In honor of Martin Luther King, Junior day, I wanted to share my son’s 4th grade Civil Rights Movement project. His teacher created a really great timeline that I hope will be helpful as well. Civil Rights Movement Books for 4th Grade and MLK Day I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
New Year’s Resolutions to Scare the Pants Off Me
My friend Lydia convinced me that we both had to sign up for Haymakers for Hope this year. Sign up now to be a part of Haymakers for Hope’s 6th Annual “Rock N’ Rumble” on May 19 at Boston’s House of Blues! According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly 40% of men and women will…
Boxing Fitness GIVEAWAY: The 30 Day Boxer’s Diet and BOXYGEN
I’m in that perimenopause phase of life that has some unpleasant symptoms: Loss of bone. With declining estrogen levels, you start to lose bone more quickly than you replace it, increasing your risk of osteoporosis — a disease that causes fragile bones. Changing cholesterol levels. Declining estrogen levels may lead to unfavorable changes in your blood…
Countdown: My #1 Most Popular Post of 2015
10 Perfect Read Aloud Books for 3rd Grade is my top post for 2015! It all happened when I went to Anne Ursu’s The Real Boy dinner hosted by publisher Charlesbridge and met Colby Sharp, a co-founder of the Nerdy Book Club blog. I was already a huge fan of this group blog. Colby had just…
Countdown: My #2 Most Popular Post of 2015
Zorpia is a Pfishing Scam: BEWARE!! is my 2nd most popular post of 2015. After a bad experience when I accidentally gave Zorpia access to my Facebook in order to read a message “sent” to me by my daughter, I wrote this post. It took me nearly a week to shut down my Zorpia account….
Countdown: My #3 Most Popular Post of 2015
Best Science Apps for Kids (ages 4-21) is my #3 most popular post of 2015. I remember that this post didn’t get much traffic when I first posted it. I continued to add to the post as readers gave me suggestions and one day, much later, it took off after I made this image and…
Countdown: My #4 Most Popular Post of 2015
My #4 post for 2015 is Multicultural Books for Children: 60+ Book Lists, another list of lists. I am trying to keep this list updated. I also posted Diversity Picture Book lists for 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade and 8th Grade in order to encourage teachers to sign up for a FREE…