Five Simple Steps for a Healthier School Year

 Your child is going to school.  As a parent, what can you do to make it the healthiest year ever? Perhaps your child is a preschooler and will be attending a daycare or nursery school.  Maybe your child is already in elementary school.  Here are five simple steps that may keep your child from getting [...]

Show-Me-How Story-time with Miss Vivian Travels to Chicago

Frank Sinatra sang songs about many of the cities that he loved…New York – San Francisco – Chicago. After a fantastic long weekend in Chicago, I’ll have to echo some of his words (written by Sammy Kahn and Jimmy Van Heusen): Chicago is one town That won’t let you down It’s my kind of town. [...]

Year-Round School: Has Its Time Come?

  I was thinking about what my next blog would be when I received a comment from Kat at education.com which sparked today’s post. In my post on Is it Too Early to Begin Planning for the New School Year?, I referenced an article from Education.com.  Kat was kind enough to respond to that and [...]