I was enjoying decent traffic when my blog stats took a nosedive. I wasn’t sure what the cause was, but I was heartened to find that other bloggers were experiencing this same drop in traffic. Holly Homer of Kids Activities Blog: “Last year at this time, FB was extremely generous with traffic. Pinterest was playing…
In celebration of the launch of How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series: March: The effect of Team Impact on the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team. April: Alison and I sent our daughters, Sidnie and Ali, for a week of soccer camp at…
My 13 year old son loves STEM and finds videos on YouTube to watch. Sometimes he asks to do the experiments and I’ve learned to jump on it. This can be tricky, though, if the experiment requires materials that we don’t have on hand or a complicated set up. I’m starting to stockpile videos of…
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I am creating. a huge list of Asian-Pacific American children’s books. I am going to give a shout-out to all the AAPI children’s book authors and illustrators that I can think of with a book published in the last 18 months. I will be listing them…
Please welcome award-winning guest author, Elizabeth Suneby, with her newest book! Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet by Elizabeth Suneby, illustrated by Rebecca Green This picture book is a celebration of innovation, creative problem-solving, sustainability, and love for family. An engaging story to start, interesting facts about…
Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of…
Author Debbi Michiko Florence and I will be celebrating Pink Flamingo Day in our Asian Culture series this month. We will be learning about the Japanese wishing doll, the daruma doll, in hopes of a pink flamingo sighting. This is part three of our 6 Part Asian Craft and Culture Series: November 2017: Asian New Year…