Dear Stay-at-Home-Moms, Work-at-Home-Moms, Earners of less than 50% of the household net income, I have some unsolicited advice for you. I know you scrimp and save, you stretch your dollars to make things work, you put up with things that really don’t work as they should because… because. It’s great that you are so careful,…
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6 Very Useful Tools NOT to Give to a Mom on Mother’s Day
It’s that time of year again – that time when dads all over the world panic in their quest to find the right gift – a gift that shows just the right mix of sentimentality and usefulness – something special to show how much she means to him and their family. I’m not a huge…
Magnatile Maze
Last week, I came across a fantastic activity involving Magnatiles. The idea is to create a maze using magnetic tiles** and a cookie sheet, and then run a marble through the maze. While it’s a great idea, presenting this as a predetermined maze with a single goal misses out on the beauty of these open-ended…
Avoiding Arguments – One Conga Line at a Time
This week, some good research was reported on, showing a link between preschoolers swinging in unison and their later cooperation in other activities. The article also mentions how music has been shown to improve cooperation. In our home, when the bickering starts we’ve been making a concerted effort to find a shared group activity that…
Wonderschooling 