Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program For those of you who read my blog regularly, you probably know all the steps that led up to my daughter’s (Grasshopper and Sensei) RISD Pre-College Program. First, we looked at Art and Design Schools’ summer programs. She got four concussions her sophomore year of high school which…
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Coupon for Jimmy Dean® Stuffed Hash Browns
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my own. Now that school is starting soon, I find that hot breakfasts are harder to pull off. We are always rushing in the morning due to the fact that two of kids — the youngest and…
Top Tips to Help Your Child Settle in Well at School
The back-to-school period at the beginning of a new term or a new school year can be stressful for both parents and children. For parents, there is always a long list of items on the checklist to tick off before day one, while for kids there is a potential flurry of nerves to deal with…
Maker Space STEAM: 3D Printing Camp
PickyKidPix joined her brother at computer camp this summer. This was her first introduction to the computer camp that he had been going to for the past three years. They picked 3D Printing this year which struck me as the perfect partnership of ART in STEM or STEAM. PickyKidPix, now 14 years old, would be…
Multicultural Children’s Book Giveaway!
It’s time for the 2nd Annual Multicultural Children’s Book Giveaway and KidLit TV is teaming up with Pragmatic Mom, Jump into a Book, Franticmommy, The Educators Spin On It, What We Do All Day and Multicultural Children’s Book Day to give parents, teachers, and librarians in need, a chance to win a multicultural book bundle for their school library. Libraries play an important role in everyone’s life….
10 Picture Books for Toddlers About Being a Good Friend
Maria Ashworth is my guest blogger today with a list of ten picture books to help toddlers and preschoolers learn how to be a good friend. Her picture book is called My Big Tree and introduces counting to 10. Animals in North America join a bluebird in a tree but must reorganize into segregated groups…
Sleepaway Camp and Why Dangerous Activities are Good for Kids
It probably won’t surprise you that my two daughters refused to do the easy thing for their parents: go to the same sleepaway camp. No, they chose YMCA sleepaway camps on the other side of the state. My oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, went to the Berkshires at Chimney Corners where the camp culture emphasizes being…







