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You can’t put the kids in a cardboard box, but you can call on Neville,...
We did it last summer. The neighbors are doing it this summer. It’s as American as apple pie and the Fourth of July: the long distance move. The snow might still be on the ground, but I can hear the...
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Your glove is on the wrong hand but that doesn’t matter when you are reading
Is there anything better than standing in the outfield? The sun on your back and a glove in your hand? If you are a baseball fan, you might not think so. But I think I recently found...
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Minding your own business
Angela Verges Today’s post comes from Angela Verges, one of our new writers who you’ll be hearing from on the first Tuesday of each month. I’m so excited to have her on board, and I love what she’s...
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Need some science with your watermelon?
I have never tired to make my love for science a secret. Except in high school, and then I actually hated it so there was no secret, just a catastrophic misunderstanding that was luckily remedied by...
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don’t like camp
My memories of my camping experiences include mostly the one where I was stepped on by a horse and one where a counselor carried me upside down across a lunchroom and plopped me at a table of...
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Take Me Out to the Ballpark
by Angela Verges Line drive, loose hit, home run, these are all signs that baseball season is in full swing. I remember the days of my boys playing t-ball, coach pitch, and then baseball. Sitting on...
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Be someone else. Then understand them.
We know books can take us places. We know they can introduce us to new people. But we often overlook the fact that they allow us to be someone else. Not just to meet them, gaze into their life for a...
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Hosting a Super Sleepover (Of course there are books involved!)
by Angela Verges Angela Verges The kids are back in school and will make friends and soon invite them over for play dates and sleepovers. I remember my boys being invited to a friends’ house for a...
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Dystopian Fantasy: The End of the World as We Know it
Dystopian Fantasy: The End of the World as We Know It by Katherine Higgs-Coulthard Hunger Games Divergent The Maze Runner Ender’s Game What do these books have in common? a) They’re great books that...
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Jumpstart your summer adventure – Dig into reading
by Angela Verges Schools out! Begin a summer adventure with your child through books. Let your child’s imagination go wild and create a theme for books he would like to read this summer. Make it a...
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Kick off the school year with reading
Title: Dino-FootballAuthor: Lisa WheelerIllustrator: Barry GottGenre: Picture book Ages: 5-8yrs By Angela Verges It’s the time of year where parents are kicking into gear for the start of another...
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Cooking is a science? Who knew!
By Angela Verges Did you know cooking could be a science? Phineas MacGuire found this to be a fact when he had to start cooking dinner every night. Phineas is a fourth grader and the main character in...
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