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The Best Gifts for 4-Year-Olds

The Best Gifts for 4-Year-Olds

Age 4 is a huge milestone year. Not only do many 4-year-olds go to preschool or start pre-kindergarten, they tend to become much more well-rounded, articulate opinionated little humans at this age. Most 4-year-olds start to share, ask tons of questions, and form solid friendships. Kids also become choosier about what toys they will or won’t play with around age 4. That’s why the best gifts for 4-year-olds are toys that play into these new, emerging capabilities while also taking kids’ own specific idiosyncrasies and interests into account. You want toys for 4-year-old boys and girls that are as open-ended...

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Best and Coolest 22 Kids Lunch Box Containers

Best and Coolest 22 Kids Lunch Box Containers

  1. Rubbermaid Rubbermaid LunchBlox Kids Lunch Box Container Set, Flat, Assorted Colors Colorful modular lunch box containers snap together to save space and stay organized and can be stacked to fit various lunch bag shapes and sizes Kit includes 1 large entree container with dividers 41 cup capacity 1 side container 12 cup capacity 1 sauce container 05 cup capacity and 1 large blue ice freezer pack size 84 l x 74 w x 29 h inches when stacked Blue ice freezer packs snap directly to food and sandwich containers keeping your childs lunch chilled when theyre at school...

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Gov. Cox calls for pay raise for all teachers in budget proposal

Gov. Cox calls for pay raise for all teachers in budget proposal

Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to Centennial Junior High School principal Merci Rossmango before announcing his fiscal year 2024 budget recommendations, which include salary raises for educators, at Centennial Junior High School in Kaysville on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wants to give every Utah K-12 classroom teacher and school-based teacher specialists $6,000 in additional compensation annually.According to the governor’s budget recommendations unveiled Thursday, the Cox administration is proposing compensation of $4,600 salary and the remainder in benefits.“I’m proposing $200 million directly to teachers. That’s $6,000 total compensation per teacher direct to teachers. This is...

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A Love Letter to Jewish Day School

A Love Letter to Jewish Day School

For a long time, my husband and I were at a stalemate. Three kids, no agreement on where they’d go to school. I was raised in public schools; he was raised in Jewish day school. Our educational experiences were very different, but we both believed our schooling was foundational to our character development. The pandemic threw an enormous wrench in our school discussions. Just as our oldest was entering kindergarten, our public schools announced that classes would be entirely remote, including for the youngest learners. I understand many kids thrived in virtual schooling. Our oldest is most certainly not one...

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Class Christmas Recipe Book | Student Holiday Gift

Class Christmas Recipe Book | Student Holiday Gift

CHRISTMAS RECIPE BOOKInvite your students to share recipes of their favorite holiday treats. This one-of-a-kind recipe book will make a special holiday gift for your students and their families! I have created this EDITABLE version, so that you can type in your students’ recipe submissions and bio information. Put it all together for a special Christmas keepsake! This activity includes a Holiday Recipe Book cover page, an Introduction page to the families, and 10 different styles of editable recipe cards. All of the pages in this pack are editable and are available in both color and black & white options.  It's a fun,...

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