Guided Play App Helps Parents Play Purposefully
Nick Myers is a primary school teacher working in England, and he has a special interest in Early Childhood. Nick created the iPhone app called Guided Play, which helps parents play with their children and teach at the same time. According to Nick, "The intention is...
Encourage Kids to Read with Stuart the Bug Eating Man
One of the bigger struggles of early parenting was getting the boys to read. They can do it just fine, but do not have a love of story the way I did growing up. It's something I have decided not to worry about; I do think they're missing out. But hey, everyone is...
Building a Better Student: Concentration and Attitude
For years we’ve been told that the best thing we could do for our kids before sending them off to school was to feed them breakfast. Breakfast, it was said, boosted their brain function and gave them a running start in their education. Now it looks as if we should’ve...
8 Hacks for Cutting Your Daily Expenses
Saving money is something that most people endeavor to do. However, not many people know that there are a lot of simple ways to save money without making significant changes in their budget or compromising on daily life. A little information and creative thinking can...
Link Up Your Give Away
It's Monday! I'm super late posting this (comPLETEly forgot where I was in time), but it's up now. You're welcome. This week's featured giveaway is the Where the Heart Lives novel series (2 books), ending at 11:59 pm EST on February 22, 2013. Just click on the picture...
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Some co-workers and I tried an odd experiment about a year ago. After hearing a friend gush over a delicious meal by saying “I could live on this alone,” I suggested a few of us try to do just that. We each selected one particular food, and vowed to eat nothing else...
Keep Kids Safe In the Dark With Safees
As parents, one of our most important jobs is to keep kids safe. Granted, there's no way to cover every possibility, but there is a new way to keep them safe if they're outdoors at night. It doesn't matter how skilled a driver may be; when it's dark out it's harder to...
Keep Track of Immunizations with Vaccination Scheduler
I learned recently about an iPhone app called Vaccination Scheduler and just HAD to share it with you. This little utility looks super handy and I find myself wishing that it existed 15 years ago. One of the things I really hate about registering kids for various...
Enter the Cute Kid Contest to Win Prizes, Scholarships
Are you familiar with Cute Kid? This site runs a photo contest with prizes awarded monthly as well as annually. You can enter adorable pictures of your children up to age 12 in various categories. Each month, 6 winners are chosen and get $500. In addition, one overall...
The Effects of the Father-Daughter Relationship on Self-Esteem
All of our relationships throughout our lives effect our self esteem. As early as childhood, all of our friendships on the playground up to our work relationships with our bosses will shape and mold our opinions of ourselves, no matter how hard we might try to make it...