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…
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…
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! 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 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…
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Two of my blogs got hacked recently. I think the hacker used the same means for illegal blog entry: an old theme that I had tried out years ago and rejected. That particular theme was probably not updated over time, and it became a Trojan Horse for hackers to enter my blog. It turns out that…