Do you remember your first time? I sure do! I decided to find out what the fuss was all about a few years after IKEA came to Draper Utah. I walked in and might as well have heard angels singing. It was really just the IKEA playroom, but any mom ...

A few years ago I attended an early childhood conference where Richard Paul Evans was the keynote speaker. I have to admit I was a little unsure of what he would be speaking of in regards to Early Childhood.  What he did was beautiful and ...

Our neighbor, Martha, over the back fence at our Learning Treehouse program, has two AMAZING globe willows. The trees are gorgeous, however a few years ago we noticed they were starting to get so big that some of the lower branches were growing ...

When families tour my program, one thing I tell them is that we don’t push kids on the swings. It seems like an odd thing to point out, but there’s a few specific reasons why we don’t. I can’t have a teacher tied down at the swings ...

What are the best toys in the world? That’s kind of like asking which child is your favorite, but the toys I’m blogging about today are amazing! They are my top recommendation when anyone ask what they should get their child for a birthday ...

How do you write a tribute to someone who changed your life?  How do you say thank you to someone who fundamentally changed the direction of your path?  How do you repay the beautiful and sacred gift of mentorship?  This post is my attempt ...

Almost 14 years ago my oldest daughter was born. Six short weeks later I went back to work. Over the next four and a half years I learned a lot about child care from the perspective of a parent working outside the home. That perspective was ...

Happy Monday!  In celebration of a new week I’m sharing one of my all time favorite talks on the subject of criticism and positivity. This is a speech given by Gordon B Hinckley at BYU in 1974, but it could have been given yesterday for ...

Last week I took my kids to a gymnastics meet at Southern Utah University. The “Flippin’ Birds” were ranked 13th in the nation last week. For a small university in a rural Utah town that is a big deal! Our gymnasts are fantastic though ...