Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. February 6, 2013—Safety Tips for Children Crossing the Street   Teaching your children how to safely cross the street is a situation that makes every parent extremely nervous.  Very young children don’t understand how dangerous the street really is. In addition to this, we need to teach our children how

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 23, 2013—How to keep the lines of communication open with your kids.   My children have always talked to me. From the time they were preschoolers right through high school and college, they always talked with me about things going on in their lives. I’ve had many people ask

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 16, 2013—Four Smart Ways to spend a Snow Day with Kids!  This morning it is a winter wonderland outside the window. An overnight snow has blanketed everything from the bushes and trees to the streets. Schools are closed throughout the state and the children in every household are delighted.

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 9, 2013—Feeding the Birds.   In the past I have written about the importance of pets in the lives of children. I do believe that having a pet offers many benefits for children, but the reality is not everyone is able to have a pet.  The alternative is caring

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 4, 2013—Happy New Year!   Yesterday the children from Newtown, CT headed back to school. These children and teachers are moving on and they are brave to do so. Ann Curry suggested a couple of weeks ago to consider doing 26 Acts of Kindness in memory of everyone who