Archive for the 'Pre-teen' Category
With school officially out, there’s nothing like an amusement park that says “SUMMER!” And while many parks offer a few things for the younger kids, many of them are geared to the older set.
That is except Sesame Place, a fun-packed park filled with both wet and dry activities, parades, and all your favorite Sesame Street [...]
June 19th, 2008 | Posted in Baby, Elementary School, Kids, Out and About, Pre-school, Pre-teen, Toddler | No Comments
There’s something so refreshing about reading Mama Rock’s Rules,” starts off one of our bloggers. “And I read a lot of parenting books.”
So far, 10 parent bloggers have reviewed Mama Rock’s Rules: Ten lessons for raising a houseful of successful children. The overwhelming consensus? Definitely worth the read!
Bloggers appreciated Mama Rock’s approach. “Many of her [...]
May 6th, 2008 | Posted in Books, Elementary School, Kids, Pre-school, Pre-teen, Toddler | No Comments
New parents are showered with gifts such as alphabet blocks and activity mats with bright colors and alphanumeric graphics. Simple puzzles to learn shapes and colors abound, as do every product imaginable with letters and numbers. Television shows, DVDs, electronic toys, and activity cubes aimed at infants through preschoolers all center around the “basics:” ABC’s, [...]
April 16th, 2008 | Posted in Autism, Elementary School, Kids, Media, Pre-school, Pre-teen | 11 Comments
Mike Byster, a man with an amazing memory and a mission to share his ability with others, particularly children, has created Brainetics so that parents and teachers can get him right in their classroom or living room in an instant. As part of the program, parents and teachers get a five-dvd set, a playbook, parent guide, flashcards, [...]
March 31st, 2008 | Posted in Elementary School, Kids, Media, Pre-teen | No Comments
We’re pleased to introduce you to Mike Byster. He just looks like an average guy, right? You wouldn’t think that at the age of 4, Mike was able to rattle off every single president’s birth and death date. In order.
This man with an amazing memory and a mission to share his ability with others, particularly children, has been [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Elementary School, Kids, Media, Pre-teen | 4 Comments
Thanks to an almost insurmountable amount of reviews of The Daring Book for Girls on the blogosphere and in mainstream media, unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’d be surprised if you hadn’t heard about this new Harper Collins title by Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz.
Under much scrutiny from women everywhere (thanks the the [...]
December 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Books, Elementary School, Kids, Pre-teen | 1 Comment
“One of my biggest fears as a parent is that my kids will hide things from me. As a teenager, I felt like my parents were so wrapped up in their own lives that they just didn’t have time to learn anything about mine. I lied to my parents all the time, about where I [...]
October 30th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Kids, Pre-teen | 1 Comment
No matter how well-behaved a teen may be, nor how understanding his or her parents may be, I don’t think it’s possible to escape the teen years without conflict. By the very nature of that time - specifically, the physical and emotional changes that teens endure - there’s bound to be a struggle as [...]
October 16th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Kids, Pre-teen | 5 Comments
“In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage. The one thing that we always say about childhood is that we seemed to have more time back then. This book will help you recapture those Sunday afternoons and long summers [...]
April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Elementary School, Giveaways, Kids, Outdoor, Pre-teen | 13 Comments
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers, that is.
While I completely understand all the reasons to use hand sanitizer, I hope this campaign has illustrated beyond a shadow of a doubt why you should NOT use alcohol-based hand sanitizer. And “because the Today Show has got me all in a panic over substance abuse” is not even in the [...]
March 14th, 2007 | Posted in Baby, Elementary School, Green/Organic, Kids, Outdoor, Pre-school, Pre-teen, Toddler, Travel | 5 Comments