So for a long time I’ve been asked to write more on some of the things I’ve learnt in my journey of raising my two fantastic sons. And the…
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah for the Jews, the Quinceañera for most Hispanic communities, the Enkipaata & Emuraata for the Maasai, the Imbalu for the Bamasaba, and many many others. All…
"Books are boring!" This is what my sons said to me this morning, and it completely killed my plans for this final instalment in my "reading" series. I told…
The most intriguing question I get asked is “how do you choose what books to buy” and it’s not an easy question to answer because it assumes that I…
My father always had books in our house. Growing up it was one constant. There WOULD be books in the house. Sometimes the books were in shelves, sometimes they…
Books. I grew up around books. My dad was always an avid reader, and my mum tells a story about how I started reading newspapers at the age of…
[STEM] is a term used to group together the [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] academic disciplines. This term is typically used when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in…
Yes, you read that right. Today’s STEM experiment (see this link for more on STEM) is one of the easiest to do with your kids at home, and will…