This post is sponsored by Wonder Workshop In the past few years we’ve seen growing emphasis on STEM education and rightfully so. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “over 800,000 new STEM jobs were added to the U.S. economy” between May 2009 and May 2015.” “Computer occupations made up nearly 45 percent of STEM…
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How to Talk to Tweens and Teens About Digital Safety and Screen Time
This post is sponsored by Google Family Link and Be Internet Awesome I remember when my kids were toddlers and keeping an eye on them meant ensuring electrical outlets were covered, visually sweeping the floor to ensure there weren’t potential choking hazards lying about, and latching baby gates so they couldn’t accidentally toddle down stairs before they were…
20 Books with LGBTQ Characters for Kids Celebrating Pride Month
By Common Sense Media Looking for a way to celebrate and honor Pride Month with your young kid? From books with main characters who are LGBTQ or still figuring out their sexual orientations to stories of straight kids or teens with gay friends or parents, these books portray many aspects of the LGBTQ experience for…
Teach Your Kids to Take Better Pictures with 4-H Digital Photography Curriculum
This post is sponsored by 4-H With improvements in smartphone technology and the cameras inside them, it’s easier than ever for tweens and teens to be photographers. However, a great image is measured by more than how many friends you can cram into the frame of your selfie. Parents with budding photographers can make screen…
Better Hearing and Speech Month Twitter Chat (5/22): Recognizing Signs of Communication Disorders in School-Age Kids
This is a sponsored post When I taught first grade, my main objective was to teach kids to read. I started each year with beginning readers who transformed into fluent readers during the course of the year. But teaching kids to read wasn’t easy. It was often hard to tell if a stumbling block was…
Remake Learning Days Bring Free STEM Programming to Communities Across the US
This post is brought to you by Remake Learning Days and The Motherhood Whenever I give presentations to PTAs and other parent groups about today’s digital parenting challenges, I remind them their child’s experiences with technology are preparing them to thrive in a world of constant change. I’m living proof that the job I have…
Why We Love the Tútit App for On-Demand Homework Help
This post is sponsored by tútit I admit that the AP Physics and magnet pre-calculus classes Emily is currently taking as a high school freshman are well outside my comfort zone. Even though her teachers are always available to answer questions at lunch and she has a group chat with friends in her engineering magnet program,…
Introducing tútit On-Demand Pay as You Go Virtual Tutoring App
This post is sponsored by tútit How many of these scenarios sound familiar? It’s 9pm and your middle schooler just announced that he has an algebra quiz tomorrow and he just doesn’t get it. He’s frustrated, you’re frustrated, it’s getting late, you’ve still got laundry and some work to finish, and you don’t know how to…
5 Resources for Teaching Financial Literacy to Tweens and Teens
This post is sponsored by T. Rowe Price. “I just don’t understand why my friends want to spend real money on things for Fortnite®”, my 12-year-old son pondered one night after the latest Battle Pass came out. Thomas likes playing Fortnite with his friends, watching YouTube® videos featuring game play, and stays up to date…
Regeneron Science Talent Search Rewards Promising Young Scientists
This post is sponsored by Regeneron Clipboard pressed to my body, I made myself as small as possible as I squeezed my way past fellow parents and students in the already narrow space between poster boards during our middle school’s annual STEM Night. As a parent judge, my goal was to locate and talk to…
