As the world finds itself gripped in the worst pandemic in a century, schools are increasingly shutting down to prevent the spread of the virus and prevent endangering the lives of children, teachers, and parents. This means more and more parents are starting to homeschool their students or have been forced to homeschool them due…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
Free Diverse Children’s Books through Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
This is our 8th year celebrating Multicultural Children’s Book Day! We will be holding our event this year on Friday, January 29, 2021. To celebrate, we will be giving away FREE diverse children’s and YA books for you to review and share on a social media channel such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, or…
Top 8 Picture Books Featuring Anthropomorphic Foods
Please welcome author Josh Funk with a fun and funny book list of anthropomorphic foods! I’m a stop on his blog tour for his fourth Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast picture book, Short & Sweet. I find these picture books to be both clever and hilarious. I also appreciate a good rhyming picture book…
5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day
It comes up every year: what are the “good” books for Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day? It’s not simply a question of #OwnVoices but historical accuracy from multiple points of view. It’s much easier to celebrate a narrative that eliminates conflict and genocide. In searching for books over the past few years, these are the…
Visiting Boston College during COVID Quarantine
Boston College is just down the road from me and I’ve spent quite a bit of time there for soccer camps for my daughters when they were young. It’s also where I hired babysitters over the last 15 years when I needed help. What stands out for me is that all my babysitters — more…
Everything You Need To Do To Get Into Physician’s Assistant (PA) School
I know some students who are thinking about becoming doctors but are worried about how to pay for medical school. That’s a real concern. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the median cost of one year of medical school was $34,592 for in-state students and $58,668 for out-of-state students in 2016–2017. And then…
My Husband and Daughter Place 3rd in Golf Tournament
My husband and middle daughter placed third in the Forward Division of the Mass Golf’s Father Daughter tournament. This is the second time that they competed together. A good time was had by all! John Dias and Callie Dias, of Renaissance, finished runner-up at 11-over 83, while Tai Lee and Ali Lee, of Granite Links Golf Club were two…