Laura McCarthy-Ha
Laura McCarthy-Ha grew up in Connecticut, went to college in Worcester (yay Clarkies!) and returned to central MA 6 years ago after 10 years in DC. She's passionate about Early Childhood Education and loves to teach preschool. Right now, she stays home applying that passion to helping her 5 and 2.5 year old daughters grow. She loves baking, musical theater, being outside, and getting lost in the stories of books or tv shows.
Road Trip Games that Don’t Involve Screens
Let’s be honest. Long car rides with children can be… taxing. Tiring. Tedious. Sure, the destination makes it all worth it. But by hour...
Summer Reading Recommendations for Moms
Motherhood, and adult life at large, often make us feel like there is no time to read. I used to subscribe to this mentality,...
Fulfulling 40s: Commitments I’m Making to Myself as I Step into a New Decade
It happened. I turned forty. There’s something intimidating about meeting a new decade. There’s something daunting about that tens place digit in your age...
7 Fun and Inexpensive At-Home Spring Break Activities for Kids
The spring breaks of our college days meant either a week of rest at home, recouping from midterms while our parents made us meals,...
How Local Libraries Can Help You Survive the Long Winter
It’s hard for me to write about libraries without accidentally composing a love letter. Local libraries are treasure troves of information and resources far...
Five Ways to Encourage Kindness Between Siblings
Siblings have a unique relationship. On a good day, siblings are built-in best friends who have a shared secret language and a ride-or-die mentality....
The January Motherhood Slump :: 5 Kind & Gentle Ways to Fend off Post-Holiday...
At the end of the long run of magic, joy, and love that is the holiday season comes a hefty dose of strain and...
Rethinking Behavior Management :: Engagement Vs. Compliance
Three years old has—perhaps controversially—always been my favorite age. It’s a time in which children are coming into agency, autonomy, and understanding. They are...
Fall Baking with Kids :: 3 Fun & Easy Recipes Using Seasonal Ingredients
As October sweeps in, painting the landscape in golds and reds and kissing the air with a chill, two things will always be true...
Easy Autumn Crafts for Kids
Autumn in New England turns the world around us into a work of art. The colors, pieces of nature, and the holidays that fall...