Why "Our Babies Ourselves" Is My Favorite Parenting Book

Posted in Book Reviews on November 8, 2016

A book review for: Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent by Meredith F. Small from Amazon Book Review of Our Babies Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way we Parent by Meredith Small This is without doubt one of my all time favorite parenting books. I read this when my first son Read More »

How To Get A Free Lynda.com Membership

Posted in Resources on November 6, 2016
Tags: Free

If you don't know what Lynda.com is, here is a quick fill-in. Lynda.com was recently purchased by LinkedIn and is an online learning platform for a wide variety of areas. Through individual, corporate, academic and government subscriptions, members have access to the lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. Lynda Read More »

Homeschooling Ideas: Educational Scrapbooking Projects

Posted in Homeschooling, Language Arts on November 3, 2016

Scrapbooking Makes Any Craft Lover's Project Fun, Beautiful and Easily Preserved Scrapbooking - for some, it is an amusing past time. For others, an obsession. And for people like me, sitting down to work on a scrapbook layout is like taking on a mission. As a homeschooling mom always looking for new ideas and projects, Read More »

Disney's Beauty and the Beast Is A Giant Parenting Lesson

Posted in Parenting on October 28, 2016

Disney Can Help You Understand Your Adolescent Daughter Belle, of "Beauty and the Beast" fame, deserves the Oscar for her accurate portrayal of a teenage girl. Am I joking? (Yes, of course. She's animated.) However, you can draw parallels between the character and your own daughter (no pun intended). While it seems an unlikely place Read More »

Homeschool Spanish Teacher's Guide To Choosing Curriculum

Posted in Foreign Language, Just Starting Out on October 26, 2016

It is an honor to write and share my experience with you about Spanish learning and homeschooling. A “homeschooling” parent has to be able to wear the teacher’s hat and make the decisions about what  children are going to learn and  how they are going learn.  One of the challenges I had to face every Read More »