For parents who want to worry less and play more!
I’m hitting the road for a solid week to promote our new line of children’s educational DVD’s, “Braincandy, My 5 Senses.” As many of you know, this blog is sponsored by Braincandy and is really a vehicle to continue the conversation that we as parents find ourselves having all the time. Chats about work, family, […]
Posted on October 23rd, 2005 by Sam
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When will it end? Does this happen to anyone else. Being sick when your kids aren’t just seems wholly and completely unfair. I’ve never been big on vitamins or supplements but I’m starting to consider it. Anyone know a way to get rid of this crud?
Posted on October 18th, 2005 by Sam
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Hard to believe but after just having been sick with a cold not even a month and a half ago I’m sick again. How can this be happening? It’s no rare strain of Asian bird flu, its likely not anything serious but I’m SICK again. I’m SICK of being SICK. How are you supposed to […]
Posted on October 13th, 2005 by Sam
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I’ve been thinking lately about the word, “appropriate” and how hung up I am on the way it’s used–mostly in parenting and education.
The dictionary defines it as:
1. To set apart for a specific use “or”
2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission “or”
3. Especially suitable or compatible
I […]
Posted on October 11th, 2005 by Sam
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My husband and I recently took a vacation to celebrate my 40th birthday and our 10th wedding anniversary. Coincidentally, it was also our first vacation without our two 5 year olds. The plan was to take the red-eye to Detroit, drop the kids off with my mom and dad and leave for the south of […]
Posted on October 9th, 2005 by Sam
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This article, “Maybe Preschool Is the Problem?” was published in the New York Times in May of this year. This is what got my attention initially, “IF six out of every 1,000 preschool children are asked to pack up their Goldfish crackers and never return to nursery school - expelled at the tender age of […]
Posted on October 4th, 2005 by Sam
Filed under: School Time, Read This!, Research |