Parks at the Civil Rights March on Washington, 1963 from Wikipedia I had seen a photography exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts last year and had taken a few photos of Gordon Parks photos because they seemed really important somehow. I knew nothing about Gordon Parks then. In researching female pioneering musicians, I came…
Lunch Box Love: FREE Lunch Box Note Printable
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Horizon Organic. The opinions and text are all mine. I’m not the mom who makes beautiful bento box lunches for her kids though I fantasize about that. I am usually the one scrambling in the morning to pack lunch for my son who is…
Pattern Block Creativity & Kid Lit Blog Hop
I have to say that I got my money’s worth out of the pattern blocks toy manipulative that I’ve had for ages. All my kids loved playing with them. I kept them in an old diaper wipes box, decorated with stickers and I found that my son, now 11 years old, will still occasionally pull…
Naruto Inspired Learning for my 5th Grade Son
My son has always had his obsessions: Age 3: Dinosaurs and Angry Birds Age 4 and 5: Pokémon Age 6: Bakugan, Ninjago Age 7: Magic Cards, Minecraft, Mario Brothers Video Games Age 9, 10: Minecraft, Dragonballz, Injustice Video Game Age 1o and 11: Dragonballz, Naruto My son’s guitar teacher has channeled his interests into guitar…
Today is International Book Giving Day!
Today is International Book Giving Day! The aim? To get books into the hands of as many children as possible. Today I will be giving away a diversity book bundle on my Instagram @PragmaticMom. Follow me and tag two people to win my giveaway! 14th February is about sharing the love of books! #bookgivingday International Book…
My 5th Grade Son Blogs on Books!
My son’s 5th grade class has a class blog. It’s private but he showed me his posts and I copied and pasted his two book reviews here. I love the idea of a classroom blog. His teacher says it’s a sneaky way to get kids writing. They love blogging, apparently, and don’t realize that they…
96 Million Impressions for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016!
96 Million Social Media Impressions for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016! 2016 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Hosts & CoHosts With our Hosts and Co-Hosts, our social media reach was 29,203,106 during the week of Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Hosts Jump Into a Book · PragmaticMom CoHosts All Done Monkey · Crafty Moms Share · The Educators’ Spin On It · Growing Book by Book · I’m Not the…