Inside post: Do you want a super simple and festive Thanksgiving craft for your kids at the Thanksgiving dinner table? Try these easy Mayflower Cups to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. My daughter eyed the cocktail that my husband made me on Thanksgiving. “Can I have a fancy drink too?” my youngest daughter begged me. Well, […]
School Success Tips
New School? How to Help Your Kids Adjust to a New School Quickly
Inside: Are your kids heading to a new school this fall? Here’s how to help your kids adjust to a new school quickly. My three kids were the new kids at school three times in three years. We moved from Los Angeles to Boston to Chicago and back to Los Angeles. Yikes. That’s a lot […]
ABCs of Kindness SEL Curriculum for Character Education
Inside: Use this ABCs of Kindness as part of your sel curriculum and character education to ensure students have 26 ways to speak and act with kindness more often. As an educator, I collect books. I love picture books and chapter books and even Bob books. Seriously, after payday I used to head to a […]
How to Make Back to School Kindness Pencil Toppers
Inside: Help your kids spread kindness to their classmates with these back to school crafts kindness pencil toppers they can gift or surprise classmates with. We have 5 days until we start again. Back to school is upon us and my three kids are a mix of emotions. One is super excited. The other one […]
How to Help Kindergarteners Do Homework Without Tears
Inside: New students have a hard time working on homework. Kindergarteners especially have no desire to sit still and often refuse to do their homework. But there are tips and tricks to help new Kindergarteners do homework without complaining or without tears. Congrats! You’ve survived the huge parenting milestone of sending your child off to […]