I’m mentoring a First to College high school student whose goal is to study graphic design at MassArt so I took her to meet one of my college freshman dorm mates, Lisa Rosowsky, is a professor of graphic design there. Lisa sent me an invite to her newest show called For Our Fathers: Two fathers—one…
Category: Social Studies
History, social science and geography for kids.
One Globe Kids: A Day in the Life of Children Around the World
On behalf of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, I am reviewing ebooks from One Globe Kids, a nonprofit with a mission to spread global friendship stories and educational resources. What I really love about these eBook is that it is an experience. It’s fascinating to learn about Valdo in Haiti. He and his parents travel down…
Asian Culture and KidLit series with Andrea Wang
I’m excited to announce an Asian culture series with author Andrea Wang. You might know her for her picture book The Nian Monster. I have her book on my Lunar New Year book list. She has a new picture book biography coming up about Cup of Noodles founder Momofuku Ando. I have my debut picture book, Sumo…
Korean and Japanese Sword Making
My son has always loved making weapons from bows and arrows made from sticks, to wooden swords that he carves and decorates himself. He made this Samurai armor and sword upcycling sketch book covers and cardboard boxes. Duct tape was also involved. It always is involved in his projects. In earlier days, he made swords…
Republicans Cause Recessions?
My fourteen year old was concerned about the Republican controlled government so she looked it up and found this: Republicans last controlled the White House and Congress in 1928, causing the Great Depression. (1928-1939). Republicans Cause Recessions? Republicans Caused The Great Recession? I posted on this on my Instagram and one of my followers, HomeSchoolLiving, corrected me….
Hands On Geography Fun for Kids
There is absolutely nothing that I hate more than to help my kids memorize factoids for a test. I figured out from my two older kids that their 4th grade social studies curriculum includes learning to spell and locate the 50 States, with state capitals as extra credit. Trying to learn one section of the…
#BigFatNotebooks Ensure Middle School Success
My son started middle school this year and this is my year to evaluate his study spaces now that he will be getting more homework. What’s interesting is that good study spaces are not what I thought: it’s better to mix it up rather than study in the same place all the time. These New…