Spring is here and summer is right around the corner. Before you know it, school will be out and the kids will be home looking for things to do. Last week, I gave you 3 great reasons to shop kids consignment sales — this week, I’ll give you ideas of what to look for in order to have a fun, (and low-cost) summer.
Making Life Easier
May is “Get Caught Reading” month – a challenge to everyone to do some reading (or listening)! There’s so much research that shows encouraging kids to read, and reading aloud to kids, helps to increase vocabulary, comprehension skills and overall achievement at school. But, I often get this question from parents, “What should my child read?”. My answer – anything they enjoy!
Here are a number of options:
“We have not inherited the Earth from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our children.” ~ Lester Brown Being eco-friendly takes on a whole new meaning when you read this statement. As parents, we all work so hard to provide our kids with a good future — we save money to send them …
If you have kids in school, I’m sure you know school fundraisers are a big deal! The goal, of course, is to find a quick & easy fundraising activity that doesn’t take a lot of time for families to do and in my opinion, should allow the kids to get involved in fundraising efforts without …
I’m always so overwhelmed once the school year gets into full swing. I think it’s coming off of those laid back summer days and then WHAM! — it seems like there’s hardly any time to relax.
One of our challenges is finding ways to mix things up to keep them fun during the school year. The same old lunches can get boring very quickly. Practicing spelling words and math facts is really a struggle unless you have some fun ways to keep the kids engaged.
This year, I’m thrilled to be part of the Kid Blogger Network Back to School team! And we are all ready to help you get ready for a great school year with tips on organizing, homework help, school prep and more wonderful resources to help you ease back into school.
And then there’s all those new things the kids want to learn about — they learn a little about pengins in a science lesson and it leads to 50 new questions at dinner. LOVE the questions but I always like to have time to explore those new topics with the kids WHILE they have that burning interest.
As kids grow up, it’s important for them to have their own spaces, learn some reponsibility with regards to taking care of their things, be able to become independent and feel that they are contributing to the family. Here’s a few ideas for easy ways to change your home environment so that kids can do more for themselves, enjoy their space and help out around the house:
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I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Sprint. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and to thank me for participating.
As a Sprint Ambassador, my family and I are trying out a few different devices this year and sharing all our ‘yea!’ and ‘nay’ moments. Our goal is to provide you with some of the details on the newest tech gadgets for tweens, teens and parents.
We’re just back from our annual family vacation — and honestly, this one almost did me in!
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE to travel!
Exploring new places, seeing some AMAZING sights and being with my family — just us without all the day-to-day craziness that we leave behind — it’s something I look forward to each year.
“I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Mom Central for Revolution Foods. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.”
There’s something about lunch and summertime that just doesn’t seem to jive in our house.
During the school year, my husband takes on the lunch duties with some help from the kids (they pack their own fruit & snack each day). So sandwiches are always prepared the night before (I have a great hubby!).
Then summer hits and the idea of doing something in advance goes out the window for me 🙂
I mean, it’s summer, right?! No schedules, live-by-the-seat-of-your-pants type of days.