My book list of Top 10 Books to Teach Kids to Be More Responsible made me start to think about life skills that kids need before going off to college. That and the fact that my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, will be starting high school next fall so we have only 4 years to tackle this…
Category: Parenting
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.
Why Kids Should Keep Up with Science News
Please welcome my guest blogger today, Catherine Ross of Kids Learning Games! There are plenty of websites that provide science news for kids. With the latest updates on research findings, cool inventions, and scientific expeditions in various fields, these websites provide scientific content that would interest kids in a manner that they can understand. Scientific…
Where Am I From? A loaded question?
After the brouhaha from Thoroughly Modern Millie, I feel like I am way more sensitive to racism and when I get asked “Where am I from?”, this video immediately comes to mind. So where am I from? Or where am I from … from?! I was born in Anaheim, California, not far from Disneyland. I grew…
This is funny: The Mom Song to Celebrate All Moms!
Happy Mother’s Day! Hope you enjoy this viral video with the very funny mom song. I’ll bet you can relate to it! “The Mom” song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe. What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Hilarious and talented! Lyrics for “The Mom…
Happy Mother’s Day and Countdown in Style
Happy Sunday ladies! Happy Mother’s Day to all! I hope you’re having a wonderful and blessed day! We are looking for guest co-hosts! Feel free to fill out the form HERE to guest host! Welcome to Countdown in Style ~ Week {21}! Here are our favorites from Week 20: Have you ever been challenged to…
Meet Jonathan Stroud and Rick Riordan
I wanted you to meet Jonathan Stroud next. He was part of the Rick Riordan Mega Awesome event along with Ridley Pearson and Eoin Colfer. Jonathan is a Brit with the world’s best wife. She let him quit his job to try to be a writer. It was six months before Bartimaeus emerged in its infancy…
Boston Marathon View From My House
This is the last year we’ll be able to watch the Boston Marathon from our living room window because we are moving nearby but no longer on the route. I am happy that we were able to watch this special year, reeling from the bombings that affected everyone by two degrees of separation. It was especially weird…