This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Schick®. The opinions and text are all mine. When I went away to college thirty-two years ago, I lugged a typewriter and a suitcase to go off to a college that I had never visited before. Luckily, I had a childhood friend, Natalie, who…
10 Books for Kids Whose Best Friend Moved Away
It’s not easy when your best friend moves away. I found three picture books that might help a child in this dilemma but I’d love to add more books to this list. What am I missing? Thanks for your help! 10 Books for Kids When Their Best Friend Moves Away Evelyn Del Rey Is…
New Ideas for Packing School Lunches
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Wet Ones® + Pepperidge Farm® . The opinions and text are all mine. My son eats Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish Crackers crackers every single day for lunch and snack. He doesn’t ever seem to get tired of them. He likes all the different flavors but…
Donate to Your School with Box Tops Back to School Bonus
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills®. The opinions and text are all mine. We have the most amazing Physical Education teacher at my son’s elementary school, Mr. Gary Nye. He makes P.E. fun for everyone. Every year, we save General Mills® Box Tops because he wanted to add a climbing…
A Teacher Pens Songs to Teach Kids History
Please welcome my guest author, 5th grade teacher Damien Drago today. He found a unique way to get his students excited about history: he writes and performs songs about American history! —————— I distinctly remember racking my brain thinking of ways to make my fifth-grade social studies lesson a little more lively. How could I get…
New Captain Underpants GIVEAWAY!
My son learned to read independently because of Captain Underpants and other graphic novels. He would actually ask me to take him to the library, which he often confuses for a book store, and head straight to the graphic novel section way in the back of the children’s section. He had very specific tastes in…
Top 10 Bilingual Spanish Picture Books
Today my guest author is Derek Taylor Kent. You might know him as Derek the Ghost, author of the award-winning MG series Scary School. His first picture book just came out on August 18 called El Perro Con Sombrero: A Bilingual Doggy Tale and illustrated by the talented artist Jed Henry. Derek says that Pepe is actually based on…