Your Child Says Their Teacher Is Mean, What Do You Do?
It is the time of year when you begin to hear complaints from the kids about their teachers. “My teacher hates me!” Do you step in or let them work it out?
It is the time of year when you begin to hear complaints from the kids about their teachers. “My teacher hates me!” Do you step in or let them work it out?
Soon our kids will be a 100 days smarter! If you celebrate this occasion at your school your child will be asked to bring 100 items to school. At first glance it might seem overwhelming, but really it can be a fun school project.
Five tips I’ve learned to make play group something we look forward to hosting every week.
Every year at this time, our elementary school holds individual ceremonies for the third, fourth and fifth grades. Anyway, that part of the event is all fine and good and it’s great to see the kids get their little medals and certificates. But then? Then things take a very obnoxious turn. Because that’s when the principal thanks everyone for coming, makes some closing remarks and opens up the mic. To the audience. Of parents….
We finally had The Sex Talk with our firth grade son. A long talk. A couple of talks, in fact. And throughout the process, we all learned a few things about the best way to handle discussing sex at this age and stage.
How do you help your middle schoolers deal with their roller coaster of emotions and experiences?
We’ve put some award-winning board games for school-aged children through their paces to see which ones we like best.
This is the time of year when we all start to thinks about being thankful. It is the time when we reflect on the past year and consider where we want to go in our lives in the upcoming one. How have you helped your children be thankful for all they are blessed with?
Make time to interview your child and record memories about the school year.
Apparently I’m not the only parent alone in my sentiment of being mystified by grade school math. Here’s how to help your grade schooler without having to go back-to-school yourself.
The most attractive asset available for homeschooling families is flexibility. Not just the freedom to change what is not working, but releasing the notion that learning, in and of itself, has a “face.”
It happens to all parents– sooner or later, we have to host a sleepover. Here’s some advice from someone who has been there, done that.
Do you love personalized gifts? Yeah, we do too. I think the only recipients that don’t are re-gifters and tweens.
Don’t underestimate the importance of stocking stuffers. They are usually the first thing you open when you awaken on Christmas morning.
It is possible to make the first week back to school go off without a hitch! Make the first week back to school easier for everyone by following these tips.
There is a misconception that homeschooling is only for the privileged few, but homeschooling is an educational option for single-income, as well as dual-income households.
Get your kids thinking and writing during summer vacation with fill-in-the-blank word games inspired by Mad Libs! It’s also perfect for your young camper to send from sleepaway camp.
All year long we’ve been bookmarking and saving notes on our favorite gifts for kids for the holidays. Read about them now.
Instead of overscheduling, having more free time built into our summer days makes all the difference.
Kids are heading back to school and we have some helpful advice to help parents start their kids’ school year off on the right foot.