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My Favorite Backseat Traveling Toys

Homeschool is a misconception since most who homeschool are rarely home.  As summer hits we are home even less.  Each of my kids are signed up for an activity, a day summer camp, or a volunteer opportunity.  I make sure they are not overloaded but with four kids I am always dropping off or picking up someone.  My two little ones are always in tow no matter whose day it is to go somewhere.  As you can image they get bored with all the driving around.  Since my older two kids have the most to do it leaves my little … Continue reading →

The Calendar Work

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I recently obtained a dry erase calendar and I’ve re-found the joy of planning things out in a non-digital fashion. While the digital is ideal for a number of things it doesn’t seem that the digital captures doodling very well (at least on non-touch screen) and I need to doodle to plan things out. I had forgotten that fact. While digital alarms, loud pop-up reminders, and a nice everywhere-you-need-it calendar are certainly good things I really need to plot things out in analogue once in a while. This free piece of plastic has really changed the way I think about … Continue reading →

Refurbish Your Whiteboard

Don’t get rid of that whiteboard just because it has some hard to clean marks on it, from dry erase “ghosts” to permanent ink. You’ll find this quick tip to be all you need to have a whiteboard that looks like new again. Whiteboards are constantly turning up in the trash because they get old and dull. Build up from those dry erase markers finally gets to be too much. Even though the marks are supposed to erase completely, they never do, often leaving shadows or dry erase “powder.” Another pitfall that happens when using a white board is when … Continue reading →