With all the press about struggling students in schools, parents are constantly thinking about how to help their children get ahead. Dr. J. Richard Gentry PhD., recently revealed his 5 reasons why engaging very young children in reading can be such an advantage for their long-term overall development. Language Proficiency Develops Fastest Age 0-6 Babies…
The brain drain of summer is coming to an end. Soon, the kids will be back in school, flexing their young minds to begin learning again. How about giving your children a head start on the school year by getting them back into the reading habit with a free publication called Kidsville News!, the nation’s fastest growing…
Wait. What do you do when you are waiting? Daydream? Check email? Twitch? Do you find yourself wishing away the time? I do. Have you ever tried to find the messages in your wait time? Is it because you’re supposed to see something or find something you were looking for or hear something you wouldn’t…
Two new sets of DVDs have hit the market full of old favorites and newer stories that your children will simply love. My three-year-old son loves the “I’m Dirty and I Stink: The Kate and Jim McMullan Collection” ($19.95). He likes to tell me that at random times. He and his 6-year-old brother were glued…
A trip to the library or listening to what our Secretary of Education wants our kids to learn can be very discouraging if you are a parent who leans to the right on the political scale. Certain political agendas and socialist/communist ideas just don’t fly with many American families. These families disparage revisionist history and desire…
Isn’t the 4th of July when we celebrate the birth of this great country? Why do we need Flag Day, June 14th, to recognize the flag? According to USFlag.org, in 1885, a school teacher in Fredonia, Wisconsin, believed the flag was very important to this great nation and wanted to start a special day that…
The hits just keep on playing for author Jeff Kinney and his “Wimpy Kid” enterprise of books, games, toys and movies. Last month, Amulet Books released the expanded edition of “The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book” that includes more than 60 new pages of material beyond the original version. What a great project for summer! Within…
In a 3-part live series starting tonight, parent expert and author Sharon Silver, in cooperation with Moxie from www.askmoxie.org and The Huffington Post, helps you tackle some of the biggest parenting challenges. Tonight, May 25th, at 9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 Pacific, Moxie and Silver kick off the seminar series Life Keys: A Live Conversation, with the…
Although the workforce is almost equally men and women now, the cards still seem stacked against women, or at least that’s often how we act. There are several body language gestures we, as women, make that puts us in a submissive stance with our male counterparts in business. Body language expert, coach, speaker and author…
Aunties everywhere now have a wonderful book to check out on how to be the coolest aunt in the world! Melanie Notkin, founder of www.savvyauntie.com, has a new book, released last week, called “Savvy Auntie The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers and All Women Who Love Kids” (William Morrow, $24.99, ISBN 9780061999970). What…