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I’m Heading to Who-ville…and Other Magical Places

December 18, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

The other night, Little picked How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as his bedtime story. And though I’ve read it many times before, this time a particular line really stuck with me. And the minute his heart didn’t feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light… I read it, and […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: blogging, christmas, Common Sense Media, family time, Grinch, holidays

On Screen Time, Rules, and Being a Grown Up

October 29, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 3 Comments

Rules have always kind of been my thing. I mean, I hate to brag, but I’m really, really good at them. Not only can I follow them, I can tell other people to follow them, and—ever since I became a mom—I even get to make them. While I’ve tried not to get too caught up […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Media, featured, Mom Musings, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: Common Sense Media, role model, rules, screen time, TV

How 3rd Grade Back-to-School Night Reminded Me What I Have to Learn

September 9, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

When I started 3rd grade, I’m pretty sure the only requirement my teacher had for parents was to ensure that their smock-dressed students had enough chalk to do their daily lessons. Ok, maybe it was #2 lead. But still, things were so very different back in the olden days.

Filed Under: Common Sense Media, featured, Mom Musings, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: 3rd grade, back to school, Common Sense Media, education, online safety, technology, tips

School’s Out for Summer

July 22, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 8 Comments

The other day I ran into a friend at my office (aka Starbucks). He asked what my kids were up to this summer and the subject of workbooks came up. I confessed, as I’m doing to each and every one of you here, that I don’t make my kids do one single bit of school […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Media, featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: apps, books, Common Sense Media, education, learning, music, reading, school, science, summer

3 Great Ways to Encourage Reading

June 11, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

I’m lucky. I have three kids who love to read (or be read to). Of course a huge part of that is that they live in a house filled with books. (Some people buy designer shoes, I buy beautifully bound paper.) I also like to think it’s because they see Lenny and me doing our […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Media, featured, Tips & Ideas, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, Common Sense Media, love of reading, reading, tips

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