Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

My daughter has thrown her first tantrum

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

If you haven't experienced this yet, it's an experience like no other.  Your child is suddenly uncontrollable with arms failing and feet a stomping.  She's yelling and crying and acting like a crazy person.  So what do you do in this situation?  It's hard to do, but just ignore her.  ...

Game site of the day - ABCTeach.com

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

This is more of a learning site, but has it has 5000+ free printable pages and worksheets to help your child learn math to coloring pages.  It's a pretty cool site that touches on a lot of different categories to diversify your child's mind.  Definitely not the prettiest of sites, ...

Child Modeling Tips

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

For all you parents that want to get their child in modeling, I found some sites that gave some good tips.   Just make sure you NEVER pay any money up front!!! http://www.instantcast.com/casting/child_modeling.asp Parents.berkeley.edu http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppchildmodel http://www.babymodelingsecrets.com/

Game site of the day - PreSchool Express

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Preschool Express is an on-line educational activity resource for parents, teachers and grandparents of preschool children. PreSchoolExpress.com

Game site of the day - Wonder Time

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

dedicated to helping parents nurture their children's love of learning. A blend of how and why, Wondertime inspires parents of infants through 8-year-olds to see the world through the eyes of their children, and to celebrate the wonder of this all-too-fleeting time. Wondertime mixes playful activities and everyday adventures with compelling ...

Baby Einstein?

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Creators of the Baby Einstein videos are pure marketing geniuses!  You see Einstein in the title and you automatically think that this is going to help your baby excel!  This is the assumption most parents make, but studies show that this is nothing more than another way to baby sit ...

More talk, less TV

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

"In an influential study published in 1995, social scientists Betty Hart and Todd Risley recorded everything that went on in 42 households to see why some children fared worse in school than others. One factor especially stood out: the number of words the child heard. Lots of talk around babies and toddlers ...