I’m a HUGE fan of stories, songs and finger plays to share with my little boys! During the fall, winter and spring I was going to no less then THREE story times a week and now drive downtown once a week to the only library to continue story times during the summer. I never throw [...]
Today’s guest post is brought to you be Marsha Jacobson, the author of Boom… Boom… Boom…: A Story to Raise Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence, which as a mother of four, she wrote to to help children understand and deal with their uncomfortable feelings including anxiety, fear and frustration. As a parent, I’m thrilled with Marsha’s post and serves as a [...]
I just reviewed Suzanne Kamata’s novel Losing Kei, a story of an American woman who loses her child to Japanese custody laws when she divorces her Japanese husband. Suzanne Kamata, like her character, is an American living in Japan for the past twenty-one years with her family and gives a unique perspective to the book. [...]
I grew up with a mouse in our house. The Christmas Mouse.
See, the Christmas Mouse knows the frustration of parents with children underfoot on Christmas Eve. They are really excited at the thought of what Christmas morning will bring, but as far as Christmas Eve goes, children need something to keep them occupied. The Christmas [...]
This past weekend we went to the Festival of Trees, an annual event where individuals, groups, and organizations decorate and donate a Christmas tree. These trees are then sold and every single penny (we’re talking millions here) raised goes to provide medical care for needy children at Primary Children’s Medical Center. Between 70,000 and [...]
