While away for a couple weeks, my kids and I discovered all sorts of new toys in the gift shops of the Denver museums. For nearly three weeks, I kept my kids busy by visiting museums and, while they loved the exhibits and more, visiting gift shops–it seemed–became their reason for leaving the breakfast table [...]
This post was made possible by the great elves at Learning Express, Wilmington. They have two locations, plus, if you are local, they have Express Lane Service where you can buy toys from them over the Internet for quick in-store pickup. I’ve never had an elf mad at me…at least, I don’t think so. And [...]
photo credit: stevendepolo I’m taking Margo Dill’s great online class on Children’s Writing, which mostly focuses on the business side of the writing. She also blogs at WOW-Women on Writing, often contributing pieces about writing for children. But today our assignment is to discuss creativity. So, I’m tweaking it and asking you all, because it [...]