Parents face difficult decisions at this time of year when it comes to buying children’s toys for the holiday season: do you go along with this year’s ‘cool’ toy on your child’s list for Santa, or do you ignore all the background noise and select toys that have an educational value?

The answer is that it is possible to find toys that meet both your child’s criteria (popular and hot this year) and your goal to promote learning experiences while [...]

Are we having fun yet?

It may be pure folly on my part, but I decreed that our family’s holiday celebrations this year would be “old-fashioned”, which means we chop down an honest-to-goodness evergreen tree that does not have snap-on branches and blinking mini-lights already attached.

My two youngest children bought in to the real-tree concept from ‘go’: the lure of a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon ride through a tree farm was too much to resist. My husband heard the [...]

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So here is the scoop! Autumn is here and now is the time to start shopping for our new fall wardrobe. You no doubt already splurged on the latest fashion for yours kids when you went back-to-school shopping, but now that the kids are taken care of, it’s time for us moms to take care of ourselves. After all, a fabulous new dress or great new pair of shoes always brightens our day!

From the runways to your closet, here [...]

5. The Application
Compiling all the information gathered over the research process, parents should be able to come up with a final choice of two to three schools in which their child will flourish. Families are encouraged to apply to more than one school to keep their options open, because, although you may have preferences, chances are there are a number of schools that could be an appropriate fit.

Each school looks for different qualities in their students, but here’s what an [...]