The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. My first teaching assignment was as a first grade teacher which allowed me to get to know early elementary ages quite well. My students always had a wide spectrum of…
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2019 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Every year my Best Gifts for Toddlers & Preschoolers list reflects this age group’s innocence, curiosity, and their ability to see the world as a wondrous place. Well before I…
2018 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Teens (ages 13+)
If you’re a parent of a teen, you probably find yourself counting down milestones from time to time. The number of birthdays left to celebrate at home, remaining seasons of their favorite sport, years left in high school before they’re off to college, and maybe summers but let’s be honest, those 18 summers are a…
2018 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Tweens (ages 8-12)
Tweens have one foot firmly still planted in childhood and the other inching towards the teen years so they often feel stuck between the cute stuff of kid years and wanting to be grown up. This age group possesses growing self-confidence, independence, and academic skills that need to be nurtured. The best gifts for tweens encourage…
Best Gifts for Early Elementary Ages (grades K-2, ages 5-8)
The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. In my former life as a first grade teacher, I got to know early elementary ages quite well. My students always had a wide spectrum of knowledge so I know…
2018 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Toddlers & Preschoolers
The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. This year’s Best Gifts for Toddlers & Preschoolers reflects this age group’s innocence, curiosity, and their ability to see the world as a wondrous place. I loved spending time with…
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: 13 Items to Set Their Heart Aflutter
True story: Once I dated a guy for two years who told me that his inability to find me a Valentine’s Day gift was the reason he was breaking up with me. Ouch. Lesson: Don’t be that guy. Or girl. With Valentine’s Day just a week away, gifts for your beloved don’t have to be…
Rwanda #PathtoPeace: How Macy’s Fostered Post-Genocide Peace Through Trade not Aid Basket Program
I’ve always dreamed of traveling to Africa whose diverse countries provide endless opportunities to learn through travel. Some day I’d like to witness the great migration in Tanzania, silently marvel at the great apes in Uganda, set foot on Mount Kilimanjaro, sample the culinary treasures in South Africa, and sit among basket weavers in Rwanda…
Valentine Gift Guide: 15 Tech Savvy Gifts for Your Loved Ones
While I’m a big believer that displays of love on Valentine’s Day should be spread out throughout the year, tech gifts outlast flowers and chocolates for a gift that keeps on giving. There’s no shortage of gifts in Valentine colors like pink, red, and purple but these gifts also come in goes-with-everything black or other…
16 Great Father’s Day Gifts for Dad & Grandfathers
Dads CAN be hard to shop for but they don’t have to be! The key is to get him something that he’s been wanting but won’t buy for himself or to give him something totally out of left field that you know he’d love! I’ve curated some of my favorite gift for guys into this…