Prosuct Review – The Educational Thrift Store

I admit, I’ve been keeping this one to myself for a while. Not that I want to be stingy. But, I love a great deal, a great book and a great piece of educational gear. A combination of those three is so very welcome, I have trouble sharing.

The perfect storm came about six months ago [...]

Top Local Back-to-School Must-Haves

Some days, I prefer living in my pretend world where life has nothing to do with what is cool, hip or just plain old gotta-have-because-everyone-else-does.
But, really, who am I kidding?
I dig the feeling I get putting on that great pair of jeans I saw in a magazine or getting that excellent, trendy hair cut that [...]

Green Your School Gear with Consignment

Let’s face it, the bill for back-to-school shopping is beginning to equal a rent check.
Clothes, gear, all of those special touches that makes hitting the classroom again totally cool don’t leave much room for things like, say, dinner after a long day of shopping.
Even the preschool crowd can rack up one heck of a bill [...]

Product Review – Kumon Preschool Skill Builders

Our daughter couldn’t be bothered.
Crayons were so not in her repertoire. Colouring – no thank you!
As you know, she would paint until the cows come home. But, crayons, pens, anything that involved lines – not so much.
The omnipotent “they” tell us that our kiddo should be thinking hard about the whole line-making thing. I get [...]

Time to Ditch the Plastic Sports Bottle/Sippy Cup

I’m about to scare you.
Plastic may be useful, but it is also potentially irreparably harming our children by disrupting their endocrine, immune and reproductive systems by leaching toxins into their water, milk and food.
That’s even the plastic in baby bottles, sippy cups and sports drink bottles.
If you are like me, you have to read it [...]

Eco-Friendly Green School Supplies

Did I say it?
Is it possible?
Could it be that back to school is back on the brain?
OK, so getting your kiddos ready to hit the books hasn’t reached an emergency pitch right yet. But, if you are thinking about “greening” their school gear this year (a lot of this can apply to pre-schoolers and toddlers [...]