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5 Activities to Do with Your Kids this Summer

Schools out for summer (cue Alice Cooper) which can bring a love/hate experience for parents. On one hand, you're excited to be done with another year of scholastic hustle & bustle and dress up days but on the other hand, now you have to figure out filling in the...

Burnout: Identifying, Treating, and Preventing

Burnout Definition: "A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long term involvement in emotionally demanding situations." – Ayala Pines and Elliot Aronson Work, family, school, and social life. These are just a few factors that can contribute to...

When Sports Begin to Die Out for Girls

I first picked up a softball when I was seven years old and never put it down. I fell in love with sports. In middle school it kept me busy. In high school it kept me out of trouble. I continued my passion to play into adulthood and try to stay active today. Softball,...

Rainy Days

As Echo and I watch the rain play a game of tippety tap with the outside world, I’m reminded of my love of the sound of rain. Being wet in it? No. Having to do anything IN it? Also no.  I remember as a child, in the house on Seville, anytime it rained I would grab an...

Hi everyone! I want to let you all know about two new areas of my website I am working on.

  1. Printables- Formerly known at “Teacher Resources”, this page will include free coloring pages and printable activity pages. The activity pages are still in the works, so it may take a bit before they are up and running. Gotta get through this Kickstarter madness first LOL.
  2. Book recommendations- This new page will include books that I recommed you read. These books will include funny books, sad books, neurodiverse books, the whole gamete.  So keep an eye out for this section!