Why Homeschool? And How to Love It!

Why Homeschool?  And How to Love It!

Life gets crazy in a pandemic. Don’t let your child’s education be a victim.

How to Inspire a Love of Reading in Your Child

How to Inspire a Love of Reading in Your Child

Three quick and wonderful ways to inspire a love of reading in your child!

How to Choose the Best Toys: Passive Toys for Active Learners

How to Choose the Best Toys: Passive Toys for Active Learners

As parents, we are always searching for what’s best for our children. How can we help them grow? How can we create a home where they will be happy? Start by choosing toys that inspire creativity, learning, and fun!

Tracking Your Preschooler’s Progress: One Easy Method

Tracking Your Preschooler’s Progress: One Easy Method

Recently, some friends of ours gave our kids a box of over 1000 stickers. As much as I enjoy scraping stickers off my hardwood floors, we decided to use them a bit more productively instead! Check out this fun and simple method for tracking and encouraging your preschooler’s progress!

Why Homeschool? An Interview with One of My Hero(in)es

Have a listen to an interview that nudged me over the edge into homeschooling!

Read Aloud with Baby

Read Aloud with Baby

All the parents who are sick to tears of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” this one’s for you!

Play This, Skip That: Free Math Apps

Play This, Skip That: Free Math Apps

As a math and technology teacher, I love using digital resources to help kids engage with math topics.  Unfortunately, there is a veritable sea of math apps available, and most of them are absolute swill. Learn from my mistakes and check

Why I Quit

Why I Quit

I’m throwing in the towel. Here’s why.

Math Everywhere: Halloween Candy

Math Everywhere: Halloween Candy

My husband and I are not big candy eaters, so we’re a little uncertain about what to do with the post-Halloween pile of sugar sitting on our kitchen hutch. Our kids have not been very interested in eating it either,

Toddler Fine Motor Practice

Toddler Fine Motor Practice

A look at what our second son is up to at eighteen months: Fine motor skills are on this guy’s mind daily as he works to understand and manipulate the world around here.  Recent conquests have included mastering the zippered