Digital education is not just a subject, it’s a passport to empowering the next generation. It’s our parental duty to understand the digital future so we can teach our children how to navigate the Internet and maximize their use...
Joining the PTA, PTSA, PTO, PTSO, Boosters, or whatever your school calls their parent/teacher organization is a great way to support your child's school, help teachers, and get a real, unfiltered idea about what school these days is like....
I’ve heard it said, kids are terrible at doing what we say, but experts at copying what we do. In my experience, it couldn’t be more true. Obviously, this happens most effectively when I’m at my worst. That curse...
The other day while cleaning the house with my two kids, my son desperately asked if we could take a “reading break” and my daughter enthusiastically backed him up. It took everything I had to stop myself from tossing...
Many of us have heard that the process of finding and applying to college is difficult, for both the student and their family. I expected that.
We also know that there’s so much that is, indeed, predictable - your high...
Oh, fall, how I love you. Cooler weather, apple picking, beautiful leaves, and back-to-school time! Sure, I’ll miss the beach and the (sort of) lazy days, but I welcome the routine and rhythm of the school year. When I...
When I moved to the United States from India almost 2 decades ago, the science geek in me thought I would be a lab rat for the rest of my life. Even though I earned my Master of Science...
Imagining your child, who surely was born just yesterday, leaving your home and heading to preschool is no easy task. First, there’s choosing the right preschool. Then, there’s the letting go.
I wasn’t sure where to begin.
As a former school...
If someone asked me the most important lesson I learned in my first year of homeschooling, I could answer without even thinking: If something isn’t working, it’s probably my fault. Y'all I made so many rookie homeschooling mistakes!
Now, I...
During the last three years, I have worked as a substitute teacher, and it has become more and more apparent to me that people who become teachers do not do it for the money. They are worth far more...
As I tucked my children, ages 6 and 9, into bed tonight, I reflected upon the last year and how difficult it has been for them and how much of their lives have changed since Covid-19 turned the world...
Vermont Mom's Guide to Vermont Schools for Young Learners - the best place to start researching Vermont preschools for your little ones.
We love our kids and worry about them endlessly - preschool is just another choice to research, dissect,...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks are all glorious figures in Black American history. However, there are so many other Black leaders, musicians, artists, activists, scientists, writers, inventors, and civil rights pioneers- past...
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School’s Out… Now What? Simple Summer Activities
As I head to pick up my son from school I find myself singing Alice Cooper School's Out and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the...
