Well, if you read the headline, you know what this Let Grow piece is about. Click here to read it — a thoroughly enjoyable piece about what can go wrong (especially snack-wise) when a 4th grade mom tries to make everything right.
Archive | 2020
How to Make a Paper Airplane — and Even Run a Science Experiment With It
We’ve got it all over at Let Grow — instructions for the paper airplane folding and, if kids feel like it, a way to run a science experiment, too. (All free, of course.) COVID is making us all both totally 21st century (all socializing online) and 20th — or even 19th — century at the […]
You Could Win $500. Send a Photo of Your Kids Doing Something New to Let Grow’s Independence Challenge
They’re at home, you’re busy, they’re bored: A perfect storm. Suddenly kids are doing all sorts of things on their own. Send us a photo of them being newly independent and you could win $500! Five runner-ups will win $100. Click here for the details at Let Grow. Deadline is Sunday night, April 19!
5 Fun Games Your Kids (Or, Frankly, You) Can Play with a Penny
Fortnite, watch out! Let Grow’s have five games “your kids” can play with a penny. My kids are out of the home but now I cannot stop my husband from playing the penny-stacking game. OCD or Quarantine Crazy? I heard from another friend that he and his 12-year-0ld son are now pitching pennies. Click here […]
Now That the Kids Aren’t At School, Consider this an AP Class in Chilling
My piece on The Washington Post’s op-ed page should calm some parents — even those whose kids seem to be wasting every moment. It begins: “How do you not helicopter parent in this environment? Ideas????†This email from a friend said it all. With so many schools closed, playgrounds off-limits and parents working at home […]
The Long-term Effect of the Quarantine, Etc., Etc., on Our Kids?
“Ask Lenore” is a new-ish feature over at Let Grow, and this week, I address the worry about the long-term effect of this awful episode on kids. Hint: I’m pretty optimistic, and so are the experts I spoke with. Check it out by clicking here! Photo by CottonBro at Pexels.
How DO You Start a Victory Garden?
This is a banner year for seed companies — guess why. I live in an apartment in NYC so no victory garden for me. But Let Grow’s content director, Stacy Tornio, has some real-world tips for anyone with a little bit of land and maybe some kids interested in being able to pick their […]
Essay Contest for Kids: “What I’ve Started Doing Independently, Since the Virus Hit”
Kids 5 to 17 can enter our Let Grow Independence Challenge. The first week — this week — we have an essay contest (deadline: April 12). The week after that, a photo contest. And the final week it is — what else? — a video contest. We want to see what kids have started to […]
Download the Let Grow Independence Kit (It’s Free!)
Now can be the time your kids become more independent. We have a free Independence Kits with ideas and a poster and such that you can download, over at Let Grow. Click here!
Dirt: It’s What’s for Breakfast (Or at Least a Snack)
Kids and dirt. It’s a classic combo that has fallen out of favor, like peaches and cream. (Something I’ve never actually eaten — have you?) But when kids don’t get enough dirt and all its microbes into their system, the system is too clean for comfort. It needs a dose of dirt to boost the […]