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With summer just around the corner and things opening up, parents are scrambling to make last-minute plans for their kids. Lucky you, some of the best summer camps in Seattle still have spots waiting to be filled. So if you’ve got a budding artist, thespian, athlete, scientist or a kid who just wants to have fun this summer, we’ve got the summer camp experience to match. Scroll down to sign up! Grab a Spot While You Can photo: John Cornicello School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (SANCA) Spend summer under the big top when you register for one of...

The first day at work basically means little sleep, dressing in your nicest shirt, and pulling off your very best self that often overpromises and underdelivers when looking at it in retrospective. When all eyes are on you and your eyes are trying to figure out what you just got yourself into, the first day comes and goes like it never happened and fast forward to today, you got yourself stuck in one place for almost a decade (yep, my fellow millennials, we’re getting old.) Unless you just got yourself into big trouble. And we all know very well that...

Mownika Chawla Indian- American from Austin, Texas. Mom of 2 living in Los Angles. Medical School Graduate turned founder of a children's clothing brand. Follow Me Growing up in Texas as an Indian-American wasn’t easy. I wasn’t surrounded by people that looked like me, that ate the foods we ate at our dining table and I didn’t see other moms that dressed like mine. I often found myself very self-conscious of being so different and ultimately, that feeling impacted the way I saw myself and the world around me. These were the experiences I reflected on when I became a...

You may recall that Elon Musk started a school a few years ago, because of course he did. It was sort of a private school, sort of the most expensive homeschool project ever launched (Musk has five kids--one set of twins, and one set of triplets, so God bless him and his wife). He was single-handedly funding the thing (almost a cool half-mill a year). And now one of his buds is ready to spin it off and monetize it.We have seen this process before--launch a boutique private super-school, then spin it off and scale it up into a branded...

A lot of you asked me what I’ve done over the last year or what I’ve done in general to teach my kids. As many of you know Molly has started reading 3 letter words, site words and spelling as well! I’m really proud of her and how far she’s come and I’m definitely hopeful to get Riley on a learning path that works for him too! The reason I love this blog so much today is that I feel like it really demonstrates how each and every child learn so differently and hopefully by showing you how we pivoted...