Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
I’m trying to get back in the swing with Foreign Language exposure again this year. We fell off the wagon last year. We lost our Spanish tutor due to scheduling conflicts and commute distance and we could not squeeze in Chinese with the soccer schedule. Grasshopper and Sensei took Chinese in Middle School again (year…
This fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. Rex) is the mascot of Boston’s Museum of Science. He (or she) can be seen as you enter the museum and enticed my son down two stories to the dinosaur exhibit. I mean, who can resist a life-size T. Rex? I told my son that scientists have no idea what…
I use these sites to reinforce the Foreign Language curriculum that we either do at home using a tutor or to help my child in middle school who is studying a foreign language. I hope these foreign language sites help your kids too! 100 Chinese Characters Miss Panda Chinese How to Pronounce Mandarin Chinese Memrise…
My son and I visited the Butterfly Garden exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. He missed his third grade school field trip because he had Strep Throat the last week of school so I promised him a make up trip as part of his Camp Mom week. I used to take his older…
I never really gave storm drains much thought. Occasionally, I’d notice a sign that said drain empties directly to the ocean but I didn’t put the garbage piece together with the storm drain pollution piece. As for my water supply at home, I’ve only wondered what the lead content was. I had no idea where…
Please welcome my guest author Maria Gianferrari. We met via social media and were conversing using the comments on my blog. I always find her comments to be thoughtful and helpful. She has a vast knowledge of children’s books and with the best recommendations so I asked her to please, please, please guest post on…
Please welcome Erica from What Do We Do All Day?, a blog that always inspires me. There’s a big push now for non-fiction in the Common Core Curriculum and I am afraid that if we, as parents, don’t introduce non-fiction books to our kids that enchant them, they could be turned off by the onslaught…