Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
My family has a Father’s Day tradition of strawberry picking. It doesn’t always work out. Some years, there are no strawberries left by Father’s Day. On other Father’s Days, the weather is poor. Still, extreme heat or rain doesn’t stop us. We tried a new farm this year. Cider Hill Farm is on Boston’s North…
Does your child love the ocean? Read these oceanography books for kids, with ocean themed stories and educational resources! Please welcome my guest author today, Dr. Laura Gehl, with her list of oceanography books for kids. We are giving away 3 signed copies of Baby Oceanographer. To enter to win, please fill out the Rafflecopter…
I blogged about teaching kids about the stock market when my middle daughter expressed interest in trading stocks in 5th grade. This led to a second post Stock Market Basics for her using the stock that I purchased for her when her grandmother opened a stock market account for her. I haven’t traded stocks myself…
If you are looking for STEM activities for summer learning, I’ve gathered up my favorite new STEM picture books and paired them with something fun to do. For more STEM books and activities, check out my posts here. How about you? Are you planning STEM or STEAM activities with your children? I’m going to make…
My kids tell me that we had hummingbirds at our old house. We had a wall of Honeysuckle against our detached garage and the hummingbirds would visit when the flowers were in bloom. My kids said that they were tiny — about the size of a large bumblebee — which is probably why I never…
NESCBWI Springfield May 2019. It all started with a children’s book writing class at my local high school community ed taught by Margo Lemieux. This has let to my first SCBWI conference … as a presenter! Here are some highlights of an amazing weekend: Lisa Yee’s revision workshop was a master class on revising AND…
I’m mentoring a First to College high school student whose goal is to study graphic design at MassArt so I took her to meet one of my college freshman dorm mates, Lisa Rosowsky, is a professor of graphic design there. Lisa sent me an invite to her newest show called For Our Fathers: Two fathers—one…