Cookies, Crayons, Classes, & Chaos

My 6 year old nephew was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes type I this past week.  He was fine until a few weeks ago when he started drinking...

There are some terrific resources from 3rd generation homeschooling parents at http://www.bringinguplearners.com/ to help integrate natu...

Here are some wonderful educational gifts that can engage hearts, minds, and senses... $20 "Galileoscope" telescopes - Recreat...

Here is a quick and easy to sew mermaid tail or dragon tail .  Good for Halloween and beyond! I'm thinking about Christmas gifts... ...

Just a note to say thanks to everyone who has stopped by the blog since I started...It's so much fun to see dots from all over the world...

Science has issued a statement that I'll bet doesn't surprise a lot of teachers, day care workers, or parents.  More kids have aut...

Kayak Anna and the Palindrome Creek: A splashing eco-adventure for readers ages 9-13 This was book was recommended to me by a friend of...

It was bound to happen.  You can't have small children in a house and precariously placed China without something happening.  Yes, one ...

One of the great books we checked out at the library is The Pet Dragon by Christoph Niemann . It's a really fun book that has a great ...

This emotions color wheel has been really helpful for me this week as a mother of a child with a sensory modulation disorder.  It's ...

Just one of many studies objectively documenting what we as parents observe.  Details of this and other studies at the Star Center are also...

One of the MSU grad students from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology referred me to this  K-12 Life Science project from...

Thanks so much to Nancy Peske over at SensorySmarts.com  for another terrific newsletter with this great  resource. This online " M...

Now I really want to scour the thrift stores and garage sales for a broken level. It has to be broken or I wouldn't feel right doing t...

I've recently started reading some down-to-earth useful and insightful blogs about personal finance. A topic I normally find painful at ...

Green jewelry ideas from Instructables.com.  These look like so much fun to try!! Clove necklace and beads from instructables Beads f...

We're coming to some big hurdles in the organizing as we try to clean THE basement.  It's a giant puzzle akin to the Rush Hour Tra...

Moms in my area have been discussing how to make the transition to healthier eating (raw foods, non-processed food, sprouting, home made yog...

Traffic Calming.  It's a big topic in our neighborhood right now.  And it looks like many citizens are taking things into their own ...

Identifying Brain Differences In People With ADHD - Fascinating research profiled on NPR. It helps me to understand why my son craves ...