In the midst of my second year hosting a home preschool co-op, we've attempted numerous experiments and activities with our toddlers and preschoolers. Unfortunately, not all of them were successful, easy, or engaging enough for the kids. Some took...
Yes, sometimes it's crazy. Some days I get in the car and don't know which way I am going. I'm pretty sure we've shown up at the wrong field at least once in our lifetime so far! In the morning bags...
Several years months weeks have gone by now with us attempting to balance being both a mom and a teacher. (As if we didn’t have enough on our plates!) If you're anything like me, this whole quarantine online-schooling crud...
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who works with gifted, creative, and high-performing kids. These kids are usually deep thinkers who may have high levels of emotional intelligence. They may understand the advantages, veiled benefits, and unintentional consequences...
Math can be frustrating for many children, something my son is experiencing this school year. He's never struggled with math before, but as a 3rd grader, he's more intimidated with the new concepts he's learning. He doesn’t always find the...
I have two magnets on my car — one is my older son’s soccer academy and the other is his middle school. I count hundreds of magnets just like these every day on other cars we pass by. Then...
This is a true story about how I went from fairly normal, if not a little dramatic at times, to batsh*t crazy in the span of 36 hours.
My daughter graduated from high school. It was awesome and hard and...
"I'm not sure what I should be teaching our son," I recently said to my husband of our 18-month-old son, Archer. "He can say all of 12 words. Isn't it a little early to be teaching him numbers and...
I hear it all the time from parents. It’s the bane of their existence. The daily chore that looms over them day in and day out. Packing school lunches.
We are a couple of weeks back at school and already...
Just over a week ago, we watched as frightened teens ran for their lives out of a South Florida high school. A school. A place where we send our kids for the day in hopes that they return when...
This is a follow-up to Meredith's initial post on what she's learned serving as PTA President.
As I approach my final weeks as PTA President of my son’s elementary school, my reflection of the last 24 months is certainly bittersweet,...
It’s almost here, the first day of school is right around the corner and since we know you’re busy getting new backpacks and lunchboxes as well as enjoying those last few days of summer, we’ve created some First Day...