My daughter’s first grade teacher sent home this list of kids books that help build math skills: 12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno Count on Your Fingers African Style by Claudia Zaslavsky Emeka’s Gift:  An African Counting Book by Ifeoma Onyefulu Emily’s First 100 Days [...]

    Earlier this week, my daughter and I embarked on a trip around the world (and back in time) with Jack and his sister Annie from Mary Pope Osborne’s book series The Magic Tree House.  This is one of the best book series for kids who are just starting to read chapter books. In The [...]

This morning I picked a bright orange hairband to pull back my daughter’s hair.  She asked why I picked orange.  I told her I thought it was a cool color. My five year old corrected me.  “Orange is a warm color, Mom.” She learned that from Blue’s Art Time Activities.  She used it a lot in preschool [...]

        Kids who like science will love The Magic School Bus, a series that follows the adventures of Ms. Frizzle, a fearless science teacher who takes her students on amazing field trips aboard her incredible bus.  The Magic School Bus changes form and moves across time to bring Ms. Frizzle and her class to outer space, inside the human body and on other [...]