Draven Jackson Blogger | Teacher Twitter As many teachers know, one of the hardest parts about creating a syllabus for the year is thinking of creative project ideas or interesting lessons that will keep students engaged and active. It’s nearly impossible to keep all your students’ interest with every single assignment, but it’s good to incorporate a plethora of lesson types into your classes in order to try and provide … Read More
Life Skills That Should Be Taught in School
We learn a lot of things in school, but sometimes we miss out on developing important life skills. It’s time we add them to our lessons! Read More
Learning from My Father’s Wisdom
This Father’s Day, take a moment to consider all the lessons you learned from your father’s wisdom – the ones both said and shown. Read More
How to Get Kids Excited About Going Back to School
Looking for ways to get your children excited about going back to school? Here are our tips and tricks for encouraging kids to love learning! Read More
Interview with Mom’s Choice Award-Winner Finley Keller
Hello, Mom’s Choice readers! Thank you for joining us – we hope this finds you well. For each interview in our interview series, we speak with one of our honorees to find out more about them and their Mom’s Choice Award-winning media, product, or service! For this interview, we were able to speak with Finley Keller, who is the author of three MCA award-winning books, The Kittens and The Possum, The Kittens and The Baby Chicks, and The Kittens and The Rescue. All the books in “The Kittens” book series contain stories that are both realistic and teach lessons that present positive thoughts and feelings to keep the stories fun and uplifting. Finley was able to combine her love for animals and her passion for entertaining children by writing stories about the animals at her home, Keller Farms. “The Kittens” book series is full of stories that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face and warmth in your heart. Keep reading for a great interview with Finley! Read More
Moms Give the Best Advice
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, it’s important to remember the lessons we learned from our mothers. Here are our thoughts on our mom’s best advice and what that advice meant to us. Read More
Teaching Your Children About the Value of Change
Change can be scary – but it doesn’t have to be. It’s important that we learn the value of change and teach our kids to embrace it so they can learn to appreciate it as they experience change throughout their lives. Read More
Interview with Mom’s Choice Award-Winner Tina Levine
Hello, Mom’s Choice readers! We hope this finds you well- thank you for joining us for another installment of our interview series. For this installment, we were privileged to talk with Tina Levine, the author of the MCA award-winning book, Better Than A Bully: Carrot Top’s Surprise. Better Than A Bully: Carrot Top’s Surprise is a heartwarming and motivating story about a girl who is bullied based on her appearance and “socially unacceptable” habits and how she overcomes it. Better Than A Bully: Carrot Top’s Surprise encourages kids to do what is right, even if it doesn’t exactly go with the flow. Keep read to find out more about Better Than A Bully: Carrot Top’s Surprise and it’s author, Tina Levine! Read More
The Art of Connecting in the Car: What I Learned From My Broken Radio
I don’t love the message that my occasional ‘car time-outs’ could potentially be sending my daughter, unbeknownst to me. Letting her see and hear that my ears are available for listening and exchanging words with her speaks volumes. If there is constantly music to be talked over, or a physical barrier (like a phone) to pull down in order for us to converse, I’m not truly available. I’m tied up and somewhat closed off. That is not the mom I aspire to be. Read More
Let Go and Let Her Wear Shoes (Even When They’re Hideous)
Those shoes broke me that day, truly. At some point, at many points in our parenting journeys, we need to let go. It happens gradually, but I am learning how to just let be a truth that I not only already know, but am thrilled about: that my daughter is her own person. In all of the instructing and guiding I am charged with as her mother, there is no actual part of me that wants to turn her into someone she’s not. Read More