I keep getting PR pitches about the “summer slide”. You know, the idea that by our kids having a measly 9 weeks off of school is going to break their brains? That all that great knowledge they got last year — over the other 40-something weeks — will disappear if we don’t spend our lazy […]
The Start of Some REAL Momentum
Just about a mile down the road from our house, there’s a public elementary school. Not Big’s. It’s one that belongs to a different school district. One that doesn’t have parents holding fundraisers that result in hundreds of thousands of dollars for school supplies, art and music teachers, and more. One that I’d heard was […]
A Little Something You Can Do For a Teacher
I don’t know about you, but at the beginning of the school year, my son got a very specific list of school supplies that he’d need for the year. It included things like glue sticks, markers, and colored pencils — you know, the stuff of 1st graders’ dreams. Well, come Back-to-School Night, Big’s teacher had […]
Celebrating Teachers with Office Depot’s REAL Change
Disclosure: I am an Office Depot REAL Change blog ambassador. This post is part of a campaign where I was compensated for my time. To learn more about REAL Change, visit their website. After I graduated from college, I lived with two good friends who were in a teaching Master’s program at UCLA. As I […]
Review: Leap and the Lost Dinosaur
Recently Little’s kicked his obsession with wanting to be like his big brother into high gear. Dress like him? Athletic pants, long-sleeved waffle shirt, football jersey/shirt — check. Play like him? Tackle, shoot, tackle, dribble, celebration dance — check. Read like him? Well, that’s not so easy… Which is why I adore the LeapFrog Tag […]