How to Create a Fantastic Field Trip for Your Family
Remember the excitement your children get when they know they are going on a field trip? Bouncing around the house with eager anticipation, smiles lighting up the room, chattering nonstop about the sights they are going to see. It is difficult for them to contain...
How to Create Memorable Conversations with Your Amazing Kids
Lately we have been fortunate to be spending more time with our children. Learning virtually or in a hybrid format has given us more time together as a family, but often that time is spent in front of a screen whether our kids are learning/in-school, exercising “down...
Fall for It! Simple Family Fun that Makes a Difference
In these unusual times, the starfish project for children puts safety first now more than ever. This season we are encouraging you to suggest fun community service activities to do at home as a family or by your child, himself, with friends or with an adult. Either...
How to Create an Unforgettable Halloween 2020
This isn’t going to be your average pumpkin-spice latte kind of Halloween, so we better buckle up and adjust our expectations. That’s not to say the celebration still can’t be fun with a little bit of scary thrown in, but we want to ensure it is safe for our kids....
Crockpot Connections – Spooky Halloween Treats To Make With Kids
AS IF 2020 HASN’T ALREADY BEEN SCARY ENOUGH...Now we have to break it to all our little ghosts and goblins that trick or treat-ing is going to be a very different experience - just like everything else. Kind of ironic that Halloween night could be one of the few times...
Discover Beautiful Vistas in PA for Viewing Fall Foliage
While there truly is an exact science as to why the leaves on trees change colors in the autumn, there is no exact science to plan an outing to witness the glorious fall foliage at its peak performance. With some guidance and a predetermined plan, your family can be...
Games People Play: Board Games for All Ages
Playing board games has always been a way for people to connect, especially with family. As a kid, my family spent rainy days playing marathon rounds of Monopoly and winter nights meandering through the rooms of Clue trying to solve the murder. We had epic matches of...
How To Make Virtual Classroom Learning Easier For The Family
It is mid-September already; the temperatures are dropping, the leaves are starting to change colors...and we are still trying to get the hang of our children’s virtual classroom. No matter that we have planned and prepped, moved furniture and created minor mayhem,...
Enjoy Nature’s Bounty and Delicious Treats from Local Farmers’ Markets
If it is anything like ours, your home garden may be looking a little dried up or overgrown right now, and in our case, the deer helped themselves to most of our cherry tomatoes, but don’t despair - there are tons of local farmers markets to enjoy all of late summer’s...
