Summertime Enrichment: Fun Ways to Encourage Summer Learning
Make Summer Vacation a Time for Education! Studies have shown that summer is a time when children can lose a lot of the vital information and skills that they have learned all throughout the school year. To help your child retain valuable information and skills she worked so hard to learn all year, there are many fun methods you can do to make learning fun throughout the summer. Read to and with your children every night. This is one of the most wonderful things you can do with your children each day. Not only is it a time for...
Quick & Easy Breakfast Recipes Your Kids Will Love!
Yummy & Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Those Busy Mornings! Some mornings (okay most mornings), life is so crazy that I feel like I am rushing my kids the entire time. For most of us, morning time is a mad rush, trying to get out of the house as quickly as possible. Breakfast can certainly suffer when we are short on time. However, I really feel that making sure your child’s brain is well-fueled before he leaves for school each morning is one of the most important things you can do for them each day. Given how hectic life is,...
School Days: Tips for Getting Your Kids to Talk About Their Day at School
Tips For Starting a Post-School Convo With Kids! We, as parents, have all gotten the same mundane answers from our kids when we ask them about their day. How was your day? Fine. What did you do? Nothing. With our children sometimes being so reluctant to reveal information about their day at school, camp, or daycare, how can we know what is going on for all of the hours that they are not with us? Ask your kids to tell three positive and three negative things about their day. If you ask them yes or no questions all you’ll...
Fun & Impactful Ways to Celebrate Earth Day With the Family
An Earth Day Celebration The Whole Family Can Enjoy Earth Day, which is this Friday, April 22, is a day to remind us to preserve our precious planet and home. It is also a wonderful opportunity to teach our children how to do their part to reduce the impact we each have on the planet, as well as ways we can preserve the beauty and health of Mother Earth. Make a pact as a family to do one thing this year to help preserve the Earth. You could decide to use only reusable bags rather than plastic at the...
Clever Ways to Teach Kids to Be Independent
Tips for Giving Kids the Gift of Independence I remember arriving at my college dorm as a freshman, and passing the laundry room. I was surprised to see several mothers showing their grown children how to use the washing machine and dryer. Mothers spoiling their boys, you say? Nope! I lived in an all-female dorm. As a child, I was taught how to do most things myself– both stereotypically female and male jobs. I could both load a dishwasher AND mow the lawn. I was flabbergasted that these “kids” didn’t know how to do their own laundry. Although it...
