Forming a musical group is great activity for both parents and kids. DadLabs offers a few suggestions on how to make a great family rock band. … [Read more...] about A Family That Rocks Together (Video)
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How to get the most out of your parent-teacher conference
As your child gets older, interaction with teachers is less common, sometimes only during a very brief 10-minute meeting two or three times a year. Parents are often startled to find this process is more like an assembly line that can devolve into an exchange of "Everything's fine. Keep up the good work," which might tell you absolutely nothing. To get more out of these rare … [Read more...] about How to get the most out of your parent-teacher conference
The Piano Guy has free video lesson of Silent Night
I'm a late bloomer piano prodigy. I decided to learn piano at the same time as started to subject my then five year-old daughter to lessons. At nine, she already plays more easily than I do, but we have a great time playing the piano together, learning new music, and singing along. My direction to "go practice" sure has a lot more moral authority when my daughter knows I've … [Read more...] about The Piano Guy has free video lesson of Silent Night
Talk To Children While Watching Television
A study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found a link between parents who interact less with their children while watching television and delayed linguistic development in kids between 8 months and 16 months. 329 children between the ages of 2 months to 2 years were kept under observation by researchers at the University of Washington … [Read more...] about Talk To Children While Watching Television
Best “priceless” fathers day gift
A dad on our forum related how he had made a video of his own son and baby to give to him for Father's Day. Isn't that about the best present you can get as a dad? These fatherhood years go by so quickly and all we all love to try to recapture the feelings we had through them. Videos made in iMovie or in Adobe's Video Editing suite for PC can be the best Father's Day gift of … [Read more...] about Best “priceless” fathers day gift