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Getting up in the morning to make breakfast for your family, pack your kids lunch, rustle up a healthy snack for your partner and yourself, getting kids dressed for school, dropping them to school and finally heading to work - now that is a busy morning.

For those of you who thought that packing up and moving an "adult" child to school would be difficult need to consider this. They will have to be moved home in nine months...

I grew up in a home that was always filled with musical instruments. I must admit that I never had the aptitude to play them. When Olympia (Age 13) came home wanting to play violin through the school I was thrilled. After two years in which I have never heard her practice, I began to wonder. This year when I received last minute phone calls that she didn't need to be picked up after lessons I began to suspect. This mornings argument pretty much left no doubt. A musical instrument is not for everyone...

One of the nice parts about having Brady (Age 19) home for school break is old stories get brought up. With the passage of time and hindsight that age brings, a new take on an old story appears...

My children attend a Charter School with all the positives and negatives that come with it. Dress code, lots of homework, and strict discipline are the norm. Needless to say James (Age 9) has a close relationship with the Principal...

The elementary school oral history project. One of the most loved or feared events in a young students life. Combining a keen understanding of the subject matter, a mastery of oratory skills, and acting in perhaps the Stanislavski method...

Website that offers playground equipment for schools and councils

Education in today's world plays an important role in every individual's life. In order to keep pace with it various citizens residing in the apartments follow various techniques of home based learning in order to train their kids in academics during their examinations.

Please Note: This is NOT a fun post. As the news starts to tell us details of another senseless shooting, this time at an Ohio high school, I want to make an impassioned plea to gun manufacturers. Please add the following instructions to all packaging of guns and ammo...

Over a hundred years ago, there were no TV sets, stereos, or video games, but there were always people around ready to play games. Families were often large - parents & several children, as well as an aunt, uncle, or a grandparent or two, all living under one roof, so there were always people around who might be talked into playing a game. Children also played games at school, in town, and at work parties.\n

Today, The Daily Kool has decided to play hooky. That's right, folks...we are taking the day off from school and work to do absolutely nothing but have fun together as a family. Novel idea, huh? Since we are a group of classic workaholics, we occasionally need the break to reclaim our sanity. Yes, we realize this is why we have weekends, but ours tend to be spent running around to birthday parties and catching up on all of the chores/errands we've neglected throughout our hectic week. This calls for a day at the waterpark, complete with a picnic...without the weekend crowds.

Tomorrow is National Teacher Day, and is part of a week-long celebration honoring our teachers. It is our children's opportunity to thank the special teachers in their lives for their hard work and dedication throughout the school year. Few professionals impact our lives as teachers do...each of us has undoubtedly had at least one teacher who profoundly affected and inspired us as children (and adults). Though we believe that teachers should be recognized every day, National Teacher Day is indeed an ideal time to join together with other communities and acknowledge how much we value and respect their contributions to our children's future.

The Daily Kool family does a lot of driving. In fact, between work, school and enrichment activities for the kids, it often seems as if we practically live in our car. By the end of the week, our poor Saturn looks like a bomb has hit it...snacks, juice boxes, papers and toys are strewn all over the place. We've seen people recoil from the shock, shake their heads in wonder or, if they're parents, simply nod in commiseration at the mess of our car....yep, it can be pretty embarrassing! So, Fridays have now become the official "car cleaning" day in our household, and everyone has a job. No one ever complains...except whoever is responsible for window cleaning. The fingerprints and dog snot (Pepper loves taking rides in the car) are not such a big deal. The windshield, however, is another matter altogether. Our car has a pretty deep slope in the front, requiring us to drum up our best contortionist skills to clean it deep down. We admit it, our flexibility is quite pathetic...thus, so are our windshields.

The summer has been a unique challenge to finding ways to entertain the kids, especially since they are not participating in camp this year. Yes folks, The Daily Kool is doing their own family camp this time around...you'd be amazed at how many things you can do with your kids this summer without breaking the bank. From free/$1 movies (check out Regal and AMC) to bowling (www.kidsbowlfree.com), parks to pools, there really are plenty of things to do on a budget. Summertime will be over before we know it though, and our children are already experiencing the "summer slide" syndrome...when school starts up again, many kids will be backpedaling to recapture the 3 months of learning that they have lost from the previous year. How do we encourage our children to keep their minds active during the summer?

Great article on the intelligence and learning capabilities of infants and toddlers -- has implications for how we approach pre-school learning with children.

Summer is closing for the kids, and before you know it, it's back to school time! Host a sleepover and kiss the summer goodbye!

Our schools believe in discussing abstinence. Won't teaching teenagers about consent lead to more sexual activity among those same teenagers?

In Maplewood, New Jersey high school students are in an uproar about having what they consider too much homework and their parents are joining the protest. But, they don't want it lowered - they want it gone.

Scrapbooking for kids is a trendy new activity for all ages, and a What I am thankful for scrapbook is the perfect Thanksgiving craft for kids to do at home or at school.