Marnie Kaplan
@marniekaplan
Advocate for paid leave, early childhood education, & integrated schools; obsessed with books, storytelling, American history, & longreads; mom of 2.
The 7 year old transformed our house into a hotel with room numbers. The 100s are all on the ground floor; 200s all on the second floor.
I will leave you with a photo of my mom with 4 of her granddaughters. She has 6 granddaughters and a grandson. I wish she was here today to watch them grow up, to watch her oldest granddaughter be Bat Mitzvahed next month.
Saw some peak cherry blossoms today at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Did you know Branch Brook Park has more cherry blossoms than DC?
Is there any greater feeling than watching your child fall in love with reading?
My 4 year old prek has a “letter of the week” each week. They are supposed to bring in objects for the assigned letter. She’s super into it this week and has already brought in three items: kangaroo; kitty and koala.
If you look here she also beat him in the small part of the district that is in Passaic County.
Living with small children means always finding small delights like a bath baby doll wrapped up in a child size robe.
It’s July 25th and CVS already has Halloween candy and fall harvest decor. Sigh.
My daughter sets up scenes of Schleich animals all over our house. Yesterday, her animals were playing four square.
His website mentions universal child care and investing in the child care workforce.
If you look at the actual paper you will see some huge names in developmental psychology
Yes seeing the peak lotus flowers at Kenilworth is a must! One of the best things I did during my many years in DC.
I also made my favorite blood orange chocolate chip cake while listening
I’ve seen some posts that she was a Highlights Fellow and involved in the #kidlit community. There’s more info in this Instagram post: