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8 Ways to Incorporate Geography into At-Home Learning
Geography Awareness Week is a celebration in honor of the 125th anniversary of National Geographic and an opportunity to promote geo-literacy in kids so they get to know what’s around them and can...
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Not-So-Scary Halloween Fun For Families
As fun as trick or treating is for kids, Halloween can also be scary for young ages but doesn’t have to be. There are plenty of age appropriate shows, apps, and books to get you in the spirit without...
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PBS Kids Site Redesign Highlights Content for Ages 2-8 and Features...
Kids and parents who are loyal to PBSKids.org and enjoy accessing content online have probably already seen the site redesign that focuses on games, videos, and shows featuring favorite characters but...
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Over the Counter Medicine Abuse: 4 Things to Know and Do
There are so many topics that we need to start talking to our children about at a young age but in an age appropriate way. Talks about being a good friend morph into conversations about being a...
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Why World Food Program USA’s Lunch Money Challenge is a Chance to Teach Your...
Pencils. Books. Backpacks. What did your children need as they went back to school this fall? In many areas of the world, the most important thing that children need to be ready to learn is more...
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6 Spooky Science Experiments for Halloween
As classroom parents plan Halloween party activities to occupy the time between the school parade and the night’s sugar rush, it’s a great time to sneak in some wonderfully spooky science experiments...
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5 Things Angry Birds Can Teach Kids About Physics
Angry Birds is the number one downloaded app worldwide and while we may think our kids are wasting away precious hours slingshotting birds into caged pigs, there are many scientific concepts that can...
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How Challenged Captain Underpants Series Encourages Reluctant Young Readers...
The American Library Association (ALA) published their list of top ten most challenged books in 2012 as part of Banned Book Week and appearing at top of the list and the first image in a CNN slideshow...
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Bing for Schools and Comcast Internet Essentials Promote Digital Literacy in...
Kids are growing up in a world where connectivity is part of life and digital literacy is an expectation but in many schools, shrinking budgets are causing districts to do more for less. Pricey...
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6 Children’s Author Websites For Families to Learn Beyond the Book
Every family has their favorite authors and in many homes, these are the books that you find yourself reading over and over again to your children night after night after night. While they may get old...
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7 Ways to Be a Good Neighbor While Teaching Kindness with Daniel Tiger on...
Every adult who grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood remembers the iconic show’s theme song but the idea of being a good neighbor is an important concept that can be taught to kids at the...
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4 Classic Stories and Rhymes as Preschool Apps
While there’s no substitute for sitting down and reading a book with your child, interactive apps provide them with some hands on learning that reinforce early academic skills. Learning opportunities...
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Everything Parents Need to Know About Cyberbullying
Last year my third grade daughter had an online component to her homework that included a chat feature. While the kids were excited about their first exposure to social networking, it was something...
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Preschool Play vs. Bullying? 4 Things for Parents Should Look For
Earlier this week I was interviewed by a Michigan morning radio show about cyberbullying and in my conversation with the hosts about bullying behaviors, I discussed how both result in hurt feelings....
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3 Easy Ways to Organize School Year Photos and Mementos
The start of a new school year is always so exciting and as parents, we take our job of chronicling our child’s year through photos and mementos seriously. But sometimes life gets in the way and it’s...
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Can Apps and Devices be Educational for Babies? Why Devices Aren’t a...
How old is too young for a smartphone and a tablet? Is there value in giving them to babies? The American Academy of Pediatrics supports a “screen free” stance for kids under the age of two but in...
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Moms+Tweens+Social Good: Fostering Global Citizenship to Strengthen Our World
Teaching our kids to look outside themselves and think about others can be a challenge when they’re young but as they get older, it’s not too difficult to seize on their empathy and goodwill towards...
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All Los Angeles Unified Students to Receive iPads by End of 2014
After Los Angeles School Board of Education awarded Apple with a $30 million contract for iPads for students in late June, TheVerge.com reports that Apple will begin their rollout of the first phase...
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5 Free Summer STEM Learning Opportunities for All Ages
While schools send home summer packets designed to provide practice with math, reading, and other skills, interactive learning can be so much more fun. In addition to the paper and pencil work in...
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4 Ways to Teach Kids About Independence Day
There’s no better time to teach kids about the freedom we are privy to as Americans than around the Fourth of July. Between the parades and barbecues but before the sun goes down to enjoy fireworks,...
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