I strive daily to find ways to expand the little minds that surround me. I have read all the statistics about how this is the time in our children’s lives to instill a foundation [...]

…I need it.  Just a little here and there, but I definitely need it.  Being a Mom is hard work, no doubt and hearing just a little validation from the outside world brings me up [...]

I received news last week that my sister-in-law is expecting a baby next July. Wonderful news, as it means I get to be an aunt again. However, it was rather unexpected—not only to us, but [...]

Boston’s Early Childhood blog had a great post recently. It has to do with how children and adults answer four simple questions. The majority of adults get the answers wrong. Curious? Here are the questions:
1. [...]

Today’s guest blog is from Lisa Eack, Parent Liason for the Parent Coalition of Lenawee Great Start. Lisa is an Upper Peninsula native. She has two young boys, 4 and 2, and a newborn [...]

My husband has three things that concern him.  Toilet paper, lights, and milk.
Our family goes through more toilet paper than you can imagine.  My husband complains about our over-consumption of this modern convenience to the [...]

We’ve come a long way from the “children are to be seen and not heard” era, back when children were expected to carry more responsibilities at younger ages and had no rights; back when they [...]

In June, we went on vacation.  We stayed in hotels, ate in restaurants, rode amazing Disney rides, and met Mickey!  We brought back t-shirts, stuffed toys, wonderful souvenirs only available at those crazy shops that [...]

Lisa Eack, Parent Coalition leader and mom, also took the “20 Minute Play Challenge.”  Here is her reflection on it.

Uninterrupted. Uninterrupted? I am not sure that this word even exists in our household.  With two [...]

April is the “Month of the Young Child” and we are excited to have Kelly Williams, a local licensed child care provider, with us as a guest blogger this month.
Our local group of child [...]