As your kids transition from summer to studying, did you know that their iPhone can be used as a study tool? Just in time for a new school year, here’s a look at how your child can use built-in iPhone features for school success. How to Use Built-In iPhone Features for School Success From…
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7 Favorite Resources for Teaching Digital Safety to Kids
Every year I’m asked to speak to our school PTA about digital safety. Teaching digital safety to kids isn’t easy, especially when cell phones, laptops, and tablets provide convenience and connectivity that we need. We want our kids to be connected to us through their cell phones if they need us but that also means…
YouTube Supervised Experiences Provide Safer Exploration for Tweens
As adults, we love YouTube for the multitude of varied content but as parents, we’ve been concerned about our kids’ safety. We’ve trusted the YouTube Kids app to keep them safe for years. But if your tween or teen is growing up and out the kids app, YouTube supervised experiences is a new option that…
6 Tips for Raising Happy, Successful Teens
This post is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation. All opinions are my own. “Being a parent will change the way you teach,” a parent volunteer told me during my third year of teaching first grade. I never would have known this had I not returned to teaching this past fall. I love a good challenge…
110+ Elementary STEM Resources for Learning at Home
This is a sponsored post for WeAreTeachers. Thanks to sponsors like Lysol and Messenger Kids for making this page possible. There’s nothing easy about being at home right now but it’s even more difficult for curious kids who love learning about the world around them. Thankfully provides fresh age-appropriate content that is a welcome relief…
Brainly Offers $2500 Scholarship to High Schoolers Sharing At Home Learning Experiences
This is a sponsored post Coronavirus has altered school as we used to know it. As teachers have moved their classrooms online, parents are taking on the role of educators. It might not be the ideal situation for families but Brainly is giving high schoolers a chance to share how parent support while learning from…
Teach Digital Safety with Free Online Curriculum & Resources from Google
This post is sponsored by Google With today’s kids accessing media in a number of different ways throughout the day, lessons on digital citizenship are more important than ever. However, the critical learning our kids need won’t happen with just one person having a single conversation. As a parent, I’ve talked to my kids about…
Adverse Childhood Experiences: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
This post is made possible with support from the American Academy of Pediatrics through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All opinions are my own. As a college student majoring in psychology, I spent a summer interning at a residential treatment facility for children who were physically and sexually abused….
Perdue Farms Introduces Family Meal Bundles for Busy Families
This post is sponsored by Perdue Farms and contains affiliate links One of my favorite days of the week is Saturday. Not only is it the start of the weekend, but it’s the day that I head to my farmer’s market and pick up our community supported agriculture (CSA) share. For years, we’ve been buying…
Free Digital Resources for Teaching Fire Safety to Young Ages
This is a post sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association and Sparky.org. Did you know that in a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds? No one likes to think about the possibility of a fire in their…
