School Years

With the flip-top wooden desks and lack of computers or iPads, you could easily mistake my daughter's classical school for something out of the 1950s. But it's not a longing for the good old days that motivated my husband...

Maybe you read the excellent Dallas Moms post "Whatever Happened to Half-day Kindergarten?" I totally agree with everything Lee mentions, as my husband and I have our own story of experimenting with different schooling options for our outside-the-box first...

I don’t know about you, but I went to a half-day kindergarten. And that was a pretty common thing at the time. In fact, I have vivid memories of getting home from school and changing out of my clothes...

Although you may be only beginning to get your little one to repeat her name or say her alphabet, this is actually the perfect time to give your child the opportunity to pick up a second (or third!) language. The...

I have had the homeschooling bug for over a year now. There have been so many great posts on Dallas Moms by our contributors and guest authors with such great information: Three Ways the New Breed of Homeschooling Moms Will Surprise...

Denim jumpers. Fourteen children crammed in a fifteen-passenger van. Colorful letters-of-the-alphabet signs doubling as home decor... This is what I thought the homeschooling mother was all about. That is until I became one.  I had read other posts about how great homeschooling...

With a house full of five kids whose ages range anywhere from 1 year to 14 years, we have a LOT of different dynamics in our home. Throw in the fact that our 14 and 12 year olds are...

Well, it's September and everyone seems to be sending their first child off to kindergarten or pre-school for the first time. My Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds have been full of pictures of kids standing by doors with year...

Last week, my son started preschool. It wasn't something that we prepared for, and honestly, it was a last-minute decision brought on by circumstances beyond my control. I never imagined that I would send my almost-two-year-old to school this...

Can you believe summer is almost over?  Target has already brought in their Back to School section, kids' clothing ads are all over television, and parents are making the most of the few weeks they have left before school starts...

I knew I wanted to try something new for lunchtime last fall as my three year old started preschool. He’d always been a pretty good eater at home, but he’d often come back hungry from Mother’s Day Out after...

I know there's a lot of talk out there about letting your kids use your phone or iPad and some people try to avoid screen time for their kids. I'm not one of those people. As a matter of fact, I'm...