As a mom of 2 high school engineering students, I’m often asked what I did to foster their love of STEM. Honestly, there was nothing I didn’t do! I’ve always encouraged my kids curiosity, challenged them to think differently about the world, and been supportive of their ideas. Today I’m honored to share a guest…
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Sumdog Provides Online Personalized Math & Spelling Practice for Ages 5-14
This post is sponsored by Sumdog Our kids have been attending school virtually for months and the novelty of learning online is long gone. With little light at the end of the tunnel that gives us hope that school will resume fully in-person this spring, we’re concerned. We’re increasingly concerned about our kids’ mental health,…
How to Teach Coding and Robotics to Middle Schoolers
This post is sponsored by Wonder Workshop In the past few years we’ve seen growing emphasis on STEM education and rightfully so. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “over 800,000 new STEM jobs were added to the U.S. economy” between May 2009 and May 2015.” “Computer occupations made up nearly 45 percent of STEM…
7 Ways to Help Your Middle Schooler Rediscover Reading for Pleasure
This post is sponsored by Disney-Hyperion who is partnering with me for a giveaway. It also includes affiliate links My two middle schoolers are counting down the days until the end of the school year and looking forward to summer where required reading for English class gives way to reading for pleasure. There’s no shortage of…
8 Steps for Teaching Middle Schoolers Not to Smoke
This is a sponsored post “I don’t understand why people smoke,” Emily said as we had just exited a cloud of smoke exhaled by the person in front of us. “It causes black lungs and does other bad things to your body” my middle schooler stated as she shook her head and talked about the…
Big Fat Notebooks: Essential Homework Help for Middle Schoolers Makes Learning Fun
This sponsored post is written in partnership with Workman Publishing Gone are the days when you had to borrow notes from the smart kids in class in order to catch up on what you missed. For today’s middle schoolers, homework help commonly comes from group texts, Facetime, or Skyping friends but for those times that…
