This week’s video takes a look at how young students and families in Armenia are learning to provide sustainable sources of income—with the help of livesock from Heifer International. The gift of a cow or goat can move a family from financial dependence to self-sufficiency.  Hope you enjoy the clip…

Well….It’s been a while since we’ve posted a video from The Little Village Home Preschool Last week, we officially kicked off our homeschool year with both Abi and Anna.  So far, it’s been  really fun…and the girls are excited about learning new things and exploring the world.  One of the questions that I often [...]

This week’s video comes to us from Save the Children.  It takes a look at how drawing, painting, scribbling and sculpting can help little children’s hearts to heal.  We hope that you enjoy the video

Join us this Tuesday night, August 3rd from 9:30-10:30pm ET for a ‘back to school’ twitter chat!  We’ll be talking about the steps that parents can take this year…to send their kids to school with a healthy lunchbox.  We will be joined by the following panel of experts in the fields of child health, nutrition, [...]

This week, we’re shining a spotlight on the World Vision Micro program. Learn how you can help to empower poor families… and encourage them along the road to self-sufficiency.

This week’s video comes to us from Save the Children.  Each and every day, community health workers travel to the most remote parts of the world in an effort to provide live-saving health services to women and children in need.  “Of the children under the age of 5 who die each year, almost 2/3 could be saved with the [...]

This week, we bring you a special Father’s Day video from Singapore.  The video, which was originally created by dads… for dads, captures the personal testimonies (and parenting practices) of a few fathers in Singapore.  We hope that you enjoy the piece. Happy Father’s Day!

When I first started blogging in December of 2005, I was living in UK with my husband and newborn daughter.  As a fair trade city, Oxford had quite a bit to offer in the way of sustainable and fairly traded products. 
One day while strolling through the city centre,  I stumbled upon a clothing line called People Tree.  What caught [...]

The new Ecosystems exhibit at the California ScienceCenter has become one of our favorite places to play! If you have not yet had a chance to visit….it is definitely worth a trip

This week we are revisiting the theory of multiple intelligences with Harvard professor, Howard Gardner. In this video, Dr. Gardner discusses both his theory and his vision for education. Enjoy!

This week’s video comes to us from the Lupus Foundation.  May is Lupus awareness month and for many women and children living with the disease….every day is a struggle. Having first been diagnosed in 2002 (after 5 years of misdiagnosis) I  know, first-hand, how debilitating Lupus symptoms can be.  Muscle and joint pain, high fevers, physical [...]

In honor of Earth Day, we are re-posting our third pilot episode of The Playdate! For this one, MOMbo TV teamed up with Mothers Acting Up and 1Sky for a bit of art and activism.  We packed up the girls and headed to Boulder, CO…..It turned out to be a most amazing experience!!  We say thank you to [...]

This week’s video comes to us from Bread for the World, a faith-based organization working to alleviate hunger in the US and abroad.  Bread for the World has launched an initiative aimed at assisting working poor families through sound tax policies.  In advocating on behalf of families, an initiative was launched called the Offering of [...]

April is Autism Awareness month.  The Family Hope Center is an international organization that specializes in assisting parents of children with developmental delays.  Putting aside discouraging labels, the Family Hope Center celebrates the uniqueness of each child and provides parents with customized plans to unlock their child’s potential.  In this video, parents who have received training from [...]

A couple of months ago, our family decided to sponsor a child through Compassion International.  My daughters helped looked through photos of children from around the world–asking their names..ages..and where they were from.  They connected with the faces of the children and wanted to know more about their family circumstances. ‘Does she have to carry [...]

This week, we’re celebrating Anna Ingram’s birthday with a personal post.  Happy Birthday, Anna!

This is an inspiring video of the work being done by Save the Children to assist home-based educators in Egypt.  As a home preschooling mother (who has traveled to Egypt)– I found this video particularly interesting. While mothers may not share the same cultural background or religious convictions..we do share a common concern for the care and well being [...]

The Office of Minority Health has published statistics highlighting a crisis of maternal and child health.  Mothers of African descent in America have the highest rates of infant mortality–with a rate that is 2.3 times the rate of non-hispanic whites.  (view the report) http://tinyurl.com/ygtuawl
MOMbo TV is committed to supporting initiatives and programs that aim to [...]

The Hamilton Children’s Garden is the largest interactive children’s garden on the West Coast.  Located within the San Diego Botanical Gardens, Hamilton offers children a fun multi-sensory learning experience.  With plenty of places to climb, crawl through, smell and listen, the garden does a great job of engaging young children in the study of botany.

We had an opportunity to spend some time at the Environmental Learning Center in Vero Beach, FL.  This is a wonderful resource for families looking to enjoy a bit of Florida’s natural habitat.  The Center offers a wealth of information that can be taken home–books, pamphlets, coloring pages..Definitely worth a visit if you’re ever in [...]

At The Little Village Home Preschool, science is usually fun.  We took a trip recently to the California Science Center…..where the girls were able to play and learn.

This week on MOMbo TV, we’re taking a look at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the challenge of juvenile justice.

It’s National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child!  This Christmas, ‘goody-filled’ shoeboxes will be delivered to needy children around the world.  An outreach of Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child aims to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children across the globe. 
MOMbo TV had an opportunity to attend an artdate with Artsy Mamas, a nonprofit [...]

Last week we took some time to explore the city of St. Louis.  One of our most favorite finds was the City Museum in Dowtown.  The girls had an amazing time exploring the urban setting.  This is by far one of the best (and certainly most interesting) spaces for children that we have ever seen.  [...]

This week at The Little Village home preschool, we studied Kenya….our country of the week.  We would love at some point to travel back to Africa to do development work (ideally, building proper preschools)… but in the meantime…we’re following along with the YWAM calendar and devoting a bit of study to the continent.  Next week….it’s [...]

Well….it’s not an official playdate episode, but we’re posting this ‘rough’ video of last week’s homeschool co-op day at Los Rios Rancho in Oak Glen, CA.  Two moms (Kemi Ingram and Maisha Addai) + 7 kids enjoy a ‘civics lesson’ at the apple farm.  Hope you enjoy the video and be sure to tune in to [...]

We are pleased to present the second installment of our series The Playdate.  This month, we take inside an inside look at ‘a day in the life’ of one mom–Kemi Ingram, Creator of The Playdate. We hope you enjoy it!

Stay tuned for Episode #2 of The Playdate!  We are working hard behind the scenes to get it posted….and we hope that you enjoy it…..

MOMbo TV is pleased to present Episode #1 of ‘The Playdate.’  We would like to send a special ‘thank you’ to everyone who helped bring this episode to life…..The women, children and staff at Elizabeth House….Jaclyn Smith…….Corrine Cummings……The Amazing Jordan McMahon…..Christopher Ingram….Abigail and Anna Ingram…..and all of our friends on Twitter…..
We hope that you enjoy this [...]

This week, Kemi Ingram, Creator of MOMbo TV finally makes the BIG announcement!

This week we’re FINALLY making our big announcement….. Be sure to check back on Saturday, July 11th for the news!  Until Saturday though, here’s a video……Yup, it’s hint #4……

This week we are taking a look at early learning programmes in Georgia….
If you have been following MOMboTV over the last few weeks, you know that we are up to ’something’…..something BIG. Be sure to tune in to MOMbo TV Saturday, July 11th, when we will finally make our BIG announcement!

Yup….We’re still planning to make that ‘big announcement’…….but until we do….Here’s another hint……

Big things are happening here at MOMbo TV!  We’ll be making an ‘official’ announcement soon…..but….in the meantime….here’s a little hint.
Have a great summer….and be sure to check back often!

In Guatemala, MercyCorps is training a small group of mothers in the art of beekeeping.   The community is buzzing about these women and how they are using their newfound skills to generate a sweet income.  To learn more, please visit mercycorps.org

Blueprint for a Better World is an interactive traveling exhibit that is currently making its way around the continent of Australia.  A partnership between Caritas International and the Australian Government, the Blueprint Exhibit educates children about the promise of governments to work toward the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by the year 2015.

Buffelshoek Trust is committed to improving the lives of children in South Africa.