Imagine Learning has released a significant upgrade to Bookster™, an interactive reading app for kids. The popular app was designed to entertain young readers while helping them develop reading skills. The app now features a bookshelf with eight new books and is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, as well as Android devices. Tags: [...]

This is going to be the last weekend your kids will enjoy before heading back to school. Have you got anything planned? Here’s a few none expensive tips to make their last weekend fun, capping off a wonderful summer: Hit the beach one last time. If you’re lucky enough to live in the beach, then [...]

Yes, I know it’s Monday, but on the real Saturday, I was hosting a birthday party for a six-year-old (my son), and that’s actually how I got the idea for this week’s Saturday Fun Day activity. One of the few things to do in our small town, especially for birthday parties, is to swim at our [...]

How many people reading this post can say that their lives overlapped Dr. King’s?  I can’t.  I was born in 1970.  Now, I did grow up knowing about the things of the 60′s, such as Dr. King and JFK and the moon landing and, most especially, the Vietnam War, where my daddy was an Army [...]

When my girls were little and were still taking gymnastics, we had a routine.  We’d go out to the gym on Saturday mornings for their lessons, then we’d have an activity that day.  We live in a small town, so driving out to the city was always a big deal, even if we did it [...]