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...
Let me start by saying that taking a music class from Green Mountain Music Together at the Flynn Center with my one year old daughter has truly been the best "mommy and me class" I have taken to date....
Before I settled on a preschool for my son last fall I was kind of anxious about it. Quite frankly, it was ridiculous. It's only preschool, not college! All I was really looking for is some socialization for my...
Whatever the opposite of a 'green thumb' is, that is what I am. Plants enter through my front door at their own risk and hope to an almighty power that my husband will intervene. Or my first grade daughter, for that matter, who...
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Lake Champlain Waldorf School is excited to announce a two-day conference with renowned author and psychologist Ted Braude - Life of the Child Conference: How Boys Become...
In my adult life, I’ve always worked full time. If not more. Sometimes, I was also working part-time and volunteering, too. So much of my identity and sense of both value and worth were tied to my professional life....
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Years before we had our daughter, my husband and I had many conversations about what type of parents we wanted to be. During our childless car rides to...
Books are magical.
I know e-readers are said to be the wave of the future, but gosh, I hope they never truly replace books. There is something indescribable about having a book in hand that you can hold, flip through,...
We’ve all heard the statements from our parents and grandparents,
“Well in my day…”
I’ll admit that I’ve rolled my eyes a time or two(hundred) listening to the stories about how “when we were kids we played outside from sun up...
There is something about children's literature that is so magical. I have great memories of the summer reading program at my local library and in elementary school when I was little. There was always a fun theme and of...
There are many adjectives that can be used to describe my daughter’s hair: curly, twisty, kinky, coily, afro, poofy, big, natural, 4C and nappy just to name a few. Some I embrace and use regularly with pride and some...
Now that we’re a few months into homeschooling, we are starting to feel some rhythm to our days and I have really started to see the perks of this life. Here are the top five things I love about...
It was April 5th, around lunchtime. I was at a conference with a fellow teacher (and friend) when I decided that I was going to leave my job. Now, I don't mean that I had one of those, “I...
I had no idea how hard it was to find a great daycare/preschool option, especially if you are looking in the middle of the year, but I recently discovered this as I was looking for a place to send...
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Vermont’s Nonprofits: An Awesome Source for Family Fun
As warm weather and summer break take hold, many of us are eager to venture out with our family and explore the beautiful scenery...
