Middle School Reading Recs

Middle School Reading Recs

Are you struggling to get your middle schooler to read? To read anything, anything at all? Maybe you are lucky enough to have a child who has found their genre, author or just an overall interest in reading. Or, maybe not. Well, if that’s the case, we have compiled a...
Preventing the Summer Slide!

Preventing the Summer Slide!

  On average, a summer is 2 ½ months.  That is 2 ½ months that children can loose what they have gained over the academic year.  It has been cited that teachers spend 6 weeks re-teaching old material to their students.  While this will most likely occur...
Shoe Tying Success

Shoe Tying Success

Take advantage of the slower pace of summer to work on the necessary skill of shoe tying! I still remember my mom teaching me as a young child. I was sitting on top of the deep freeze in the mud room, wearing my little red shoes. I loved those shoes! Since this skill...

How Can You Make the World a Better Place? 

From a young age family members, friends, and teachers would often tell my parents that I was a leader. Maybe they saw it when I taught my little brother to hold the door for the person behind him or when I opened other kids’ snacks before opening my own. My...
Rainy Day Activities

Rainy Day Activities

With the weather here in the Philadelphia area calling for rain the next week or so, this post is the perfect reference to help keep the kids engaged and focus their energy in productive ways. We’ve pulled a go-to list of activities together for you! Dance...