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Aug 29 2008
Today it was official, we took down the pool so it has to be the last day of summer. Okay, maybe the last day of summer is officially on September 21st and the last day of summer vacation isn’t until Monday but you can definitely feel the days winding down into a new schedule.
Already my [...]
Aug 25 2008
When my first child started school, I became aware that on an almost daily basis his lunchbox was still full at the end of the day. There might be a bite out of the sandwich, maybe a few grapes missing or a few carrots nibbled on but other than that I was basically unloading [...]
Aug 20 2008
Tanja Cilia joins us again for another post on going back to school.
Thank you Tanja for joining us today.
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The First Day Of School. A phrase that must be written like that, because it is such an important milestone for the child -and for the parents too.
School is the place where a child may spend [...]
Aug 15 2008
The school year looms before us and although I love many of the commercials that are airing right now for back to school products, I am dreading the overall cost that going back to school will create.
This is actually the first year for me where I have, not one, but two children in school. [...]
Jul 28 2008
Yes, I know that the summer is only half over but I thought it would be a great time to start looking ahead to the school year. The stores are already doing it and I know that advertisers are gearing up their back to school propaganda, so why not start having a few helpful blog [...]
Here we are again, talking about all the gear that you will need for your new baby. I hope that I haven’t overwhelmed you and that you are taking this in stride. I have already covered the nursery, clothing and bath time layettes, so if you haven’t read through those, I would recommend [...]
This is a very simple science experiment that can be done with children as young as 2. Basically, if they can sit still and be amazed, then they can enjoy this experiment.
Before you begin any science experiment, whether you do it at home or in a classroom, you should really take the time to [...]
Wooooooo! The wind howled through the trees and warned of all the evil thrills that graced the night. It was Halloween and everyone from spooks to mice were excited by the events that would unfold…
Of course it isn’t Halloween yet but I thought I would kick off the Halloween crafts early, since I need [...]
Well, here we are with our third installment of building a layette. I know that I am probably taking you through the long haul but I find that it is much easier to understand the whole layette in sections than in getting a list that doesn’t really explain what each part is and what [...]
If you can remember far enough back, I wrote both part one and two of this series on Theorists of Child Development. My first post was about Freud and my second was aboutErikson. Today, I am going to take us closer to the end of this series and discuss Piaget. If you are not sure [...]