We've made it to Planets! Who doesn't love imagining and exploring the idea of other worlds? For preschoolers the two main concepts is to familiarize themselves as they associate the images of the planets with their names. This can be done wonderfully through some videos I have included in the intro of the Lesson. And… Continue reading The Planets- Astronomy Lesson For Preschool
Jazz music pumps through my speakers in our home throughout the day, everyday. Houston bred, I feel a near spiritual connection with it, and when it place I feel as if I can hear the echoed songs of my late grandfather's soul. So, we just concluded a week of exploring four different music genres at… Continue reading Jazz Lesson For Kids of All Ages
Our Troubling Perspective I have discussed before my stepson, B, and his struggle with his one-dimensional perspective on human behavior. Like with many young boys, there are good people and there are bad people. It's a concept as old as time. There are cowboys and there are indians. There are cops and there are robbers.… Continue reading The Whipping Boy & Bullying:: 3rd to 6th Grade Focus Study
A week (well three days) focused on the late and great Frida Kahlo for toddlers to elementary!
Week 2: Frida Kahlo Drawing Faces Understanding symbolism Frida's culture Scroll to bottom of post for detailed weekly Art schedule. Despite my grandparents dragging me through art museum after art museum as a child, I was never taught how to enjoy art. Instead I took endless classes on the technical acts of it throughout my… Continue reading A Summer of Art For Kids
When little A was born there was a distance in her eyes, as if she were too wise for this mortal world. At the time I literally thought she was judging me and my commonplace stupidity in my humble and boring day to day life. When A was 9 months old I found her to… Continue reading Why I Gave Up On Potty Training
I had been apprehensive at first. Sure I was the one who had originally initiated the idea, but now that the notion I thought an impossibility was becoming quite the reality I wondered if I had bitten off more than I could chew. The House of R would be going on a Disney Vacation with… Continue reading The Best Age to Take Your Kids To Disney Parks
"My mommy hits me." We stood in the middle of a busy DFW airport, I had just been making the dramatic juggle of car seats, toddlers, and luggage from the rental car terminal to the airplane terminal post hurricane evacuation. My shoulders hunched from an exhausting and anxiety filled week as I looked back in… Continue reading My Kids–>My Karma
I don't really remember the day mom finally confirmed the dreaded rumors that Santa was merely a figment of the imagination. It never really made a difference though. Even as I took my turn as a teenager playing Santa for my younger brothers I never stopped believing in the magic of him. As a child… Continue reading Wrapping Up The Magic of Christmas
My cousins and I would try to bide the time while at our granny's small one room shack by the river. With no television, no toys, and no other sources of entertainment in the tight quarters our options came down to playing cards, fishing, and quietly using our imagination. I'd often bide much of my… Continue reading The Lies My Mother Told Me
