Reading for Kids – Raising a Good Reader

Reading for Kids – Simple Ways to Make Reading fun for Kids
All parents know that reading is an important part of their child’s development.  But with some many other things competing for your child’s time and attention how to you make reading for kids fun?  And why should you?
Reading is a basic skill, that leads [...]

To Summer Camp or Not to Summer Camp

Horseback riding camp, computer camp, Girl Scout camp, camp with swim lessons, camp without, sailing camp, environmental camp, marine biology camp…Breathe… Sleep-away camp – is she ready? Am I? No. Traditional day camp – is it worth the money? Do they bus? Yikes. Enough already!
The Summer Camp Dilmena
by Christine Duval
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Closet Confidential: Style Secrets Learned the Hard Way

By Kim Childress
Closet Confidential Style Secrets Learned the Hard Way, by Winona Dimeo-Ediger, Sasquatch Books, 18.95
Witty, wise and at times downright hysterical, this is a book for “real women with real bodies, real budgets and a real desire for style. Equal parts self-deprecating wit, fashion smarts and bargain-bin savvy, fashion blogger Winona Dimeo-Ediger covers everything [...]

Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

If you didn’t see writer Christine Duval’s post on her own math anxiety and how it may be affecting her daughter’s own feelings towards math, then be sure to check it out – and for a great book on why pre-teen girls should love math – from the actress who used to play Winnie on [...]

Ending Math Anxiety in Girls

By Christine Duval
I don’t love math. I admit it. It never was a favorite subject of mine. I didn’t do horribly in it, but I realize looking back to my school days that I didn’t get a lot of encouragement to enjoy or excel at it either.
Recently while struggling to help my daughter with a [...]

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