Many stay-at-home moms feel they are constantly working. While traditional employment offers a close of shift or weekends off, motherhood is a job with infrequent breaks. Young children need care each day for an average of 15 hours. Often, the chores involved with tending the home and children are not completed before bedtime, so extra [...]
Origami is a traditional and beloved art form that has been passed down through the generations. While originating in the East, it has become a pass time in the West as well, spanning the globe. You can often find books on the subject, and some grade school art classes teach simple folding methods like swans [...]
College is an important time in your child’s life for exploration and new experiences. This can be a rewarding, frantic, and fun filled romp which can teach some of life’s most important lessons about love, finance, and education. As a new student, it’s an enticing time. But for a worried mom, it’s a hands [...]
The best kind of learning for kids aged two to six is the kind that does so through curiosity and excitement. Children this age can certainly be forced to sit still if enough effort is exerted while the rules of arithmetic are being demonstrated to them, but what good does it do if they’re daydreaming? [...]
If you’re young enough you probably grew up during the D.A.R.E. days of American school life. If you’re like me you have a difficult time remembering anything about it except all the over sized D.A.R.E. shirts, corny bumper stickers, and tree-killing information packets no kid every read ever except if they wanted to laugh. I [...]
