family time

Tips for Falling into Autumn…with Grace

fall leaves

You just stepped on a crunchy leaf, the wind is blowing with a little more fervor, daylight has become a fleeting thing, and your house suddenly smells of burnt toast from the kids experimenting with breakfast in the morning.

 It must be fall. 

Turning Heads Down Screen Time to Heads Up Together Time

Discovery Bay has not only embraced the popularity of iPad and other tablets, we’ve reinvented the way a tablet can be used to encourage interactive family time. An ironic concept, seeing as some believe that technology is creating distance among people and that the use of a tablet is more of an anti-social act, even if other people are around. But, the hot topic this month isn’t whether or not the iPad is anti-social, it’s that the iPad is SO engaging that everyone in the family loves it (perhaps too much?), even your three year old.