Grade-Schooler Articles

  • Spring Cleaning with Kids

    Spring Cleaning with Kids

    One of the most challenging aspects of parenthood is balancing it all. How do we take care of little ones and keep a clean home (among other things)? We’ve pooled together some of our favourite tips and...

  • More Homework Help

    More Homework Help

    Slaying the Homework Beast Creating Homework Success School Days Message Board School Aged Message Board More Homework Resources

  • How to Play Tallest Tower

    How to Play Tallest Tower

    In this timed event, participants compete to build the tallest vertical stack of snowballs, and the excitement builds as the towers collapse and need to be reconstructed. 1. Find a flat patch of land with a...

  • Snowball Challenge

    Snowball Challenge

    In the Snowball Challenge, teams compete to make the biggest snowball. Use your snowball to test your skills in geometry and mathematics. This game is great for a party or school outing. Instructions: 1...

  • 18 Classic Holiday Toys

    18 Classic Holiday Toys

    The countdown to Christmas is on. It’s time to start holiday shopping before the malls get totally unbearable. We may not be Santa’s little helpers, but we’ve got toys! Take a trip down...

  • Asperger's Syndrome Q&A

    Asperger's Syndrome Q&A

      Tony Attwood, a clinical psychologist and international authority on Asperger’s syndrome, took time from his busy schedule to answer questions from our community. His book, Asperger's...

  • Top 30 Websites for Kids

    Top 30 Websites for Kids

    Most parents are surprised to learn that the Internet can be a valuable resource for fun and learning – both for themselves and their children. Here are 30 fun online resources parents can count on to keep...

  • Cost-Effective Summer Childcare Options

    Cost-Effective Summer Childcare Options

    As the school year comes to an end, the search for summer child care begins! The challenge many parents face is finding quality care that fits within their budget.  Here are some tips for securing...

  • Virtual Worlds for Children

    Virtual Worlds for Children

    Virtual Worlds for Children – What Are They? Basically, they’re the online version of playing make-believe. There is a whole new wave of websites that provide virtual worlds for children &ndash...

  • 5 Best Active Wii Games: Wii Fit Plus

    5 Best Active Wii Games: Wii Fit Plus

    Wii Fit Plus combines fun and fitness in one. Expanding on the original Wii Fit software, Wii Fit Plus is packed with every feature from Wii Fit—plus new exercises and tools to personalize your...

  • Lunch Recipes Roundup

    Lunch Recipes Roundup

    From soups to sandwiches and treats for picky eaters you're sure to find some new ideas to make preparation easier and lunchtime a hit!     Thermos Chicken Fingers Cook up a...

  • Fat Chance

    Fat Chance

    Being a parent, these days, can make you feel like a fish. A splish-splashing salmon, to be specific, forced to gamely swim upstream against the currents of society to guarantee the safe propagation of the...

  • Summertime Parenting

    Summertime Parenting

    It’s hard to believe that as of next month, most students will have completed another school year.  Some look forward to the long stretch without homework and school related responsibilities with...

  • A Problem with Praise

    A Problem with Praise

    One of the most important things we do as parents is let children know how special they are. That's our job. There is no one else in the world who is as crazy about our kids as we are. We ooh and aah over...

  • How to Talk to your kids About Anything

    How to Talk to your kids About Anything

    Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of us will ever have -- and one of the toughest. In large part, that's because times have changed. We live in an increasingly complex world that...




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