The Best Lessons of Summer Aren't Found in a Workbook
There’s a whole lot of learning going on in the summer, more than math facts and vocabulary and spelling.
Kid Made Recipe: Chai Tea Muffins
April showers call for afternoon baking projects! Try these groovy chai tea muffins with your junior baker this weekend. Just make sure you get decaf tea!
How Household Contributions Teach Kids to Care for Others
Chores teach children something that is less measurable and yet is critical to success in life: how to care.
10 Books About Libraries to Regale Your Bookworm
The library is a magical place, full of worlds whose passport is a free library card and good imagination. These 10 books will make you want to pay a visit.
8 Books that Help Kids Understand the Dynamics of Blended Families
Each day, 1,300 new blended families are formed in the United States. These books can help children of all ages learn to cope with the changes.
Spring is here, and that means Peeps! If you’re entertaining this weekend, try out this decadent marshmallow treat, it’s like a giant Peeps s’more!
Kindergarten Is Going to Change Your Child Completely – and That's Okay
Now, for eight hours a day, your kindergartner will be surrounded by influences that aren’t his parents.
How Baby Signing Can Save Your Sanity and Strengthen Your Bond
It's a welcome exchange for screeching like a banshee.
Sight Words Are So 2016: New Study Finds the Real Key to Early Literacy
The best indicator of future success as a reader is actually a child’s ability to use invented spelling as they write.
What Mac and Cheese Can Teach Our Kids About Scientific Reasoning
As parents, we should be combating both chemophobia and poor logical reasoning. We should also teach healthy skepticism grounded in scientific methods.
Kid Made Recipe: Lettuce Wrap Tacos
Start with a base of meat or beans, then fill these tasty romaine taco wraps with all of your favorite fillings and taco night will never be the same!
The Future of Science Needs Our Daughters' Perspectives
There are surprising benefits to giving a girl an extra push into STEM – and it starts at home.
Why Self-Directed Learning is the Kind That Shines
Jimi Hendrix didn't spend hours shredding the guitar because his parents made him.
Sitting All Day Doesn't (and Shouldn't) Work for Young Scholars
Get up. Get moving. Get learning.
10 Dr. Seuss Books You’ve Never Heard Of
Make room on the bookshelf.
There's plenty of time for falling in line later.
Sunturds Plantable Diapers - Sprouting Up Today
Tired of littering Mother Earth with wasteful disposable diapers? Us, too. So we paired up with American Meadows to bring you the world's first ecologically friendly answer. www.sunturds.com
Kid Made Recipe: Peanut Butter Banana Waffles
Go bananas for breakfast with these super hearty waffles! the recipe is gluten free and vegan, but there's no compromise in deliciousness.
Celebrate Poetry Month With These Captivating Reads
How can we continue to explore rhythm, rhyme, and language with kids as they grow? These poetry anthologies and picture books are a great place to start.
6 Ways To Foster Creativity, Right From Birth
When we see creative people, we usually think they’re just lucky. But that's not totally true.
7 Subtle Ways to Encourage Your Kids to be Readers
Forcing it is never going to work.
With only two chances to practice each year, my progress towards ‘cool and collected’ was slow.
Kid Made Recipe: Cheddar Garlic Monkey Bread
Everyone will love this crisp on the outside, warm and buttery on the inside addition to the table. These are seriously addictive!
How Can I Use TV and Movies to Teach My Kids Media Literacy?
Teaching kids to pause and think -- and not just accept things at face value -- is teaching them a valuable skill.