Inside: Does your child love everything ninja and martial arts? Take a look at our top selections of the best ninja books for kids! My kids are one-quarter Japanese and they wish that their Japanese ancestry is steeped in the way of the ninja. It’s not. Their heritage is actually that of Daimyo, a feudal landowner/warlord,…
My son curated the curated videos made for adults but great for kids at The Kid Should See This. I’m sharing 4 videos that I loved from this great newletter. The Washington Ballet’s Hardest Dance Moves If you have doubts that ballet is a sport, watch this video and be convinced! They are amazing athletes! Animated…
I’m part of the Multicultural Kid Blogs Hispanic Heritage celebration where the MKB bloggers are sharing different ideas to celebrate Hispanic Heritage with kids. There are now 52 million Hispanic families in the U.S. – making Hispanics the nation’s largest ethnic minority at 16.7% of the entire population. Almost 50% of Hispanic households have children…
My son and I have been enjoying The Kid Should See This curated videos for the past year. It’s videos made for an adult audience, but age-appropriate for kids. The topics range from science to arts and entertainment. We subscribe to a weekly email that has five videos. After watching a pile of them, my…
I went for the first time to Plimoth Plantation as a chaperone for my son’s third grade field trip. I somehow managed to avoid it for my girls. It was really a great trip and the kids were very well prepared. My son said that he preferred learning about the Native Americans (and Wampanoags specifically)…
The summer is nearly here — we have two more weeks of school left! — and I need to get our summer math in order! Summer Math Word Problems for Elementary School For my rising 3rd grade son, it’s an easy decision: Daily Word Problems, Grade 4. All three of my kids have been…
PickyKidPix‘s assistant soccer coach has a two-year-old son and he asked me for truck books because he is a little tired of reading Thomas the Train and Mater from Cars books. We both live in Newton, Massachusetts. One of our very favorite authors, Virginia Lee Burton, also lived here so I’ve added two of her books to this…