I searched five years of digital photographs looking for photos of my kids reading and I only came up with the handful here. Why? It’s not easy getting kids reading, especially to love reading enough that they choose it over more exciting things like screens, playdates or sports! I started my blog after my oldest…
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.
Food Stamps Challenge
Food stamps are far from an extravagant benefit. The average allocation is $1.40 per person per meal. (Try it sometime.) from Rolling Stone The Republicans’ War on the Poor My friend Stella has convinced me to try the Food Stamp challenge. It’s not about losing weight. It’s about bringing attention to Food Stamps and how…
Johnson and Johnson Twitter Party with Prizes
It’s January and the holiday season is behind us. Phew! I find that I appreciate coupons more than ever. But the one thing I’ve learned about coupons over the years is that you only really save money when you are buying something you really need and will actually use! Now that my two girls are…
Reading to Two Kids on My Lap and GIVEAWAY
Please welcome my guest poster, Kristin Briley, a teacher and wife of children’s book author Randy Briley. She is posting today on how to read aloud to two kids of different ages with different interests and keep them happy! Did you ever have that reading challenge? What books worked for you? Please share! Bridging…
Special Needs Resources for Parents
Thank you to everyone who took time to give me feedback on my last sponsored post on Special Needs Resources for Parents from The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). Many of you left kind comments that this was useful stuff so I will continue to highlight resources from the NCLD. As this is the holiday season,…
VTech Tablet for Kids
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PickyKidPix Wants This: Hair Chalk (and a discount coupon)
PickyKidPix is obsessed with hair styling which she is learning via YouTube videos, mostly through Cute Hair Styles. She’s watched all 200+ of them. I can actually recognize the videos from the audio alone!! She gotten quite good at complex braids and have moved on to hot styling products including curling irons and flat irons….