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Occupying toddlers and preschoolers profitably while you focus your attention on schooling older children is a challenge. We began this new school year with seven school-age children (ages fifteen to five), a two-year-old, and a one-year-old. I wondered, “How will...

“Mom, read us the book about the ducks, the ones that cross the road!” The librarian date-stamped the book and reminded us of the two week due date. Mom placed Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel, 1941), a classic read...

Have you ever toured or seen a dwelling completely unlike your own? Most of us are fascinated by such houses, and kids enjoy seeing or hearing about how children from other times and places lived. Every culture and period has...