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Hindsight Parenting: New Year’s Resolutions for Parents

Jan 1 2013
Leaving Stressors Outside the Front Door for the New Year! January; the month of promises to change, to improve, to start anew. We usually are gung-ho, walkin’ that treadmill, drinking those smoothies, foregoing those nasty cigarettes for…well…awhile. But let’s be honest, Hindsight tells us that we rarely CHANGE…I mean REALLY CHANGE. Pretty soon that treadmill [continue reading]

50 Winter Suggestions: Things to Do & Places to See in Western MA

Dec 30 2012
Winter Bucket List Reader Recommendations for Western MA Western Massachusetts is rich in opportunities to get out and about with the family… any time of the year!  Winter offers outdoor activities like snowshoeing, sledding, skiing and ice skating.  And local businesses and attractions welcome you indoors to warm up with comforts, culture and entertainment.  Whether [continue reading]

9 Resources for Surviving & Thriving the Winter in Western Massachusetts

Dec 28 2012
Survive & Thrive the Winter in Western MA! Now that we finally have some snow, winter play can begin!  Wondering where to get outside for a little winter fun? Or where to go inside for a winter birthday party or ice skating? There’s no better source of information on how to survive and thrive during [continue reading]

Hansel & Gretel: Learning Through the Len of a Classic Fairy Tale

Dec 26 2012
Hansel & Gretel: Gingerbread, Opera, Fairy Tale & Puppet Show Did you know the old folk tale of Hansel and Gretel, made famous by the brothers Grimm, inspired many Germans in the 1600s to create model witches’ houses from hard gingerbread? Building fanciful gingerbread houses at Christmastime hos now become a part of American holiday [continue reading]

Language Play: Speech Articulation

Dec 26 2012
Speech Articulation It’s holiday vacation time and family time! Hooray! This is a good time to check out our children’s communication skills. But how is a parent to know what is typical? Children go through steps to learn to articulate speech sounds just like the steps children take to develop motor skills for learning to [continue reading]

One Clover & A Bee: A Poem for Parents

Dec 26 2012
Other Bells We Would Ring: A Poem for Parents As I write this the rain is bucketing down out of a sky so gray it feels as if even the weather is conspiring to press home the weight of darkness that this month has ushered in. So much grief is around us, and the idea [continue reading]

Muralist Reflects on Experience

Dec 25 2012
Artist Nancy Howard Smith completed a mural on Chapman Avenue in Easthampton in September of 2011.  Nancy is an artist and landscape architect who’s design was selected by a jury. This is the third mural in Easthampton created with the help of ECA + .
The mural was funded and organized by ECA + [continue reading]

Backstories: The Other Side of Art at The Clark

Dec 19 2012
Backstories: The Other Side of Art on View at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute December 22nd-April 21st in Williamstown Museums and galleries use more than just the pieces displayed in the exhibits they show to identify them – the stories behind paintings, sculptures, and other creative works are often much richer than they [continue reading]

Let’s Play: Stories from Family Holidays to Inspire Creative Free Play

Dec 19 2012
What a great time of year to tell stories! Share family stories. What was this time of year like when you were little? What holidays did you celebrate? What special activities did you do? Boost family memories by telling stories about a special day spent together. Create new mysteries and adventures. What if Jack Frost [continue reading]

Hindsight Parenting: Five Christmas Wishes

Dec 18 2012
Happy Holidays, Everyone! Our friend, Hindsight has been really busy this season. He is working overtime reminding me of the mistakes I made over the many Christmases with my sons. He’s reminded me of the ridiculous pickles I had gotten myself into, and the misery irrationally placed upon me because of perceived have-to’s and should-do’s. [continue reading]

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