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Dreamland Preschool Offers Families a New Reggio Emilia-Inspired Way of Learning
Dreamland Preschool is committed to instilling lifelong learning skills and values in young children. We are a school where children are protagonists and where their senses are stimulated. Reggio Emilia Educational Philosophy. As a Reggio Emilia-inspired school, our educational philosophy is based on the belief that every child is unique...
Setting Summer Screen Time Limits
“Can I play my Switch?” “Can I have the iPad?” It’s a common refrain in my house. Any time we have downtime, my 7-year-old’s first instinct is to grab some sort of screen. And now that summer is here, we’ve got a lot more downtime. Cue the battles.
Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners: Overhearing Discriminatory Comments
Elise McVeigh writes a monthly manners advice column for DFWChild. If you have any etiquette questions, email them to mrsmcveighsmanners@gmail.com and she might answer them in her next column. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook and visit her website at mrsmcveigh.com. Dear Mrs. McVeigh,. My husband and I have two...
Where to Celebrate Father’s Day in Dallas
Dear ol’ Dad, you do so much for your family, and it doesn’t go unnoticed. So, prepping for this Father’s Day to celebrate you, we’ve got some suggestions for family fun outings where the entire family can all savor fancy foods that hit the spot and can play together outdoors. Check out these culinary and recreational adventures in and around Dallas and Fort Worth.
Moving? How to Help Ease the Transition With Your Kids
Moving across town or across the country can be an exciting experience for adults. That adventure may come as the result of a hard-earned job promotion or after years of fighting bidding wars for just the right place at just the right price. Once reality sets in that it’s go time, along comes the preparation frenzy before the movers show up at your door.
Travel to Caddo Lake State Park
Along the banks of Big Cypress Bayou—about 3 hours from the Dallas area—lies Caddo Lake State Park. The east Texas treasure features plenty of water-based activities for nature-lovers of all ages. What to Do at Caddo Lake. Caddo Lake State Park. Paddle the bayous and swamps, fish from...
Family Travel to New Braunfels
Often overshadowed by nearby San Antonio and the capital city of Austin, this German town is a fabulous destination in its own right for family fun. For everyone scoping out Hill Country destinations for your next vacation, here we highlight our favorite reasons to travel to New Braunfels for a summer vacation with the kids.
Meet Frisco Mom Kaitlyn Schaefer
Though she’s been in the U.S. for less than a year, life as an expat is nothing new for Kaitlyn Schaefer. At 21, she packed up her life in Ontario, Canada to pursue adventure—and a budding romance—in northern Germany. A decade later she found herself embarking on another international—this time with her German husband, Friedmann, and their infant and toddler sons. Destination: Frisco.
Family Fun Map
Need to get out of the house with the kids? We’ve got you covered. Here’s your roadmap to family fun, featuring some of the area’s top destinations to entertain your whole brood. 1. American Airlines CR Smith Museum. Fort Worth. 682/278-9085. The Museum features hundreds of historical...
Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners: Fairness in Invitations & Gift Giving
Elise McVeigh writes a monthly manners advice column for DFWChild. If you have any etiquette questions, email them to mrsmcveighsmanners@gmail.com and she might answer them in her next column. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook and visit her website at mrsmcveigh.com. Dear Mrs. McVeigh,. I have a few questions regarding...
How to Get a Learning Disability Diagnosis
Is your child struggling in school despite tutoring and extra help? Are they not meeting expected reading, math or writing goals for their grade level? Or maybe they have anxiety or low self-esteem when it comes to school? If any of this sounds familiar, your child may have a learning disability.
What to Know About Auditory Processing Disorder vs. ADHD
Kids with ADHD often have trouble with focus, impulse control, managing emotions, memory, and finishing tasks. But what happens when the problem is not that they can’t focus on the information they receive? For some kids, that information never makes it through to their brain in the first place.
Understanding Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia
Chantel Mack first noticed something different about her youngest child when she was just a toddler. While most kids master their colors around age 2, her daughter struggled to learn them until she was almost 5. Later came difficulty with spelling, reading and writing. Then, when her daughter started school, things got even more challenging.
Meet Children’s Book Illustrator Tabitha Paige
We met the mom behind Fox Hollow Studios and Tabitha Paige Art at Ducky’s, her family’s 20-acre property west of Fort Worth. The scene is as bucolic as it sounds—green pastures and massive pecan and oak trees, two highland cows, mini donkeys, a flock of chickens and a few goslings mixed in.
Where to Celebrate Mother’s Day in Dallas
Mothers. They’re at the heart of why we do what we do. And on this special holiday, the ways in which a mother may prefer to be celebrated by her children and family are as unique as each individual person. Still, if you’re looking for inspiration for an in-kind gift or to gift an experience, we have some ideas worth putting into the running. These range from elegant brunches worth dressing up for, spa retreats worth dressing down for, and more special and exciting ways for her to spend Mother’s Day weekend—either solo, with friends or with kids in tow.
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