Last night, a 13 member panel that oversees education policy, voted “yes” to co-locating the Brooklyn Success Academy in a building that already houses 3 existing public schools in District 15. The site of the… Read More »Success Academy Gets Approval For Cobble Hill Location
How can three 11 year olds change the holidays for hundreds of people this year? With sheer determination and technological aid. These kids decided they wanted to give to those in need and, with the… Read More »How Some Kids Helped Hundreds This Holiday- With Technology and Their Hearts
I’m pretty sure you aren’t thinking about summer camp yet, but Curious Jane , a popular summer program for girls, wants to help you with your winter camp plans! If you have a daughter that… Read More »Build A Bath Bomb! Construct A Catapult! Winter Field Trips For Girls
Santa Claus is now online, and available to send a personalized video message to your kids. This is one of my kids favorite “Santa sightings. The customized videos feel magical: how did Santa know who… Read More »Send Your Child A Personal Video From Santa
Joyce Szuflita, of NYC School Help is our School Expert and always has the scoop on what’s going on with schools. Joyce sent me a massive list of updates on schools, timelines and deadlines! She… Read More »High School Rant, School Deadlines and Updates
A lot of times parents just have to take matters into their own hands. That’s especially true with 3 New York moms who decided that parents needed a centralized resource for children with special needs.… Read More »Parents of Children With Special Needs: Workshops and Training
This is the tenth installment of our feature called “Top of the Shop”. It’s a biweekly (well, sometimes!) look at a shop in Brooklyn and its 2 top selling items and then our favorite 2… Read More »Top of the Shop: Hanky Blanky
Over the last five years, I have visited loads of daycares and schools for the blog, so it’s exciting when I can suggest a daycare that I think is worth looking into for your child. … Read More »New Daycare With Art In Mind Holding Open House
While I can’t deny that the Christmas trees that grace the pages of home design magazines are gorgeous with their artfully arranged ornaments, coordinating ribbons,and garlands, they aren’t for me. I vowed that when I… Read More »Found: a Christmas wonderland in the city
Parents know that cooking balanced and healthy meals can be the last item on your “to do” list when bills and laundry beckon. There are local classes that help parents to learn simple recipes for… Read More »Cooking Classes for Brownstone Brooklyn Families