Depending on your background (and the movies you’ve watched or books you’ve read over the years), you may love the idea of boarding schools or think that they are just a parent’s excuse to get rid of their children for most months of the year. However, no matter your stance, there are a variety of…
Month: July 2016
How to Set Up a Blog (or Website)
If you are thinking of setting up a blog or even a simple website, it’s becoming the same thing. You can set up a blog to use as a website for your small business. Here’s how in three easy steps: Step 1: Choose Your Blogging Platform. Spoiler alert: Use Self Hosted WordPress. Step 2: Secure…
20 5th Grade Book Recommendations from My 5th Grader
My son has picked up the pace of reading books this year in 5th grade. His book lists are now in three parts. 5th Grade Books from a 5th Grade Boy has books that he read as a rising 5th grader as well as books he read in the early part of the school year….
Summer Learning Ideas to Halt Summer Slide
Our school year won’t end until June 23rd which makes my kids and I think that we are the last to finish school this year. Hence, my summer learning plans are a little late in the making this year. My two teen girls are away most of the summer. Grasshopper and Sensei will do a…
Top 10 Favorite Nature Picture Books
When I lived near a golf course in our old house a few miles away, I would spot red foxes running at dusk on the sidewalks. My friend Susan told me about her encounter with a coyote one winter afternoon. She and her black labrador were on the snow covered golf course for a walk when…
How to Play #PokémonGO with Your Kids
My son was obsessed with Pokémon when he was four years old. For two years, I read nothing but Pokémon books to him. The books he liked were Find and Seek or Pokémon directories. Neither types of books have much plot. I also bought him tiny Pokémon plastic figures off eBay that I would carry around in a plastic baggy…
Planning a Visit to Quebec City with Kids
My son loves Canada. He was the first to declare that he’s moving to Canada if Trump wins, and his sisters agreed. We’ve been to Canada a few times; it’s a road trip for us and we’ve visited Montreal, Toronto, and Ontario for the Women’s World Cup. Quebec City is considerably farther from our previous Canadian…