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A Guide to Dealing with Your Emotions when Your Child is Starting Daycare

June 8, 2021 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Have a child starting daycare? Check these 4 smart ways to cope with your emotions. #3 is such a win!

We often think that our children starting daycare is a big emotional event for them. While this can be true, most children adjust to their new routine and environment quite quickly. In fact, a child starting daycare may have a more severe impact on their parents’ emotional health than on them. You may feel a […]

Filed Under: Preschool, School, Young Kids

How to Choose the Right School for Your Child

March 16, 2021 By Meredith 2 Comments

Knowing how to choose the right school for your child can feel overwhelming! Check out this pro advice--it really helped me figure it out!

Your child is ready to start school, and while you may be excited for them to enter the world of education and start to find subjects they love and meet new children who could become life-long friends, it can also be an emotional experience. For starters, you may have been the one who stayed home […]

Filed Under: Preschool, School, Young Kids

How Online Learning Stole My Mom Soul

October 9, 2020 By Meredith 4 Comments

Online learning has stolen your mom soul? You AREN'T ALONE. These days are so, so rough and brutal. These truths do help see you through...

This is the story of how online learning stole my mom soul. This isn’t just my story, but the shared story shared of friends, family, neighbors, and all my fellow parents in the trenches this fall. This isn’t a pretty story, but it’s real, it’s true, and it might just make you feel a bit […]

Filed Under: Health, Mommy Time, School

Go to Online Tech Camp with iD Tech

April 20, 2020 By Meredith 4 Comments

This online tech camp is GENIUS for your kids! With virtual camp and online private lesson options, they work for your life NOW, with everything going on. Bonus? You snag a some alone time while kids build their STEM skills. Score!

Thank you to iD Tech for sponsoring this post so I can fill you in on their cool online tech camp experience! Oh gracious, friends…these days are tough ones for sure, and during these weeks of e-learning, we’re all doing the best we can to keep our kiddos’ minds busy. It’s not easy, I know! […]

Filed Under: School, STEM, Young Kids

11 Elementary E-Learning Tips for Parents New to the Game

March 27, 2020 By Meredith 4 Comments

New to e-learning, parents? You aren't alone! Grab these 11 elementary e-learning tips to make a smooth go of this venture with your kids!

Hey, hey, parents! How’s it going? Anyone ready to lose their mind yet? Oof. I know. To add to the fun mix of coronavirus survival, many of us have been or will be starting e-learning with our children. Our district in Pennsylvania is a bit unique in that we started e-learning immediately upon school closing. […]

Filed Under: Organization, School

A REAL Mom’s Coronavirus Survival Guide

March 19, 2020 By Meredith 4 Comments

Done! This is the REAL mom's survival guide to the coronavirus. All the real truths and hope you need to navigate these dicey days like a smart boss!

Friends! The unthinkable has happened, and we’ve all found ourselves with upturned worlds. These days are dicey, and they are hard–in more than one way. So many of us are now crash-coursing into homeschooling kids while still managing our jobs and other daily tasks. Toss in a hefty dose of uncertainty and fear factor on […]

Filed Under: Health, SAHM Life, School, Young Kids

When It Works

April 30, 2019 By Meredith 10 Comments

When it works, when ASD/Autism education works, can be such a beautiful thing. Here is our true story, our tale, and heart. read, take hope, and enjoy the surprising bits along the way!

Four years ago, we unknowingly launched ourselves into a foreign world–a world of IEPs, learning support, a tremendous vernacular, and, above all, unprecedented support and kindness. Four years ago, we learned we had a child on the Spectrum. I know our story is unlike those of many. I know how very blessed we are to […]

Filed Under: ASD, School, Young Kids

5 Ways to Win Safer Internet Day

February 5, 2019 By Meredith 2 Comments

Safer Internet Day is here! Parents, we CAN do this--we can care for our kiddos and teach them safe internet usage in today's modern age, and here's how...take heart! This one is in the bag ;)

Thank you to Mom It Forward Influencer Network for sponsoring this post so I can share with you these 5 smart ways to win Safer Internet Day! All opinions are 100% my own. Today is Safer Internet Day (SID), and friends, this is a fantastic effort we parents can get behind! The slogan, “Together for a better internet“, says it all, all the more meaningful for those of us with young ones. We all know how insanely pervasive internet […]

Filed Under: School, Young Kids

Give the Gift of Reading with Books For Kids!

November 5, 2018 By Meredith 2 Comments

Books for Kids is the coolest way to give the gift of reading and giveback this holiday season! No better Christmas gift, and check out how it works--no easier way to love on kids in need!

***Thanks to zulily for sponsoring this post so I could tell you all about how you can give the gift of reading through their cool Books for Kids campaign!*** Hey hey! Anyone else like to read?? You know how obsessed I am, and it thrills me to see what dedicated readers my kiddos are turning […]

Filed Under: Books, Preschool, Reading, School, Young Kids

Homework Help for Kids with ADHD

October 18, 2018 By Anne Metz 2 Comments

Have a kiddo with ADHD? Homework help can be a tricky beast, but use these wicked smart 6 tips to get you and your child on track in no time--I love #4! Would never have thought of this!

As a mom, I have a difficult time keeping my kids on task during homework, plus trying to cook dinner, along with getting my children to and from activities. I have one child diagnosed with ADHD primarily inattentive plus another child with suspected ADHD. I also have 2 other children. Homework time in our house isn’t […]

Filed Under: ASD, Organization, School, Young Kids

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