Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Welcome Home Again Are you to new to the Bay Area? Or did you move here two, three, or even five years ago and still feel as if you haven’t found... Continue Reading
Education, Leisure & Vacation Summer Learning: Take Part in Citizen Science Do you have 15 minutes to spare? If so, you can be a citizen scientist. Over the past few years, citizen scientists — ordinary people... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers Let’s Go to the Beach! Tips to Get Kids Ready for the Water Summertime typically brings hot weather and family vacations. Swimming and playing in water can be a big part of summer plans! However,... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers Summer Is Time to Slow It Down Everyone needs downtime. Children and teens today have such busy, stressful lives that summer becomes not just a welcome break in their... Continue Reading
Books, Education, Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips Eight Great Tips for Raising a Reader Yesterday I had one of those happy mama moments. In my mind there are very few things more satisfying than watching my two daughters... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips Why Can’t We Be Friends? I call 4- and 5-year-olds the “adolescents of early childhood” because, emotionally speaking, they are going through many of the same... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Toddlers What’s Your Story? The Magic of Storytelling “Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens Seeking Balance in Our—and Our Children’s—Lives For parents, January is the month when we begin planning for activities for our children for the rest of the school year and for summer.... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills A Witching Hour Guide Getting Safely — and Happily — from Kansas to Oz Do you dread the time between when your kids get home from school and dinnertime? Are... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills 10 Ways to Learn in Your Own Backyard Many parents worry about summer slide, the learning loss that can occur while school is out for the summer. Great news: There is a... Continue Reading
