Planning Playtime

To give this post some context, I've spent a good part of this past week sitting on the couch with two babies on my lap, clo...

 My oldest daughter would rather read than do just about anything else, and for several years we wouldn't catch her with anything oth...

My 10-year-old daughter recently started playing basketball on a local rec team.  She absolutely loves it, and spends quite a bit of tim...

I have to say that after 3 girls in a row, my husband and I had just about given up hope of having any boys.  My mom, who is quite the amb...

Here are the next songs in our Skip Counting series.  My eight-year-old 3rd grader just finished the 7's song and she can't wait to ...

Mother's of 3rd graders everywhere, this one's for you.  Memorizing those times tables is a killer, right??  I still remember trying...

Homework and I do not get along, not because I don't want my children to spend time learning, but because I want them to be able to do ...