This recipe for white chicken chili is extremely easy and pleases everyone in my family. It’s simple to put together and cooks in the slow cooker all day. Anytime I take this dish to a luncheon or dinner party, it’s a major hit with the guests. To make things a little more simple, I suggest […]
Archives for March 2014
8 Strategies to Foster Early Math Learning
A good friend of mine is a professor in the Birth-Kindergarten program at a regional university. She told me about current research indicating early math knowledge is just as, if not more, important than early literacy at predicting future academic success. As a former English teacher and writer, I’m very comfortable with reading to my […]
Wordless Wednesday: Classic is Always in Style
Seriously, what’s up with nursery rhymes?
Each time I read nursery rhymes to my boys, I chuckle at how strange some of them are. Don’t get me wrong, a few nursery rhymes offer great vocabulary and most, if not all, teach children about rhyme, but the content of many is rather…bizarre. Robin and Richard Robin and Richard were two fine […]
The Ten Minute Rule
Have you ever heard of the ‘ten-minute rule’? When I was working full-time and my first child was a toddler, there were nights when I would try to remember an interaction that I, alone, had with my child. Yes, we would be in the car together to and from work/daycare. Yes, we would all be […]
Wordless Wednesday: Trip to the Ice Cream Store
What do you love about trips to the ice cream store?