I'm a Mom - What's Your SuperPower?

Although it's been quite a while, I still clearly remember trying to teach my daughter how to use the potty. She was 15 months and HATED clothes. Diapers were things to escape from and leave in the middle of the floor for the dogs to bring to me. Even the ones with poo. After she created her poo wall art, of course.  I tried everything to keep the diaper on the baby. I put it on her backward. I tried adding a tape belt. I tried putting her clothes on her backward in addition to the backward diaper. I considered just releasing her naked in the back yard. (I didn't do it... on purpose... but I thought about it more than once). I believe it was after my neighbor brought me back my naked, screaming baby girl (who had somehow managed to open a window, knock out the screen and climb out so she could go for a jaunt in nothing but her skin in the 5 minutes it took me to load the dishwasher) that I finally decided I'd had enough.  Even though every book I had read on the subj...

It is an exciting and emotional time. Your child is getting to that age that they are almost ready to head off to school. If the phrase "Kindergarten readiness" has been flooding your news feed like it has mine, you may be wondering what it really means. From a teachers' standpoint, we understand that all kids may start off at different levels. Each child has a different background, so we don't expect them to start off school already having been taught half the basics. There are 6 things that almost all teachers can agree on that are crucial to kindergarten readiness . A readiness to learn By readiness to learn, we mean the parent has helped instill a desire to learn more information, and to want to know the answer. Parents can help this ideation prosper by talking about stuff with their children and being willing to answer questions. Kids are like sponges, so it doesn't matter if you think the answer you have to give is too advanced, go ahead and share. By ...