TOY STORIES: The TOP on Day 187 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!

Every TOY or GAME has a STORY… a WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY & HOW to share with kids. Today, it’s the TOP’s turn to tell its story (with a little help from Grandma Sharon)… WHO invented the Top:  Let’s just say that from the beginning of time, people of all cultures and across the [...]

TOY STORIES: HOP SCOTCH on Day 186 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!

Every TOY or GAME has a STORY… a WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY & HOW to share with kids. Today, it’s the Game of Hop Scotch’s turn to tell its story (with a little help from Grandma Sharon)…   WHO invented Hop Scotch:  There are a couple of theories regarding the invention of the Game [...]

Friday night — 4 and under style.

Friday nights. Work is done for the week. It’s relaxing time with the kiddies without thinking of any deadlines for the next day. Oh… I love Friday nights! We have had to get a little creative since the addition of Henry to the family. It’s not as easy going out and about with a 3 [...]

4 kids, no pets (yet)! Just GoPets.

I love dogs. I grew up with two dogs. Cracker and Carmel. They were not only my best friends, they just happened to be the best dogs in the world. Loyal. Cuddly. Smart (well, we knew that Carmel was brilliant.  But Cracker was downright gifted!). And SO adorable. But… there’s something about having 4 boys [...]

Nintendo is pushing to create girly “gamers”

I’ve never been able to warm up to the word “gamer.” Maybe because I’ve never been one. I don’t know why, but it’s always had a strange connotation to me… like someone who would call himself a “gamer” is someone partaking in some illicit activity, some sort of transgression. I imagined the word whispered by [...]