If someone asked me the most important lesson I learned in my first year of homeschooling, I could answer without even thinking: If something...
I did not attend college the traditional way. My family and I immigrated to the US from Iran when I was twelve, and while I...
(Disclaimer: While I am a trained speech-language pathologist, the following tips are general suggestions to help encourage your child's language development. If you feel your...
This is my fourth year celebrating World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) with my daughter. The realization of that is kind of crazy.  She was born in...
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Healthy Living’s “Kids in the Kitchen” tomato starters and pizza class. I had been wanting to...
There is a never-ending list of topics we should talk to our children about. One topic that doesn’t usually come to mind immediately is...
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...

The Grocery School

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I used to be fearless. I toted three young children to the grocery store by myself. One up front in the cart, one in the...
    Thanks to a "Mom University" held by our local MOPS, my family has gotten into listening to kid friendly podcasts most of the time...

Summer Camp Review

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Back in February I attended the Kids VT Camp & School Fair.  My son Aden was turning 5 in April and my husband and...
There are times that my husband and I joke that the real reason for having kids is so that we have an excuse to...
Have you ever considered homeschooling? When it was time to send my oldest to kindergarten I was considering homeschooling but all the information and...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is part of a larger network called the City Moms Blog Network.  We have sister sites all over the country with teams...
Summer is almost here.  The kids are almost done with school and hopefully, with fingers crossed, the nice, warm weather will return. On Friday, we...

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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...