Archive for The Hilltowns Region
Fresh Berries from the Garden!
Apr
10
2013
Pruning Blueberry Bushes April is a great month to get the family outdoors and getting their landscape ready for the spring. Families can rake the leaves missed in October, pick up fallen branches, cut perennials back… But the pruning of shrubs is not quite as obvious of a spring chore. While many varieties of shrubs [continue reading]
Recommended Fiction Titles with Autistic Characters
Apr
7
2013
QUESTION AND ANSWERS One of our readers is looking for a book recommendation written from the perspective of a child with Asperger’s syndrome or autism for their preteen reader. Any suggestions? Amy Meltzer recommends: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, and Rules by Cynthia Lord. Kate Holdsworth Hammond recommends: The London Eye Mystery [continue reading]
Edible Books: Creative Free Play in the Kitchen Meets Literature
Apr
3
2013
What Happens When Creative Free Play in the Kitchen Meets Literature? EDIBLE BOOKS! If you devour books, does that make you a bookworm? Does your family sometimes seem to subsist on the sustenance of words alone, rather than actual food? Creative book lovers rejoice, for the ultimate opportunity to show your love for books has [continue reading]
Mushroom Barley Soup
Apr
1
2013
Mushroom Barley Soup I wake up in the morning thinking of the billowing steam from maple sap boiling. I love going to sugar houses to see the dramatic plumes of steam rising, to smell the sweet maple aroma, to taste the first of the season’s delicate, delicious syrup…to experience the promise of spring again. My [continue reading]
PeaceJam: Connecting Teens with Nobel Peace Laureates
Apr
1
2013
PeaceJam: Youth and Nobel Peace Laureates Working Together to Change the World Have you heard about PeaceJam yet? It’s an international educational program that connects young people with Nobel Peace Laureates, built on three simple ideas: Education, Inspiration, and Action. The mission of the PeaceJam Foundation is, “to create young leaders committed to positive change [continue reading]
Legends & Lore of Easter Icons
Mar
31
2013
Easter Symbols, Icons, Legend, Lore and Customs Many traditions of Easter, a religious holiday, have their origins in pagan rituals and beliefs. The result is lots of legends and lore behind the popular icons, symbols and customs that are part of the Easter celebration. Hallmark historian and archivist Sharman Robertson explains the meaning of the [continue reading]
Language Play: 22 Apps that Increase Children’s Vocabulary
Mar
27
2013
Apps that Increase Children’s Vocabulary I once had a teen client who had the most amazing ideas and insights. He was one of those kids who really cared about people and thought about things deeply. I always considered it a gift to work with him. So why did he need speech and language services? Unfortunately, [continue reading]
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves & Other Female Villains
Mar
26
2013
New Book Portrays History’s Bad Girls with a Modern Twist Delilah. Cleopatra. Anne Bonney. Catherine the Great. Mata Hari. Bonnie Parker. Just a few of history’s bad girls. Or are they? Might they just be misunderstood girls? Smart, strong, outspoken girls? Or girls who are victims of bad circumstance? In their new book, Bad Girls: [continue reading]
Parenting Possibilities: We Are All Meant to Shine
Mar
25
2013
Getting Out of Our Own Way In her recent interview in Time Magazine’s March edition and in her TED.com talk which received over 2 million views, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s powerhouse Chief Operating Officer speaks to why women still have not achieved equality in the workforce. She acknowledges that very real barriers still exist like sexism, [continue reading]
Let’s Play: Keeping the Childhood Love of Drawing Alive!
Mar
20
2013
Free Draw for Free Play For a few years I was experimenting with effective drawing projects and trying to spread a love and excitement for art with college freshman. I asked each new group of students why they came to art school and why they thought friends stopped drawing and making things. Some had never [continue reading]
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