This is a sponsored post While some spend endless hours planning a delectable Thanksgiving menu enjoyed around a perfect table, creating a dazzling holiday light display that would make Clark W. Griswold envious, or creating audio experiences to never miss a minute of football’s biggest bowl game, others are all about Halloween. If you’re the…
Master Lock Fall Family Safety Giveaway #LSSS
This is a sponsored post As the weather turns cooler and you pack away summer belongings for another year, it’s time to examine your home for areas where your security might be a little lax or you feel like you need to increase protection around your home. In celebration of last week’s arrival of fall…
Stronger Together: How Our Voices & Actions Will Change the World
There are many days when the world’s problems seem so great especially when you’re just one person trying to make a difference. After all, how does a single individual make a difference for the 60 million refugees who have been displaced by war, create gender equality in countries where girls and women are denied education…
Grocery Shopping with the Peapod Mobile App Saves Busy Parents Time (w giveaway for DC readers)
It’s one of those weeks where the out of office response is on as I travel from New York City for Social Good Summit and come home for just a couple of hours before catching an early morning flight to San Francisco for just over 24 hours so I can be home in time for…
Who Was Your Science Mentor? Read About Mine & Honor Yours Through #SayTkU to Provide Science Education for U.S. Kids
This is a sponsored post Most moms and dads have heard the saying that parents are their child’s first teacher and indeed that was the case with my own mother. As a teacher who taught all elementary grades during her thirty plus years in the classroom, my mom not only taught hundreds of children throughout…
How to Start Your Morning with the Black + Decker Café Select Dual Brew Coffeemaker (w video review)
This is a sponsored post The morning struggle is real and even though there was a time where I didn’t drink coffee, now I can’t imagine having a cup to start my day. During the week our mornings start an hour earlier now that Emily has started middle school. On the weekends, we love bonding…
PBS Odd Squad Continues Shows the Cool Side of Math While Combatting Oddness
Not all screen time is bad especially when it teaches kids in fun ways which is exactly what Odd Squad does. For the past year, Odd Squad’s Olive, Otto, Miss O, Oscar, and their friends have been solving strange happenings in the community using their math skills. The Odd Squad is like the kid-version of the…
6 Shows My Tween Thinks Your Tween Should be Streaming on Netflix #StreamTeam
The ways my kids consume content are far different from the way I watched television at their age. There is no anxiously watching the clock to make sure they’re in front of the TV as their favorite show starts. There’s no frustration over forgetting to set the VCR to record favorite shows when they’re not…
Review: Free Sparky’s Brain Busters App Quizzes Elementary Ages on Trivia & Reinforces Fire Safety
This is a sponsored post When I taught first grade, I had a hanging file folder labeled with each month and inside were manila folders with worksheets for each event during the month. After making my way through the September’s back to school and get to know you activities, I’d move to October. My October…
Interviewing Buzz Aldrin: Thomas & Emily Chat with an Astronaut at the 2015 National Book Festival (w giveaway)
What would you say if you had a chance to meet the second person to ever walk on the moon who was also part of the Apollo 11 crew? While in Washington, D.C. for the 2015 National Book Festival, Buzz Aldrin sat down with Emily and Thomas to answer some of their questions and others…
