Simply the Good Life

As they say, variety is the spice of life.  That sentiment also holds true our writings.  Whether you are working your way through my Wr...

 If you have kids in school, chances are you've already started thinking about college.  Or at least, you've started thinking to ...

As usual, right after Christmas, the kids start finding things they wish they would have put on their Christmas lists, or bought with thei...

Halloween is almost here.  It's the time of year when we are gearing up for the holiday season, and thinking warm fuzzy thoughts.  Mos...

  You know the old saying..."So much to do; so little time."  That pretty well sums up how I feel these days.  We are up to ou...

I know it happens to everyone once in a while.   Still, I can't help but feel inferior when it happens to me.  I'm talking about c...

How many sets of Legos do your kids have that can't be put back together because the instruction sheet is MIA?  How many of you have ...

Shiver me timbers! Tomorrow is talk like a pirate day.  It's a great day to act silly and have some fun.  It's also a great day to...

The next stop on my list of ways to jazz up our learning this year is at the Stencyl Game Studio.   Stencyl allows users to create their ...

As I continued my search this summer for ways to make school more fun, I set out to find a way to motivate my reluctant writer.  After num...

Even when my children attended traditional public school, it has always been important to me to teach them the things that aren't taug...

Writing last Saturday's post has inspired me to try out new recipes for breakfast and beyond.   However, when I get creative and start...

Most kids aren't too excited to get back to school.  While they may have a favorite subject or two, there are plenty of other less wel...

How does your child learn best?  Is he a visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic learner?  Perhaps he's a multimodal learner, meanin...

August is just around the corner.  Although I hate to cut summer short, it's time to start thinking about getting ready to go back to ...

For many people the summer is quickly coming to an end.  Families are heading to the beach to soak up the last of the summer sun.  Two fa...

I love paper crafts.  Maybe it's the kid in me, but I have so much fun cutting, folding, gluing, and taping paper to create things.  I...

On Saturday, I posted about keeping our kids safe online .  I realize that my post only scratched the surface of ways we can protect our c...

Tomorrow is the 237th anniversary of our independence.  What a great reason to celebrate!  And children love to celebrate.  Waiting until ...

I love summertime!  The long days.  The sense of freedom that comes with no school, no homework, and no after-school activities. Okay, no...