Tackle it Tuesday- Do You need a Kids Command Center?

by Lolli March 27, 2012 9 comments
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Please welcome guest tackler, Sharon, busy mom of 6 kids. I am loving her method of tackling the kids’ school work and bags! When your kids come home from school, do they dump out the [...]

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Checking in with the Sisters

by Lolli March 3, 2012 0 comments
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Every morning, Monday through Friday, I send all five of my kids off to school. I am fortunate to have wonderful schools here with caring, wonderful teachers. I have often had the same thoughts as [...]

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Can Kids Damage Their Backs with Heavy Backpacks?

by Guest Contributor February 24, 2012 4 comments
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Grace Pamer, the love letters lady behind Romantic Frugal Mom, is joining us today for a fantastic guest post. We are so thrilled she is sharing her thoughts on the topical debate of whether kids [...]

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How to Choose the Best SAT Tutor

by Guest Contributor November 12, 2011 4 comments

SAT tutor, Robert Levine, is guest posting today with some tips on how to chose the best SAT tutor for yourself or your student. Before going off to college, before I looked at my first [...]
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Homework Strategies – Checking In With the Sisters

by Lolli September 10, 2011 1 comment

As I was checking in with our sister sites this week, I found an article on 5 Minutes for Special Needs called Homework Strategies. As we just finished our second week of the new school [...]
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How To Make A Dinosaur Out Of Food — A Surprisingly Fun School Project

by Susan January 27, 2011 24 comments

Am I the only mother of a Kindergarten child who dreads the coming years of school projects (which sometime seem like they should be called “mom projects”)? I remember my own mother taking our school [...]
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Julia’s First Day of Kindergarten gets an A+

by Susan September 10, 2010 15 comments

I worry about all the wrong stuff. I was so worried that Julia would be scared starting Kindergarten in a new school, in a new language — all without her best friend. But as usual, [...]
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Back-to-School Lunchbox

by Amber Strocel August 16, 2010 15 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber Strocel here… Back-to-school time is coming up fast. This is a big year for my family, because my oldest child Hannah is heading off to kindergarten. They grow up so [...]
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School is Starting – Transition Tools

by Kelly August 7, 2010 3 comments

*** Monthly Feature Column *** Positively Speaking Building Assets in your Kids by Kelly Curtis, M.S., author of Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things.       Most families are [...]
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ABC, Easy as 123

by Amy March 29, 2010 13 comments

Whether we’re homeschooling our children, sending them off each morning to attend school, or working with our little ones to get them ready for kindergarten, all of us want to help encourage our children as [...]
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