Credit: Meester X After reading Kelli Goff’s article, “Why it matters that Angelina Jolie’s white child plays with a black doll“, I thought about how I’ve gladly bought black dolls for the black girls in my life but not for the white children I know. As difficult as it is to admit, I think I […]
Credit: IITA Image Library There are a lot of companies out there that offer free educational material but not lot of them devote a whole website to it. Siemens, a multi-national engineering company, does just that for kids and parents who are interested in S.T.E.M fields. The site is called the Siemens STEM Academy and […]
I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to find a Dusty Crop-hopper remote controlled plane that actually flies because that is the only thing my boy says he wants for Christmas. I consider this year, his fifth, to be our first real Christmas with him because he is able to anticipate the holidays and remind […]
Credit: Fillmore Photography I’ve never really bought into the idea that ADHD was as prevalent as the media made it seem because it just didn’t seem plausible that American children would be more afflicted with this order than kids from other parts of the world. For instance, only .5% of French children are diagnosed and […]
Credit: mp3waxx.com In an article about possible backlash against “Beyoncé”, Vivienne Pattison of the parent watchdog group, Mediawatch-UK, voiced her displeasure that Beyoncé can no longer be seen as a role model and that children will be able to watch the videos on Youtube. Well, I’m outraged at the outrage! Beyoncé only released an album, […]
If there’s one thing home-schoolers love more than free resources, it’s sharing information on those free resources with everyone which why I love the home-schooling community. This week, I heard about a great website, Funnix, that is offering for a limited time, free downloads of their beginning math and reading programs. There’s no catch and […]
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