Happy New Year! Just in case one of your New Year’s resolutions is to help your children learn to ski and snowboard, here are some of our top tips to get you started! Take A Lesson While it might be tempting to teach your kids on your own, everyone will get off to a better, […]
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Teaching Kids to Ski: A Cautionary Tale (and Five Tips for Success)
Learn from Our Mistakes The first time my husband and I took our three-year old son skiing, we made a rookie mistake. We thought we were prepared. We put ski boots on his soft, tiny feet and let him march around the house. We popped a helmet and goggles onto his head and played “pretend” […]
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Learning to Ski as an Adult: In A Jam
By MacKennea Broyles At two hours, I pitied anyone who was on I-70 and not going skiing. At three hours, I pitied myself even though I was going skiing. The combination of up to 39 + inches of snow in the past 48 hours and cabin fever from a recent snow day led what seemed […]
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The Online Family Ski School Is Back With a New Focus (Fun and Games)
You spoke. We listened. When Alyssa Erickson of The Kid Project, Susan Strayer of Mountain Mom and Tots, and I created the Online Family Ski School in 2018, our goal was to give parents the tools they needed to get their kids on snow and help teach children to ski. And we did a good […]
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Should You Teach Your Loved Ones To Ski?
This morning, a post I wrote for Liftopia.com went live. I think it’s definitely worth reading in it’s entirety, but to get you started, I’ll share a few highlights. It’s called Why You Should Never Teach Your Loved Ones To Ski, and the post provides information on: Why lessons are important, The perils and pitfalls […]
