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…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
My Blogging Journey at Year 7
I was a neighborhood party the other night when someone I knew asked me about how my blog was going. I don’t think she was looking for “fine, blogging is great!” It might have been more of a career question: are you making money blogging? So I thought it was time for an update on…
Teaching Kids About Money: Summer Curriculum
Forbes has a great article on money lessons you should be teaching your kids, with milestones for ages 5, 10, and 15. Let’s see how I’m doing with my kids: Money Lesson Goals for 5-Year-Olds Savings Goal – a savings goal has three elements: (1) what you want to buy, (2) when you want to…
Great New Graphic Novels & 4 Book GIVEAWAY
My son learned to love reading because of graphic novels so they will always have a place in my heart. He’s reading chapter books now, but he still enjoys a funny notebook novel. I’m excited to share some newly published ones, and I’m giving away a few them as well (at the bottom of the…
Shakespeare for Kids
Please welcome Ashley who blogs at Booktomato as my guest author. She’s sharing her favorite Shakespeare books for kids. Here are a few of my favorite Shakespeare for Kids books: My 10th grader, Grasshopper and Sensei, is studying Shakespeare in English class. She has a very bad concussion (her 4th, all from volleyball), and she…
Diverse Children’s Books Linky
Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of diversity including (and certainly not limited to) diverse, inclusive, multicultural, and global books for children of all backgrounds. We encourage everyone who shares to support this blogging community by…
Art Activity Books for Kids Huge GIVEAWAY
Nature is often a theme of Japanese art. Today, I am giving away two Japanese art coloring books and sharing some Japanese art by Hokusai from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. I hope this helps to entertain your kids this summer. p.s. More art posts for kids: 45 Art Gifts for Seriously Arty Kids by my…