Tips for Picking the Right Preschool
“Is my child ready for elementary school?” If you’re the parent of a young child, or children, chances are you’ve asked yourself this question. We all want to make sure...
The Essential “Supply List” for the Mom Going “Back to School”
She packs up the piles of school supplies dividing them into each backpack. The wide ruled paper empty and waiting for ideas. The crayons smelling like childhood. The pencils sharpened...
The Universal Unwritten School Supply List
Dear Kids, I know you love getting new school supplies each year. It’s the highlight of late summer. After we hit Target to pick up the folders (no brads, with...
Five Tips to Ease Into the Back-to-School Routine
Enter to win New Horizon Academy’s back-to-school giveaway here: https://woobox.com/t2bqwt After a fun-filled summer, getting back into a school routine can be a challenge for both parents and children alike....
Make Learning Fun This Summer
Here are some tips from KinderCare experts that will help parents combine learning and fun, no matter where your family’s summer adventures take you: Heading to the beach or river?...
The Reason I Over-Scheduled Our Family’s Summer
by Maureen Zhao
For me, childhood summers were carefree. They were run wild in the neighborhood, stay out till the dinner-bell rang kind of carefree. They were filled with all the neighbor kids...
Preventing the Summer Slide
What is the “Summer Slide”? The time when students lose some of the achievement gains they made during the school year. Here are some tips from KinderCare experts that will...
Summer Writing Classes With The Loft
Our biggest summer goals at the Loft are to help kids discover the power of storytelling and to inspire a love of writing and reading in them! It is a...
Music Forever and For Everyone
by Erin Statz
We all have one thing we can agree on: music is awesome! It really is one of the only universal languages on this earth. A melody can be linked to...
The Biggest Little House In The Forest!
Bernice the Butterfly’s home is just perfect…even when a menagerie of other creatures moves in one by one! Complete with a pillow fight, bubble bath, and dance party, Bernice and...
Self-Care: Don’t Forget the Skin You’re In…
by Erin Statz
I willingly admit I have spent almost zero time focused on my health since I’ve become a mom. All three of my children had tonsillectomies last year. I have one...
Tap Your Toes & Play Along with Mr. Popper’s Penguins!
Tap your toes and flap your flippers to Mr. Popper’s Penguins at Children’s Theatre Company! It is hard enough for Mr. Popper, a modest painter, to support himself and his...
Making a School Choice for Your Child
As a parent of two children under the age of five, I find myself constantly thinking about my parenting decisions. Should I have stayed home to raise them during these...