My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
I’m so proud of my college roommate, Sylvia Mathews Burwell. She has the most impressive resume of anyone that I know: Rhodes Scholar, McKinsey Consultant, Deputy Chief of Staff for President Clinton, Gates Foundation Executive, U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services for President Obama. Here are a few things that are surprising. She never…
After our trip to the west coast to visit art schools, my daughter was on the fence about her second choice school. Rhode Island School of Design, where she did two summers of their pre-college program was her first choice, but very competitive to get into. I decided to squeeze in a trip to Chicago…
On Monday, my son’s 7th grade class began work on their Ancient Feast museum artifact projects. The Ancient Feast has been a tradition at F. A. Day Middle School for 36 years. While it has changed a great deal since its original inception, the Feast is a celebratory moment. Students work on their own or…
I wanted to thank Barbara Davis from Mom Trusted Choice for selecting me to be on her Top 50 Mom Bloggers list! Her blog covers motherhood and parenting with guides, reviews, helpful tips and tricks and more: “When it comes to mom blogs, there’s plenty of interesting content to read out there. I’m a mom…
It feels like my son barely read any books in 7th grade despite fully recovering from his year-long concussion last year. Upon retrospection, however, he has read quite a few books. It just doesn’t feel that way because he binge-read an 11-book series, Wings of Fire. His love of this series prompted him to ask…
Spring break might still be barely behind us, yet summer vacation is now on the horizon. How well you handle this year’s summer depends on the weeks leading up to July and August. Want some tips for a happy, stress-free summer? Here are 6 key actions that smart parents deploy to keep their kids entertained…
My publisher, Valarie Budayr at Audrey Press, is also my co-creator of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Together with Becky Flansburg, our project manager, we started a holiday six years ago that has blossomed into a celebration of diversity in children’s books that lasts well beyond a single day. If you don’t believe in coincidences like…