The Minnesota State Fair is a fabulous event (Twelve days of fun ending Labor Day!). Rachel and I love the Fair, and we have passed this love along to our children. Griffin must have been thinking about the wonders of the State Fair as summer slowly (oh, so...
Our local public library has a summer reading incentive program. Children keep track of the amount of time they spend reading, and when they reach 20 hours they get a prize. Some of the prizes are good, including a ticket to the State Fair. To keep track of their...
Talking math with your kids takes two forms: (1) seizing opportunities the kids initiate, and (2) creating opportunities where there might previously have been none. This is story of creating an opportunity—first with my four-year old, then with my seven-year old....
Griffin (eight years old) and Tabitha (five years old) were discussing the day's activities. The feature activity had been making brownies with Mommy. This occurred while Griffin was out of the house. Griffin: How many brownies did you make?Tabitha: One...