Millionaires Don’t Use To-Do Lists And Neither Do Busy Mommies
LJSkool has a pretty active Facebook page and when I find something to share with our awesome readers they let me know by commenting. I love interacting with everybody especially when a healthy sense...
View ArticleHomeschool Tracker Is The Best System For The 21st Century Homeschooler
For years I put the boys’ lessons in the Homeschooler Tracker software program. After trying other methods due to certain mishaps I didn’t really like any of them. I found myself pining away for the...
View ArticleStaples Is Your Back To School Supply Headquarters
Did you know that Staples has the newest trends and technology to help parents get their kids ready for for school? Staples has all your back to school supply needs for today’s fashion conscious and...
View ArticleThe Silent Scars – A Mother’s Point of View About Self-Cutting
I learned recently that I now have three friends who are the parents of a child who cuts themselves, on purpose. It is called self-harm. These teenagers are from respectable, church-attending,...
View ArticleHow To Keep Those Kids Guessing About Their Christmas Presents
By now you have bought all the presents for the kids this year. You are getting ready to wrap them up and lay them under the tree. Not so fast there! If your kids are anything like my kids they have...
View Article3 Reasons You Don’t Have To Be Afraid To Grade That Essay – And They Are Free
You spend a fortune in writing lessons and materials for your kids. Then when it’s time to grade their work , well, that can be just downright scary. These free online eiding programs do all the hard...
View ArticleThe 3 Things You Should Know About Robotics For Kids
Jordan and I took a field trip to tour Carnegie Robotics here in Pittsburgh. The tour was geared towards introducing robotics for kids. We learned about different types of robots, what is robotics...
View ArticlePomodoro Technique Worksheet For Homeschooling
When I posted a copy of my first Pomodoro Technique worksheet on our Facebook page moms were instantly in love. I’ll bet you wonder wonder where all your time goes, too. I mean, we all have the same 24...
View Article30 Homeschool Moms Share Their Secrets
Being a homeschool mom means looking at a lot of curriculum, learning styles, educational philosophies, and trying to figure out what would be best for your family. Unless you won the lottery that...
View Article25 Homeschool Classroom Accommodations for Children With ADHD
The school year is about to begin soon. As we prepare for another year I pull out my list of 25 homeschool classroom accommodations for children with ADHD that I created to refresh my memory of what...
View ArticleHow To Start Homeschooling
One of the questions many of my readers have is they don’t know how to start homeschooling but would really like to begin. They usually have tried working with the public school system getting their...
View Article6 Mom Hacks For The Rubber Band Method of Discipline
This all started when I told my son’s psychologist he was not helping me with my son’s ADHD the way I had hoped. My kid was a terror! He had broken dishes, and glasses, and mementos, written on just...
View ArticleHoliday Gifts for Children with ADHD
It happens every Christmas. The “What To Buy Your Kid With ADHD for Christmas” lists come out right after the last piece of Halloween candy is handed out. If you go to Pinterest one would think it...
View ArticleThe Great Rope Tug of War – An African Folktale Lesson Plan
Folk tales and myths were a way to hand down traditions and customs from one generation to the next. The stories are meant to prepare young people for life, and so taught a lesson or moral. The Great...
View ArticleHumpty Dumpty
The story of Humpty Dumpty is a fairytale that has been told and re-told. You would never read the story of a man who was an egg, who fell to his death, and all the great men in the community could not...
View ArticleLittle Billy
Name one cartoon character who has ADHD, or Tourette Syndrome, or any Special Needs. If you said Bart Simpson you would be on the right track. That’s something award winning cartoonist, Chance...
View ArticleThe Night I Went To Rescue My Facebook Friend
So, spent the early morning the other day in the back seat of a police cruiser. Yeah. Workin’ on my street cred, yo. Ok. Not really. Just had to get your attention. I had an adventure and have an...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld And Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld’s show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee“ is one of my guilty pleasures. I found it when I was sick last summer with Shingles. It made me laugh and forget all about my pain. Jerry...
View ArticleBecome A Beautiful Blogger With StudioPress
An article I read the other day said that many Feminists are going home. They would rather be at home being a mom, taking care of the kids and cooking the meals from scratch, than at the office being...
View Article10 Very Fun Totally Not Boring Ways to Learn About Abraham Lincoln
It’s February and that means President’s Day sales! Unless you are a kid. If you are a kid the teacher, or you, will trot out the same old word search games and the same old movies about Presidents...
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