Posts by Betsy
The Perfect Gift for a Book Lover: The Book a Month Club
Gifts are always so challenging for tweens and teens. For my daughter’s twelfth birthday, my mother-in-law gave her the best gift ever: a Book a Month Club. So there’s no program to subscribe to in order to automate this, but I think that makes it even better. Here’s how it works: each month on her…
Read MoreHelping Your Teen Son Renovate His Room
Unless your son naturally has a design opinion, helping your teen son renovate his room can be a challenge. My daughter recently redesigned her room, and she initiated all of the change. In the process of making space in her room, the dresser and bookshelf that didn’t match her design aesthetic got bumped over into…
Read MoreSilver Dolphin Books: Scanorama Book Review
I always have my eye out for great books that cultivate curiosity. It seems that nature provides such a fascinating range topics, that kids will spend hours pouring over books and not even know that they are reading or learning. A good animal book has not only engaging pictures, but fascinating information that will spark…
Read More7 Tips for Learning to Draw the World
I’m journeying through Challenge A with my second child, and we’re back to drawing maps together. Learning to draw the world is one of my favorite aspects of the Challenge A program not only because I really enjoyed it myself, but because I’ve seen the value of having a general map in your head when…
Read MoreA Mastery-Based Elementary Math Option for Frugal Families
I’ve come to learn that every child learns differently. My youngest has challenged me to research alternative approaches to subjects than I used with her siblings. Math is one of those subjects. When I ran across Math Mammoth, I was interested in the mastery-based approach and the affordable price tag. I’ve spent most of my…
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