Tag: Education
How Students Pay For College
I feel education is very important. Yes, that includes college. I did attend college for a semester or two and was fortunate that my parents were willing and able to pay for me to go. I was young and decided I didn’t want to be in college at that time. How stupid I was. By [...]
Thoughts On Furthering Education For Career Advancement
The job market is still pretty poor in our area. RB finally got something after being out of work for more than a year. I think it’s going to be get harder and harder for people to get a job. Young people fresh out of school are competing for jobs with experienced, older people. I [...]
Reading Is Fundamental – Help Save The RIF Program
I’ve always loved reading. I think reading is one of the most important things that a child can learn to do. That saying “reading is fundamental”? It’s true. Without the ability to read everything is limited – education, career and even financial matters. Everyone should learn how to read. I recently learned that President Obama’s [...]
Words Move Me – Sony Reader Giveaway
What moves you? The two things that move me the most are my children and knowledge. Knowledge takes many forms and my favorite form, by far, is the English language. That’s right – words. I love words. To me, words are interesting. They form knowledge. And you know the old saying – knowledge is power. [...]
Online Higher Education
RB’s still looking for work. As much as I love him I can’t help but wonder if things would be different if he had some higher education. It would be great if he could receive some specialized training or education when he finds a job so he could get into a career that there’s demand [...]
My Dog Bites The English Teacher, Practical Grammar Made Quick and Easy – Book Review And Giveaway
My Dog Bites The English Teacher – Practical Grammar Made Quick and Easy by Marian Anders List $14.95 ISBN-10: 0979488419 ISBN-13: 9780979488412 Paperback, 224pp Publisher: Aviary Publishers Incorporated Does your writing need help? Do you use too many run ons? Are your sentences made up of just fragments? Do you overuse commas? My Mom, a [...]
Luvs Take A Stand Campaign And $5 Off Coupon Giveaway
Unless you’re new here you know that my son CJ is 10 and still has some potty issues. When we travel he usually wears a pull-up. Both of my boys grew up in Luvs diapers. CJ loved them because they had Blue’s Clues on them. I loved them because they were more affordable than the [...]
Leap Frog Let’s Go To School DVD Review
Leap Frog Let’s Go To School Own it on August 18 Run time – 35 minutes Because he is developmentally delayed I’m always on the lookout for anything that will help CJ learn. I took the opportunity to review Leap Frog Let’s Go To School hoping it would be something appropriate to use to hold [...]
Back To School – Organizational Tips From Avery With Giveaway
Earlier this month Avery Dennison Office Products announced its relationship with organizational expert Jodie Watson, founder and president of Supreme Organization and the organization expert from TLC’s “Real Simple. Real Life” television show. Watson shares her expertise in an effort to help kids prepare for back-to-school and stay organized for a more successful and productive [...]
Your Baby Can Read Giveaway
I’m a great believer in the importance of learning to read. I was fortunate in that my Mom taught me how to read at a very early age. She was a teacher who knew it’s better to teach children to read as young as possible, rather then to let it wait until the child goes [...]
Toddler Interpreter, A Parent’s Guide to Baby Sign Language for Hearing Babies and Toddlers – Book Review And Giveaway
At ten CJ’s vocabulary is still limited. He tries really hard and he really wants to talk but sometimes it isn’t easy to understand him. CJ has done some simple signing since he was about a year old. It’s at times like this that I wish we, and the school, had begun sign language much [...]
I Love My Mom’s Hand Me Downs
In this week’s Parent Blogger’s Network Blog Blast we were asked to write about what our mother handed down to us. It is because of my Mom that I have much of what I have and am much of who I am. Ask anyone else in my family about me and my Mom and there’s [...]
World Down Syndrome Day
In a day where people use the word retarded all too easily it is obvious that our society could benefit from more advocacy, education and positive exposure of special needs. To that end, today – World Down Syndrome Day – I would like to tell you about my nine year old son, who has Down [...]
Back to reality
I was on vacation from my full time job from Christmas Eve until yesterday. I had fun hanging out with my kids, watching them play, staying up late, watching movies and just relaxing. I stayed up really late a couple of times and slept past 6am every day. I let the kids stay up late [...]
Be Fire Smart
Did you know that almost 47,000 household fires happen each and every year during the holiday season? Yes, that’s during the holiday season alone. Like now. Liberty Mutual is aware of that statistic and is encouraging everyone to visit BeFireSmart.com as this holiday season begins. Like now. It’s important. BeFireSmart is an interactive site designed [...]
