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8 Tips to Get Ready for Kindergarten

Kimberly Family May 31, 2013

R starts kindergarten in September, and we’ve already started getting ready: paperwork, assessments, and lectures about transition and logistics. Last week, I received a letter inviting us to a tour of the school–at 1 PM on a Monday, which is challenging for this working ...Read More

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3 Ways to Celebrate the Last Day of School

Kimberly Family June 5, 2015

Today, on our calendar, there’s a big 13. Thirteen days until the end of school. Already the homework assigned to my first-grader has ceased, while Field Day, the Art Show, and end of the year parties have been scheduled. The kids are looking forward ...Read More

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6 Lessons from Being a Field Trip Chaperone

Kimberly Family February 26, 2015

I joined an exclusive club this week. A very special club. The “I-am-a-Field-Trip-Chaperone” club! Jealous? Maybe a little bit jealous? The story is this: last year, my then-kindergarten son had a Field Trip to a local children’s science museum. His teacher asked for parent ...Read More

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I forgot my kid at school

Kimberly Family November 6, 2013

Today, I forgot my kid at school. The story is a classic scheduling screw-up–specifically, my screw-up, my parenting fail–caused by an extra busy time at work, by stressors in my personal sphere, and by an imperfect calendaring system. Here’s what happened: my son, R, is ...Read More

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