Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
When Jenn was 14 months old, we started “tot school” where I introduced her to colors, shapes, numbers, and fascinating learning experiences. It deepened her understanding of how the world around her worked and fueled her ever-frowing curiosity. With wide eyes and a few squeals of fear, she learned about suction from a vacuum cleaner. […]
In case you haven’t heard, but you probably have, there will be a total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. They’re fairly rare to happen over the same city, but they do happen regularly in different parts of the world every few years. This year, it will be tracking right across the United States from […]
Kids love to make paper snowflakes. Here is a little spin on snowflake art for all aged kids that includes science and math concepts: crystal structures and symmetry. Teach Kids about the geometry & science of snowflakes Each snowflake is made up of tiny ice crystals. Snow begins as a speck of dust, or pollen […]
I am an unexpected homeschooler. We landed here, swiftly and without warning, almost four years ago. As a product of public schools and being a school psychologist, homeschooling was never on my radar. And yet here we are. When we first started homeschooling, like many, I attempted to recreate a version of school at home. […]
I admit, I threw my hands up in the air and walked away after 13 times my daughter declared that West was actually South. What the heck had I gotten myself into? How did I think I could teach my own child, especially abstract concepts? I knew good and well she was just as stubborn […]
Sitting in a local ice cream shop, my kindergartener refused to share her ice cream. She refused to give up even a single bite of her precious treat to her sister. “But she’s a baby. She doesn’t eat sugar yet.” Those words. She was just repeating what she had heard me say far too often […]
