Ah, December, the last month of the year, a time to gather friends and family and celebrate and reflect upon what the year brought and what the new year is likely to bring. What special promise does this month hold for you and your loved ones?
Creating a Character Collage
by Barbara Gruener, Monthly Columnist It’ll be twelve years next month since my daughter and I sat together, supplies in hand, looking for just the right combination of pictures and words to create our Character Collage. A college sophomore now, she was in second grade then, but I can still see us sitting on the…
Adding Sizzle to Your Summer Learning Activities for Kids
by Barbara Gruener, Monthly Columnist Happy Summer! The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson is one of my favorite summer sizzlers because it crosses cultures and generations to tell the story of foolishness, forgiveness, and friendship. As a father and his daughter plant their annual garden, he flashes back to a mistake he…