Combining its expertise in childhood learning materials with widely used technology, Scholastic introduces Storia, a free eReading App that customizes learning to your child’s ability level–and beyond.
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Safe Pregnancy Beauty Products
Sure, we should all learn to read and understand cosmetics labels the same way we do food labels, but this can be an overwhelming endeavor, especially with pregnancy brain. Follow the tips below to easily mitigate your exposure to the worst chemical offenders.
Green Parenting: Most Good and Least Harm
How can each of us make choices in our lives to make the most good and the least harm to ourselves, other people, animals and to the environment?
Building Basic Reading Skills
By using a systematic, multi-sensory approach to teaching, such as the Orton Gillingham methodology, students can learn to excel in their reading and writing skills.
Ironman: Make It Count
Saturday is New York’s first full Ironman. An Ironman is a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and then a full 26.2-mile marathon. You have 17 hours to finish. During the race, athletes burn around 9,000 calories and lose up to seven gallons of sweat. I know because I’m bit of a triathlon groupie. My dad competed […]
Diary of a New Green Mom: Natural Cleaners & Panic at the Store
At one time, before I was married, before the kids, I would have spent hours dissecting every ingredient listed on every product–and then checked its safety on various scary websites. I had rather bad obsessive compulsive disorder, and I was focused on germs and chemicals.
How Do I Keep My Toddler in His Bed?
Switching from a crib to a toddler bed can be challenging as your toddler is trying to understand the differences in her routine. The switch brings up a range of different feelings for them, curiosity, excitement and some nervousness as they try to understand the shift to a big kid bed.
Baby Night Terrors?
Toddlers and preschool aged children can have two types of sleep disturbance: nightmares or night terrors. When toddlers or preschoolers have night terrors they wake up screaming and shouting and are inconsolable for 15 minutes or more.