family life

Don’t let your kids lose their hard-won reading skills! Summer break is a time for bike rides, popsicles, and lazy mornings—but if reading isn’t also part of summer, your child can lose valuable skills. This fun and flexible Summer Reading …

Bring some extra giggles to your kiddo’s day with St. Patrick’s Day joke lunchbox notes! These free printable notes are full of lighthearted jokes and riddles about leprechauns, shamrocks, and pots of gold, making lunchtime both entertaining and festive. Perfect …

How to calm both your child’s “Mommy, Mommy, MOMMY” attention-seeking behaviors and your frazzled Mom nerves by actually noticing and interacting with your kids. The pay-off lasts long beyond that one moment. A little boy, about four, stood at the …

You want to be organized and have all your kids’ school stuff under control. You want to not have chaos as you’re trying to get everyone out the door in the morning with everything they need for the day. These …

strategies for handling sad, tragic news–as a family

how to get kids to talk about school: what every parent must know

8 things all kids must hear their parents to say #selfesteemproject

Several years ago, I wrote about how to make the school year a smashing success, or. . . actually how to make the school year as successful as humanly possible. It included 10 easy steps that any family could follow …

thank you delivery people printable | teachmama.com | thank you usps | thank you ups fedex amazon | free printable to say thanks to delivery people

where to find inexpensive books for your kids | cheap books for kids | best places for books | affordable sites for books | where to buy books for kids | amy mascott | teachmama.com

National Preparedness Month: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe | learn the most this month | #GetReadyGetSafe | #prepstep | #savethechildren

cool, interactive tool for teaching kids financial literacy | teachmama.com | Earn Your Future Digital Lab | teachmama.com | PwCCharitable Foundation |

how to set up iphone for family sharing so that the whole family stays cyber safe | iOS Family Sharing

Raising a Rock-Star Reader: 75 quick tips to help your child develop a lifelong love of reading | scholastic | amy mascott | allison mcdonald | teachmama.com

budget challenge for students: real-life money management and big $ for classrooms and students | WeAreTeachers and H&R Block / teachmama.com

teaching kids to say ‘thank you’ to everyday heroes | teachmama.com #everydayheroes

    We’re all busy. And most of us really like to get a bit crafty but don’t have the time. This little crafty craft is for you. And it’s for me. Because it is so easy. It’s so quick. …

We have always taught our kids to be thankful for each and every person who makes our day a little brighter. And those people include family and friends, neighbors and teachers, but it also includes our newspaper deliverer, and the …

  Oh, friends. How things change as our kids get older, right? After years of doing what we can to give our kids choices, listening to them, doing all we can but ultimately having the final say–our kids have expressed to …