Forgot password? Create an Account
Mama Smiles ― When siblings get along, you get a very cool symbiotic relationship where siblings help each other. In this picture, for example, Emma (six years old) is helping Anna (four months old in the picture) by reading her a story. Anna is learning ...
Tags: Parenting, Afterschool, Early Childhood Education, Homeschool, Siblings
Mama Smiles ― 20 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― Six-year-old Emma saw this packaging in a box and instantly remembered the classic static electricity science balloon experiment we had done a couple years before. She rubbed the packaging on her head a few times to give it a negative charge: And...
Tags: Children's Activity, Education, Afterschool, Homeschool, Physics, Science For Kids
Mama Smiles ― 21 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― It’s easy to start a conversation with kids about world cultures when their parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles have all lived overseas. But you don’t need these connections to raise globally aware kids! Here are three easy ways to...
Tags: Education, Parenting, Afterschool, Exploring Geography, Global Awareness, Homeschool
Mama Smiles ― Visit Xiamen, China for today’s exploring geography post from Yumei, a mum, a Montessori Trained teacher, an experienced early childhood educator & the founder of Mum & Babies. Yumei believes that the first few years of child’s life are a...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Asia, China, Exploring Geography, Homeschool
Mama Smiles ― 24 weeks ago
She Scribes ― A couple of weeks ago I posted about a fun contest, hosted by AfterSchool.com and its sister sites Yoyo.com (toys) and Bookworm.com (children’s books). They were searching for The ‘Goodest’ Kid. One very lucky kid is going to win a $5,000...
Tags: Giveaways, Reviews, Toys & Games, AfterSchool.com, Sports
She Scribes ― 25 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― We’ve been doing a lot of star-themed activities thanks to our Babbabox, and so my kids were very excited to learn more about the stars by watching Big Bird’s Adventure: One World, One Sky at the Boston Museum of Science. The show turned out ...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Homeschool, Learning Laboratory, Space
Mama Smiles ― 26 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― For Exploring Geography today, we are visiting Ecuador with Mari, the founding editor of the Inspired by Family Magazine. Mari left the U.S. 4 years ago with only 4 suit cases, her little family of four and big dreams. They were headed South, ...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Ecuador, Exploring Geography, Homeschool, South America
Shibley Smiles ― I love finding new places to shop, and during the holidays we are all doing a lot of shopping (sometimes too much). Afterschool.com is a new site from the folks that brought you Diapers.com and dedicated to kids’ activities with an amazing...
Tags: Current Giveaways, Giveaways, Giveaways/Reviews, Afterschool.com, Apparel, Equipment
Colleen ― 27 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― Explore Southwest Washington State today, with Kendall from Home Learning Journey! Kendall is a stay at home mom to her two, almost three children. She married her high school sweetheart and could not be any happier where life has taken...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Geography, Homeschool, Living History, United States
Mama Smiles ― 27 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― We are visiting Colombia for today’s Exploring Geography post! Soraya is a Colombian living in the US, and the mother of a very active, curious and precocious 4 year old boy. Her blog, Multicultural Mama, narrates her views on motherhood as an...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Colombia, Exploring Geography, Homeschool, World Culture
Mama Smiles ― 28 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― We spent Black Friday at the Boston Museum of Science! It was crowded, but not as crowded as on our previous visit. The museum is huge; we managed to spend the day there and see only exhibits we had not seen the previous time. This time the kids ...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Field Trip, Homeschool, Learning Laboratory, Science Museum
Mama Smiles ― 29 weeks ago
Mama Smiles ― Today we are visiting the Maasai people of the Northern Rift Valley in Kenya, thanks to Michelle McInerney, aka MollyMoo.ie. Michelle’s biography is below – and here are three posts I think you should all visit from her blog: <3 the simple...
Tags: Education, Afterschool, Exploring Geography, Geography, Homeschool, Kenya
Currently around a half of organizations ranging in size from SMEs to large multinationals ...
∙ One of the few things I consider when buying a frock is the print. Growing up, I ...
My first thought when I saw the topic for this weeks Photo Challenge: Curves was the ...