It was July and we were in packed traffic trying to find a parking spot in Washington DC at the height of tourist season.
It was around 250 degrees and 3,000% humidity. I saw sparrows burst into flames mid-flight and then melt into a puddle of feathers. Yes, it was on such a day that ...
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You Can Learn Anything
Does your family choose a theme for the school year? Choosing a word or phrase to start the year off can be a powerful way to encourage your children to jump into learning head first.
School can be daunting, and often, it's the stimulation, pressures, or environment that a child will confuse ...
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How to use books to have deeper conversations with your kids.
How do you have deep conversations with your kids? I’m talking about the big stuff. We all want to help our kids be happy and successful by teaching strong values. But, how do you talk to your kids about values like honesty, gratitude, forgiveness, generosity, and love?
As a young dad ...
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Creative Game: What is this thing?
While games with boards, and cards, and dice, and pieces, and batteries are fine… we’re all for games that need few, or no objects, but lots of creativity!
Enter the very fun game: What Is This thing?
Grab a simple household or outdoor item like a wooden dowel, a ruler, a stick or even a ...
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Story-Pass: Family Game for all ages
It all started around a campfire.
Literally, my family when I was growing up, would play this creative storytelling game when we would go camping. After dinner was done and s’mores had been consumed in large quantities, we would sit around the campfire in the growing dark and inevitably, ...
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101 Chapter Books Little Kids Will Love
Reading chapter books to your 3-8 year olds is a great way to get them to use their imaginations and to increase their vocabulary. But with the advanced vocabulary, comes advanced content (sorry...I am not interested in emotionally scarring my 4 year olds by reading about vampires) or they simply ...
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