Education

Is there anything harder than finding the perfect childcare for our little ones? It's a question that plagues a lot of us from the second we see the positive sign on the stick. When I made the choice to go to work full-time when my first son was almost two years old, I had no idea what to look for or even what to ask. Five years later, with owning my own midsize daycare behind me, I had to go through the process all over again. I won't downplay that it is a scary and stressful process looking for a place that will fit well with your family, but here are some questions and information that you can use to...

Have you ever struggled with knowing how to help your child learn to read? Like most parents, I have wondered how much is my responsibility and how much is up to my child’s teacher. Should we wait until the teacher says there is a problem? Or should we start working on these skills now? Regardless of how old your young reader is, there is something that you can do right now to improve his or her reading skills. There is a specific skill that most parents have never heard of, yet is one of the best predictors of how well a child will learn to read. Before we get into that though, let’s take a step back and look at the big...

People who live with anxiety face a battle almost everyday. I know because I have diagnosed anxiety. We often try to educate people on how to help us cope by giving them a lot of information at once. That can be helpful, but also overwhelming.  To understand anxiety you must first grasp that it affects the mental AND physical. We speak often about the anxious brain, but what about the anxious body? Ever heard of generalized anxiety? It is anxiety that lives on the inside of a person. It involves their nervous system and causes sensations in the physical body. I think of it as my body having a panic attack. Imagine feeling like all of the sensors in your body are going...

Red Stick Moms Blog is thrilled to partner with BASIS.ed, a dynamic American educational network that manages world-quality schools.  We’re on our way! You spoke, we listened, and now BASIS is coming to you! Join the many families nationwide who have given their children the gift of a world-class education through BASIS.ed-managed charter schools! In partnership with Woman’s Hospital, and with the help of local community agencies like New Schools for Baton Rouge, we have founded a new home in your community and invite you to join us for an informational session on how YOU can enroll your children in one of the nation’s top-performing educational institutions! Who We Are BASIS.ed-managed charter schools have been consistently ranked among the best schools in the...

If your kids are anything like mine, they love their screen time. And while I'm fine letting them watch the occasional TV show or movie, I'm not a huge fan of passive entertainment. This is why I love educational websites for kids. Kids enjoy them because they have games and other fun activities, and moms like me approve of them because we get to sneak in learning opportunities without our kids noticing. Scouring the internet for educational websites can be a daunting task, though. So I polled my friends, and together we've come up with this list of the best {totally free} educational websites for kids. ABCya.com ABCya says it is the leader in free educational games and mobile apps for kids, and that...