We’ve just rounded the corner on the 10 month mark of our county schools being closed. With health metrics not being anywhere close to schools being able to reopen in our area and the first semester coming to a close quickly, parents everywhere are feeling fed up with online school, Managing screen time when school…
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How to Teach High Schoolers Financial Literacy
This post is sponsored by Intuit When I was little, my bank issued passport-sized books that recorded deposits and withdrawals. I loved presenting it to the teller along with money received for my birthday, Christmas, or babysitting. It was always so satisfying to see the amount in my savings account increase with each deposit and…
Best Gifts for Unplugged Fun to Combat Online School Fatigue
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. Managing screen time limits during a pandemic has been no easy task. With school not able to be in person, our kids are relying on screens for learning and also…
2020 Gift Guide: Best STEM Gifts for Kids of All Ages (PreK-Teen)
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. Every year I say that my Best STEM Gifts for Kids of All Ages gift guide is the biggest one to date and this one continues the trend. There continues…
2020 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Teens That Aren’t Gift Cards
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. As an 8th grade computer science teacher and mom of two teens, I spend a lot of time interacting with teens! Parenting and teaching teens definitely gives me an interesting…
6 Tips for Raising Happy, Successful Teens
This post is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation. All opinions are my own. “Being a parent will change the way you teach,” a parent volunteer told me during my third year of teaching first grade. I never would have known this had I not returned to teaching this past fall. I love a good challenge…
4 Tips for Keeping Teens Engaged in Science at Home
This post is sponsored by Ward’s World Since online school began, I’ve been checking in on my middle school students. They haven’t been shy about telling me how they are, how their online classes are going, and the best and worst parts of learning at home. Even kids who didn’t love school find themselves missing…
Brainly Offers $2500 Scholarship to High Schoolers Sharing At Home Learning Experiences
This is a sponsored post Coronavirus has altered school as we used to know it. As teachers have moved their classrooms online, parents are taking on the role of educators. It might not be the ideal situation for families but Brainly is giving high schoolers a chance to share how parent support while learning from…
Dear Students, I Miss You!
If you asked me last year if I missed teaching, I would have said no. Ask me today and I’ll tell you I do. I had no plans to return to the classroom but a strange twist of fate brought me back to teaching and I find myself missing my students more than I ever…
5 Tips for Managing Screen Time During Coronavirus
Coronavirus school systems closures have altered the way we live, work, socialize, and educate our kids. Adjusting to new societal norms hasn’t been easy. We’re coming to terms with the different ways our kids are using screens to learn and interact with friends. If managing family screen time during coronavirus feels like a struggle, I’m…
