Archive | 2020

Let Grow has a short, wise piece on how to help siblings not kill each other — and maybe even do the opposite: Start enjoying each other’s company. No promises, but click here for the tips! – L  

We’ve got a FANTASTIC, truly helpful article on how to teach kids to solve their own problems — including how to stop yourself from jumping in, when failure is too painful to watch.   My favorite tip? Co-create a 5-step plan where the kid has to do steps 3-5 himself. Click here for the article, […]

Over at Let Grow, we’ve got the BEST Father’s Day card ever. Kids fill in things like: *My dad ALWAYS says this: ______. *I learned how to do this from my dad: ______. *I want my dad to know THIS most of all: _______.   Just go to Let Grow by clicking here and download […]

As teacher Jeremy Knoll writes on the Let Grow blog today: “No one gives up in a basketball game because another player crossed them up and got to the hoop. They try a new form of defense. We just need to get that mentality into the classroom more consistently.” Jeremy goes on to explain the […]

Even if you can’t have a big party in your backyard this year, you can have dozens — hundreds — of visitors, if you aren’t too picky about which species. At Let Grow we’ve got some very simple building projects to put out the welcome mat for birds, bees, frogs, and more! (Okay, so maybe […]

Over at Let Grow we’ve gathered a truly astounding list of 100+ websites, projects and programs where kids can learn cooking, crafting, science, building, budgeting — all the stuff I still need  to learn! Most a free, some charge a subscription fee. It is a mind-boggling, super-helpful and easy-to-use list to find whatever your kids […]

This great article by Hallie Cotnam at the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) notes that there is one group of people not on lockdown this summer: Kids. Once school is out: …there will be no summer school, no camp, no lessons and no team sports — there will be virtually no organized activity of any kind. […]

Kids across America — even really young ones — are making masks. Lots of them, for themselves, their families and to give to others. When our Let Grow Challenge asked kids to send in stories and photos of themselves doing something new, we saw so many kind, competent kids stepping up. Give yourself an emotional […]

Grow food, herbs, attract butterflies and hummingbirds — there are so many great things to do in a garden, and kids can take the lead! Click here for a short, sweet primer on how to start, plus helpful links. It’s all brought to us by Stacy Tornio, Let Grow’s content queen, who used to be […]

Newsflash: You don’t have to entertain your kids. Just download the free June Calendar over at Let Grow (click here) and they’ll figure out something to do. It’s filled with creative ideas to get them going, like:   *Build something you can use   *Complete a YouTube tutorial   *Create art outside   In other […]