With a new school year starting and summer coming to an end, you may want to start encouraging more reading in your home, especially if you have early readers. Reading books independently that are within their ability but slightly challenging is the best way to establish great reading habits, but the options of what to […]
Whether you need a little extra cash or want to clean somethings out, you could turn your junk room into quite a money maker selling things online. While yard sales are still a popular destination for the frugal, the digital age has made it so much easier to sell used things and get a bit […]
Did you know that July 29 is National Lasagna Day? Me neither! But when I found out about it, I decided we needed to up our lasagna game. We make lasagna now and again, but I wanted to see the full spectrum of classic lasagna recipes to unusual lasagna recipes. I found everything I wanted […]
Summer is drawing to a close, and no matter how you or your kids feel about school starting back, watching a fun movie together is a great way to connect and commemorate the end of the summer. You can stream any of these 20 back to school movies on popular streaming sites, but make sure […]
One of our favorite family activities is read-aloud time. It is part of our homeschool time, but also part of every vacation road trip. The key to making reading aloud enjoyable is to find good books to read. So today I’m going to share some of my favorite read-aloud books for kids that are fun […]
Whether you have older kids schooling at home or in a building, or even if your oldest is preschool-aged, it’s never a bad thing to have a bit of structure to your time during the day. No preschooler should be sitting down for six straight hours, but if you have a curious and active 3 […]
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Summer is here, and this summer you may be going to potlucks and picnics more than you did last year. That means you have to figure out what to take. You want it to be simple, but you also want it to be something that can sit out for a few hours and that isn’t […]
Even though summer sometimes means that you have more time on your hands, I don’t know about you, but I don’t necessarily want to spend it in the kitchen. Making big batches of different foods and putting them in the freezer is one way I like to minimize future kitchen time and also have food […]
