to school, we...
5 Money Saving Tips for Back to School
It seemed like just yesterday we were in the mad dash of end of the school year activities and now we’re filling our calendars...
Early Literacy and the Importance of Reading to Young Children
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
A child’s education...
CHOOSING THE RIGHT DAYCARE
Leaving your child at daycare can be the hardest decision in parenthood. You are entrusting your child’s welfare to another person. It can feel...
Homeschool Preschool: The Surprising Reasons Why It Might Be The Best...
Formal preschool may not be for everyone, as more and more households have two parents working outside of the home, preschool has become more...
Worldschooling with The Wild Bradburys: What is Forest School?
Far removed from the feral Mogli child in the forest stereotype, forest school is an immersion into natural landscapes. In nature, children can study the...
Prepping for Pre-K and Keeping it Minimal
I feel like it was just yesterday that my son was still latched onto me breastfeeding and I researching on my phone looking into...
Keeping the School Rhythm through the Holidays
In our house, winter break is something we look forward to. It’s a time without crazy schedules filled with family, fun, and relaxation. Pushing pause...
4 Key Strategies for Building a Positive Parent-Teacher Relationship From the...
As parents, we all want the best for our children, and their education plays a vital role in shaping their future. One of the...
5 Ways to Help Prevent the Summer Slide
As the House Stark would say if he was not always wearing fur, and on an island somewhere - Summer is coming! Summer as...
Help Your Child Change Schools Like an Expert in 5th Grade
You’ve been through a lot with your elementary schooler — from that adorable first day of kindergarten, when you saw them off to...
10 Tips For Developing Learning Strategies Over the Summer to Reduce...
Hello, Summer! There's nothing better than for your kiddo to finally be done with school (goodbye, early mornings!)
While you may be thrilled that...
15 Unique and Thoughtful Gift Ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week
Teachers play a crucial role in shaping our children's lives, and it's important to show our appreciation for all that they do during Teacher...
