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Five Ways to Incorporate Math into March Madness
As modern-day parents, we try to limit the amount of TV our kids are watching each and every day, but of course, there are times we purposefully try to add academic topics into our...
Picky Eater or is Intervention Needed?
“Just three more bites” was a common phrase in our household when we assumed we just had a typical 2-year-old picky eater. Time passed, and the same phrase or similar ones were used over...
Five Reasons You Should Be Shopping At Aldi
Personally, grocery shopping over the last two years has not been an enjoyable experience. Anxiety-driven trips to the grocery store during the Covid-era, which then led to paying more to have groceries delivered, and...
Why Gifts From Santa Should Be Small
“What did Santa bring you?” was the question I heard right after Christmas break ended in my first-grade classroom. I sat in my chair, listening to two little 7-year-old girls discuss what they did...
Four Ways Motherhood Has Become Too Elaborate
There I see it. My three-year-old walking out with a small plastic bag filled with all the treasured junk, candy, and treats in one hand and a shiny juice box in the other. Did...
Experience Gifts: Non-Traditional Ideas for Holiday Shopping
With the holidays approaching, what if I told you that you could have a gift that would last years? Yep, let me say it again - YEARS! Instead of getting a gift that a...
8 STEM Toys to “Add to Cart” Right Now
These are not your average STEM toys. We aren’t talking about Legos or Picasso tiles in this post. We are looking at the latest and best ways to get your child excited to play...
Best TV Shows to Improve a Child’s Academics
Even as an adult, after a long day of work or managing the household, falling into the couch with a binge-worthy TV show is just what the doctor ordered to recharge. Kids are the...
My Imagination Cleans My House
Poof! Your house is clean. Wouldn’t it be so nice if it was really that easy? Cleaning your home is challenging, especially with little peanut butter-fingered people running around, constantly making messes that make...
Feeding Babies: Mothers Helping Mothers
Being a mother is never an easy job and will never be. But this generation of young moms has experienced it all in the last two years: parenting in a pandemic, online schooling, hepatitis...
Good Touch Vs. Bad Touch
After years of working in the education system, one thing I know is that our school does right every year in the spring by having the program: Good Touch vs. Bad Touch. What this...
Eight Common Things Women Go Through During Infertility Treatments
Even to this day, I look at the clock at 7:00 AM and immediately think about women sitting anxiously in a doctor’s office waiting on the next steps of their treatment.
Strong women.
Brave women.
Dedicated women.
Dreaming...
Be Consistent: Consequences Should Match the Actions
Silence in the house as a parent of young children, it’s a blessing, right? No, it is pure terror as you know someone is doing something they shouldn’t be doing in a room on...
Every Birth Story is Powerful
There I was, standing with a small group of women, sharing birth stories with a soon-to-be first-time mom, watching her face go from complete joy to utter panic in a mere 5 minute time...