I've read a lot of posts lately about unplugging and being 100% present with your kids. I'm not knocking this idea at all, but...
As moms, our job is to keep our kids safe. We teach them to look both ways before crossing the street, to speak up...
As parents, we eventually have to ask ourselves, where should we send our kids to school? Everyone has an opinion and no one agrees....
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks are all glorious figures in Black American history. However, there are so...
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am a YouTube addict. My YouTube addiction started after my husband and I decided to cut the...
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...
It was April 5th, around lunchtime. I was at a conference with a fellow teacher (and friend) when I decided that I was going...
My son Aden got the bug for snowboarding last year when his grandmother bought him one of those cheap plastic snowboards from Target.  We...
I’ve got some pretty ridiculous parenting nightmares floating around in my head. For instance, my biggest fear while pregnant was that my kid would...

The Gift of Literacy

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As the Holiday season fast approaches I find myself grasping at gift ideas. Allow me to backtrack a bit first. Last year, and every year...
Have you ever considered homeschooling? When it was time to send my oldest to kindergarten I was considering homeschooling but all the information and...
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. As many as 28% of all kids from 6th through 12th grade report having been bullied. This particular subject...
The first week of May is designated as Teacher Appreciation Week across the country. Pandemic or not, I feel we need to take the...
Local Mom, Katie, is expecting her second child any day.  We spent Sunday preparing for baby #2 by designing and organizing a shared bedroom...

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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...