Summer is coming soon, and I know what the kids are thinking: “Yay! No school!” The parents, on the other hand are thinking, “No school? What am I gonna do with these guys?!” No worries! Pinterest has the best educational activities for your kids, so you can keep ’em busy, and keep ’em learning! This […]
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Teach your child to read with a tea party!
Test your child’s language skills in a relaxed, non-threatening way by combining a reading activity with a tea party! You will personalize “bags of tea” with jumbles of words that can be reconfigured to form a simple sentence. Make acquainting your child with sentence structure and improving her reading skills an entertaining challenge as she […]
Teaching kids to code with Cubetto
I have an extraordinarily bright five year old. I’ve been homeschooling her using first and second grade workbooks, but she mostly teaches herself. She reads at about a third grade level. As a busy work-at-home-mom, I’m always looking for ways to challenge her, ways that don’t necessarily require a ton of my personal attention, but […]
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Is my child ready for piano?
If you’re looking for a good inexpensive digital piano/keyboard, I recommend you check out the keyboards featured here: https://soundingkeys.com/best-digital-piano-reviews/ Most parents I’ve talked to would love to see their kids commit to learning an instrument, both for the good values like discipline and perseverance it instills, as well as for the sheer joy that comes […]
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Using a Game to Bring Focus to Homeschool
It’s kind of funny that I’m doing a homeschooling post because I barely consider myself a homeschool mom. You have to understand that my daughter is unusually brilliant. I know, everyone thinks their kid is smart, but we’re having her tested in November and we’re actually considering putting her in a gifted program. Kayla started […]