Mom-Tested Tips for Surviving Summer Vacation
For some families, summertime is something they eagerly look forward to because it means family vacations and field trips to all those places they don’t get to visit during the school year. But for others, summer vacation brings with it a high level of stress and dread over how to keep the kids busy and [...]
Discover Your Local Museums
I know for many of us visiting museums can be boring. It all goes back to those field trips in elementary and middle school, when we had to visit museums and write a report about what we saw, what we learned. I think it’s the same reason some people don’t like to read; they were [...]
Dolphin Assisted Therapy for Kids with Autism
The sun glistened on the water as if a child had sprinkled glitter on it. It would be a hot day but a hint of the early morning cool breeze still lingered in the air. A very faint smell of fresh fish and sea enveloped us as we walked out of the building. We stepped [...]
On National Teacher Day Imagine the Life of a Teacher
National Teacher Day is marked on the Tuesday of the first full week of May, which is also Teacher Appreciation Week. This year, National Teacher Day will take place on May 7. This is a big deal for me, not just because I’m a teacher, but because I love and respect my son’s teachers. Being [...]
How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Talk About School
When your child with special needs or disabilities is about to turn 3 years old, the State Early Intervention program will help him transition to the school system, if you want him to go to public school. Your child may start pre-school the very day he turns three and it can be an exciting step [...]
The Best PBS Apps for Your Kids
As more and more Latino families turn to technology devices to access the Internet, it’s important to know which apps are available, and which ones are safe and beneficial for your child. So we’ve done the legwork for you, and have found apps that are actually fun and educational. We’ve started by focusing on early [...]
For Earth Day & Arbor Day: Growing a Garden with Your Children
Spring is the time of year when we can perfect our green thumbs and try our hand at growing a garden! An activity filled with exploration, fun, lots of discussion, and tons of learning. Kids love getting down and dirty while being involved in the process of growing their own little gardens. To you as [...]
Keeping the Kids Busy & Learning at Home
As a classroom teacher for many years, I have learned to always have a plan for my day. In fact, teachers know that if you don’t plan ahead, the result will be chaos. The same goes for the home. If you are a parent will little ones underfoot, you need structure and a system or [...]
Minority Community Benefits From One of Nation’s First ‘Green’ Charter Schools
When Sarah Diaz was a freshman at the Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, Calif., she didn’t know much about conservation or social justice. But she soon had her family recycling, planting native plants and installing low-flow shower heads. She also learned about César Chávez, founder of the National Farmworkers Association, [...]
6 Things Parents Should Know About Bullying
A new book by Emily Bazelon, Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy, is opening up a dialogue meant to define what actually constitutes bullying. In a recent op-ed piece for The New York Times, Bazelon explained that “The definition of bullying adopted by psychologists is [...]
