Get To Know Your Teacher

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From the looks of it on Facebook, many of you already have kids back in school, or will have kids back in school in the next few weeks so I wanted to post my get to know your teacher questionnaire.

Every year I give these get to know your teacher questions to my child’s teacher to fill out and return to me.  It is so helpful to keep on file throughout the school year, especially come the holidays and teacher appreciation week.

For example, one year I learned my child’s teacher’s favorite school day snack was mixed nuts, so I would bring her a little baggie of trail mix on the days I was in the classroom to volunteer.

How to Have a Painless Back-to-School Transition

Summer to School Transition Tips for Kids

For a lot of families (including ours!) the transition from summer to the school year can be stressful.  But, it doesn’t have to be.

Local Orange County clinical psychologist, Dr. Jerry Weichman wrote a great article on summer to school transition tips for kids.

If you have anything that has worked in the past for your family, please share in the comments below. After all, we are all in this together!

Do You Doodle?

  I am the organizing type. I love to bring groups of people together and plan events. Awhile back I wrote about a Kindergarten Meet-Up group I was organizing this summer to help make the kindergarten transition easier come fall for my little one. Well, my “little” meet up group grew to about 35 families and when… Continue reading Do You Doodle?

How to Sleep Cool This Summer

Disclosure: I am a Serta brand ambassador and am compensated for my participation in the program and receive complimentary product for review. 

How to Sleep Cooler on Hot Nights

Those of us in So Cal are fortunate to experience pretty moderate temps year round, which means many homes in our area don’t have AC. Most days you don’t need it, but when those heat waves strike, well, they can make for some pretty miserable nights.

Serta Mattresses, along with the experts at the National Sleep Foundation have some great tips on how to sleep cooler on hot nights.

If you have any secrets up your sleeve on how you sleep better (and help your kids sleep better) when it’s hot, please comment below!

10 Tips on How to Sleep Cooler on Hot Nights

1. Keep your bedroom hotel-dark during the day….

Get Outside and Play This Weekend!

  As we look forward to a fabulous 3 day holiday weekend here in Orange County, I wanted to share this amazing FREE resource from my friend Michele over at NaturePlayTrips.com. Since 2008, Michele has personally scouted pretty much every park and outdoor play space for families in OC and has shared the inside scoop… Continue reading Get Outside and Play This Weekend!