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2021 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Unplugged Family Fun
The links in this best gifts for unplugged family fun post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. The best way to get your kids away from screens is to find something they love and my gifts for unplugged family fun can…
2021 Gift Guide: Best STEM Gifts for All Ages (PreK-Tween)
The links in this best STEM gifts post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Some items below were provided for review purposes. STEM is a field with more jobs than people to fill them so toys that foster curiosity are always…
2021 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Teens (ages 13+)
The links in this gifts for teens post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Parenting high schoolers while teaching middle schoolers provides an interesting perspective on ages 13+. We tend to think that teens are closed off and moody but many…
2021 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Tweens (ages 8-12)
The links in this gifts for tweens post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. As a middle school teacher, I’m around tweens a lot. This age group wants to leave childhood far behind in favor of being grown up. They feel…
2021 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Early Elementary Ages (ages 5-8)
The links in this best gifts for early elementary ages post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Before I was a middle school teacher, the first teaching job I ever had was as a first grade teacher. As challenging as it…
2021 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Well before I started teaching elementary and now middle schoolers, I loved spending time with toddlers and preschoolers as an undergraduate psychology major, then through my graduate studies, and finally…
How Fair Trade Gifts Support Women in Haiti and Iraq
This post is sponsored by Catalyst Collections How we spend our money matters. We can choose to support retail giants, small businesses in our community, or buy fair trade gifts that support women in other countries. Personally, I love shopping small and for fair trade goods whenever possible, so the money I spend supports families….
14 Great Father’s Day Gifts for the Special Guys in Your Life
Men CAN be hard to shop for, but they don’t have to be! The key to great Father’s Day gifts is to get him something that he’d never think of or the thing you know he’s been eyeing but would never buy himself. 14 Great Father’s Day Gifts for Special Guys This year I’ve curated…
18 Favorite Mother’s Day Gifts for the Important Women in Your Life
Some links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Mother’s Day is a day to honor the special women in our lives. Biological mothers, adoptive mothers, foster mothers, stepmothers, mothers-in-law, godmothers, grandmothers, and more value the ongoing expressions of…