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Slow Down for Summer: Fun and Simple Outdoor and Seasonal Activities
I had such a great time on the Slow Down for Summer webinar that I did with KaBOOM! and with the many participants. We shared tons of Slow Summer ideas that emphasized fun and ease over equipment and...
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Happy Bastille Day! Stir up a Pot of Ratatouille
Are you wondering how to use your abundance of mid-summer tomatoes and zucchini, and celebrate Bastille Day at the same time? One word: Ratatouille. This tasty, colorful melange never fails to summon...
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How to Choose a Great Summer Camp (It’s not too late!)
My family and I all adored summer camp, which has provided each of us with many of our warmest childhood memories. Camp is a unique and special place, often quite unlike any other in one’s life. Camp...
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Stir up Some Triple Berry Jam
Canning has made a big comeback in recent years. For good reason— it’s a fun, easy, and economical family or group activity that even offers some kitchen science, as you watch the mixture transform...
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8 Fun Things to Do While It’s Still Summer
Although school has started or will soon start for many, Fall doesn’t officially begin until September 22. That still leaves plenty of time to get outside and enjoy some of summer’s simple pleasures....
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Celebrate the Winter Solstice
There’s something about the solstice, the precise and dramatic moments when one season moves into another. These moments allow us to pause and reflect on the turning of the year, as well as mark the...
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Have a Summer Nature Camp at Home
For many summers, my family divided the season into summer camps, vacation travel, and down-time at home, during what we called Camp MommyAnna. It seemed important to enjoy some of summer’s long days...
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Summer Family Fun: Make and Experiment with Giant Homemade Bubbles
The mere sight of a bubble floating by overhead can make even the most harried person stop and smile. Part science, part wonder, a bubble is simply a thin skin of liquid surrounding a gas. But you...
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Tidepooling with Kids: Explore Undersea Creatures
The undersea world is always fun to explore at low tide, when creatures like barnacles, crabs, periwinkles, and sea stars, who are normally underwater, become revealed. This summer, those of us on the...
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Happy Summer! Easy Summer Solstice Cupcakes
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 05:04 Universal Time, or 1:04 am on the U.S.’ east coast, 10:04 pm, June 20, on...
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Tech/Life Balance? It’s Dot Complicated!
For all the ease and wonder that technology has granted us, how many times have you lamented that it’s also made life more complicated? We deal with tremendous amounts of email clutter to rival our...
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Seven Ways to Make Summer Last Longer
While many of us are preparing our kids to go back to school, the calendar and weather still signal summer. The days are longer, our to-do lists are less crowded. Even if you never let go of frenzy for...
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Preserve the Spirit of Summer in Your Family Year-Round
It was the apex of my childhood, over and over –– inscription in a beach house guest book For most families, summer is a season lasting approximately 12 weeks. Into it, we pack most of our relaxation...
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Celebrate the Winter Solstice
There’s something about the solstice, the precise and dramatic moments when one season moves into another. These moments allow us to pause and reflect on the turning of the year, as well as mark the...
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Get Ready for Summer with At-Home and Innovative Camps
For many summers, my family divided the season into summer camps, vacation travel, and down-time at home, during what we called Camp MommyAnna. It seemed important to enjoy some of summer’s long days...
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Top 10 Ways to Learn in Your Own Backyard
Many parents worry about summer slide, the learning loss that can occur while school is out for the summer. Great news: There is a hotbed of learning right in your own backyard. Science, math, art,...
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Welcome Summer Solstice 2016 with a Full Moon
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer, occurs on June 20, 2016, at 22:42 Universal Time (6:42 p.m. on the U.S. east coast, 3:42 p.m. on the west.) Throughout the...
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May is the New December: How to Get to Summer with your Sanity Intact
Does your family have spring fever? You know the symptoms–lax lunches, half-hearted homework checks, award-ceremony overdose and field-trip fatigue. Fear not: Summer is on its way. Here are 6 tips to...
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Tidepooling with Kids: The Best Ways and Places to Explore Undersea Creatures
The undersea world is always fun to explore at low tide, when creatures like barnacles, crabs, periwinkles, and sea stars, who are normally underwater, become revealed. This summer, those of us on the...
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Happy Summer! Easy Summer Solstice Cupcakes
Updated for 2014 – Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 05:04 10:51 Universal Time, or 1:04 3:51 am on the U.S.’ east...
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