Writing and Reading with Children
I don’t write for children, but I love reading to children. Last week I attended an event sponsored by Delta Kappa Gamma, an international organization that supports the professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. The event...Life with a 4 year old
Two weeks ago Bean and I walked out the door of my house and scootered and walked a mile to the edge of the beach. Last week she arrived requesting to spend the afternoon at the beach, so we packed the car with buckets and snacks and spent three hours dodging the...Shuddle Car Service: Uber for Kids?
I learned this week about a new car service for busy parents. It’s called Shuddle. Modeled after the very successful Uber, Shuddle is a ride service operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. Like Uber, Shuddle utilizes drivers who own their own cars, and both...Legos for Girls and other Gender-Targeted Toys
Do you remember Barbie dolls? They appeared with designer clothes in toy stores and children’s lives in 1959; handsome Ken showed up in 1961. To me, who had moved on from dolls to a bicycle by that time, it seemed like every one’s little sister had a set...Generation Alpha: Here They Come
We’ve all heard about Millennials, also known as Generation Y, those tech-savvy youngsters born in the 1980s. And marketing analysts are increasingly watching Generation Z, the post-1990 generation that, according to Business Insider, “doesn’t...
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