Family Friday: Monopoly Junior
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I know this isn’t the most original recommendation, but my youngest is obsessed with Monopoly.
This version, Monopoly Junior, features a double-sided board with two levels of play. For kids ages four to five, the Level 1 game helps them practice matching and counting. For older kids, the Level 2 game has reading and simple math. Since we’ve started playing, my youngest has gotten more confident counting money and making change.
Monopoly Junior is $14.99 at Target and also available at Amazon.
Speaking of 13 year olds. I find the su*cide in the news right now of the 13 year old very upsetting. It’s always upsetting but that’s just so so young. I’m not sure if i even really knew what that was at that age
When do you reach out to teachers about a social, as opposed to academic, issue?
My 3 year old is in pre-k3 at a public school. She has been saying she doesn’t have any friends at school for the last few days and this morning throw a major tantrum (that’s unlike her) begging not to go to school and saying no one liked her. If she was still at daycare, I would talk to her teachers at drop off or pick up or send a message via the app. But I never see her pre-K-3 teachers. Should I send an email to check how she is doing?
What’s everyone reading this week?
I am reading Betrayal at Blackthorne Park, a historical mystery, as my bedtime my brain is broken reading and Upward Bound during the daytime.
Cute periodic table of the elements gifts? My kid is on an elements kick. Didn’t ever expect to be asked what my favourite element was.
I’m going to a potluck this weekend that is billed as a celebration of the local harvest– guests are encouraged to bring a dish that uses local ingredients. This is an annual event put on by a large organization, so I’m sure it will be fine, but how does this not turn into just a potluck of all tomatoes? I know no one is going to kick me out for using orzo made in Indiana but I want to try to stay close to the theme. I’m in New England, and our farm stands have tomatoes, pepper, zucchini, etc.
What would you bring?
Any book recommendations or other resources for raising a spirited kid? I don’t want to crush her spirit, but boy is it hard.
So I posted yesterday about the 13 year old party. Someone suggested a DJ (and a dance floor, which we wouldn’t need). Tell me more about this- how is this much different than a portable
FWIW, I have twin 13 y/o girls and I have spent a lot of time around girls this age…which is why I’m here for ideas. Our logistical constraints are that it’s their 13th birthday, they have oddly overlapped and also separate friend groups, many many kids have sporting events that will make coming and going very fluid and preclude any kind of decent venue rental.
We are also exploring the “do nothing” option, separate trip type parties (logistical nightmare in an already chaotic time of year), etc. in elementary school, their friend groups were much more overlapping, we skipped celebrating their 12th birthdays, which is their first birthday in middle school. We have hosted large parties before, but they were either younger and we could come up with good activities or they were sport oriented so it was like pasta tonight with three dozen kids in the yard eating.
My daughter had a preschool outing today and it’s raining. She’s wearing a rain jacket and boots but when I got to dropoff I realized all the other kids had overalls on and now I feel like a terrible mom…