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Nature Friendly Halloween Decorations
Whether you have already started decorating for Fall and Halloween or have yet gathered all the boxes, remember that whatever decorations you use can affect the great outdoors too, especially wildlife. But don’t worry, there are still plenty of items you can use to...
Teaching Communication Skills
Whether your child is a chatterbox or a wallflower, it is important to always be teaching communication to others with them. You can help your child develop these skills on a daily basis in all the different things you do in a day! Lead by Example It is easy to...
Pumpkin Spice Everything!
It’s that time of year, and we don’t mean Christmas lights and garland! We’re talking about pumpkin spice season! For many Fall lovers, pumpkin spice is the end-all of seasonings for any item, and we’ve put together a little baked good list that you can create at home...
Myths About Online Education
As more and more schools turn to online education for different grade-levels, a lot of the myths around online education have been debunked. For years, many people thought of online learning as a “downgrade” to attending school in person. Since Covid hit in 2019/2020,...
Performing Arts for All Kids
Although performing arts isn’t for every student, there are many benefits to integrating this fun and creative activity into any grade, and at any time in the lessons. There are a lot of positives to letting your children perform in front of people, both family,...
Boarding Schools
You may be looking at different options for your children now that the school year has come to a close. Whether it is for education purposes, more freedom in their life, or just a better education in general, some parents are turning to boarding schools. Although it...
Colleges Seeing More Students
This fall, colleges are seeing more and more students through their doors. With all the economic ups and downs of the last decade, current students are rethinking college again and deciding it may be the best option to go. Whether it is a trade school or a university,...
Reading Groups to Help Your Kid
For many kids, reading can be very difficult. Whether it is keeping up with the reading material, learning to read for the first time, or not being able to focus on the words being read, it can be very frustrating. Kids can be competitive or even get bullied for not...
Teaching Your Child Sounds & Letters
As your young child grows up, it never hurts to start early in helping them to learn letters and sounds. By the time they enter kindergarten or even pre-K, they should already know a long list of items, including counting and speaking. Although language and spelling...
Teaching Current Events
If you are homeschooling your child, it may be hard talking about current events when most of the news covers only the negative side of news. How much of it do you want to discuss with your kids? How much of the violence and sad part of the news do you want to...
Financial Aid 101
Whether your teenager is applying to community college, a four-year university, or technical college, you may be wanting to find out more about financial aid. College is only getting more expensive and we all know how important education can be for our future...
Beach Safety with your Kids
Whether you live thirty minutes or thirty hours from a beach, chances are you may be planning a trip to one very soon. And depending on the ages of your children, they can be either very young or older but do not know the basics of beach safety. It is important to...
Fun Summertime Snacks
When that temperature starts rising outside, the last thing you may feel like doing is turning on the oven to make dinner. But do you look in the fridge and wonder what you will make for your next family meal or snack? Peruse these fun and light meals and snacks that...
Setting Up the Best Parties
We all know that summer is the season for parties, whether they are pool-side, near a grill, at the park, or at a friend’s, there is no shortage of a summer time splash. If you have a party planned for the big July 4th weekend or simply want to plan a few parties...
Choosing the Best School for Your Kids
No matter the age of your children or single child, the choice to change schools can happen at any given time of year or age. There are a multitude of reasons for deciding to find a better or different school, and it can be a fun and challenging time figuring out...