Disclosure: This post is sponsored by The Boys and Girls Clubs of America. STEMming the tide of summer learning loss Kids are heading back to class for the new school year, but will your child be up to speed with his or her peers? Or, will the summer “brain drain” have taken its toll? Just how bad is the summer slide? On average, students lose the equivalent of one month’s worth of … [Read more...]
Free Legends of Learning Online Science Games for Elementary & Middle School Classrooms
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Legends of Learning. All opinions are my own. Free Legends of Learning Online Science Games for Elementary & Middle School Classrooms Science elementary and middle school teachers, you can use the science-based Legends of Learning website to help your students learn and review science concepts. In fact, you can assign a playlist of games to individual … [Read more...]
BGCA & Samsung’s 5 Weeks of Summer of #STEM Challenge
Disclosure: The Boys and Girls Club of America and Samsung sponsored this post. All opinions are my own. Don't miss this free 5-week STEM curriculum for you to do with kids at home from The Boys and Girls Club of America and Samsung. BGCA and Samsung value summer learning and STEM activities. They're offering this to families to help grow children's interest in STEM fields. The Boys and Girls … [Read more...]
Learn Spanish At Home With PandaTree Language Learning For Kids
Disclosure: We worked in partnership with Panda Tree to bring you this information. All opinions are our own. written by Christa Jimenez, of Pura Vida Moms One of the most common questions that I receive as a bilingual parent and former bilingual teacher is: how do I teach my children to become bilingual? There are so many answers to that question-- and it really depends on the culture of … [Read more...]
Read With Me Kids App Lets Parents Personalize a Printed Book
written by Christa Jimenez of Pura Vida Moms Disclosure: I had the opportunity to test the app Read With Me Kids in partnership with Imagination Soup and sponsored by Read With Me Kids. As usual, all opinions are my own. I'm always looking for ways to encourage my kids to read-- we have an independent reader and an emerging reader-- and this personalized book app from Read With Me Kids is … [Read more...]
BLOOM! Lesson Plans & Activities for Middle School Students About Plants
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by BLOOM! to spread the word about its Educational Resource Toolkit. All opinions and stories are my own. Want to get your middle school students inspired about the world of plants? BLOOM! Educational Resource Toolkit in partnership with Scholastic makes it easy. Teachers and homeschoolers, now you can download free lesson plans, worksheets, a student magazine, … [Read more...]
What Learning Benefits Happens When Kids Listen to Lunii Storyteller?
Disclosure: I worked in partnership with Lunii to bring you this information. Lunii, My Fabulous Storyteller, is SO much fun for kids -- it's an interactive, screenless storytelling toy that narrates audio stories which kids have created themselves. Not only does this develop a child's imagination, it builds their vocabulary and builds important pre-reading strategies as well. Use this … [Read more...]
Get Excited About the World of Construction with Jobsite Juniors Magazine
Disclosure: I worked in partnership with Jobsite Juniors to bring you this information. If your kids are like mine and LOVE everything construction, or if you want to get them more interested, you must check out Jobsite Juniors. It's a bi-monthly magazine all about the world of construction perfect for children ages 4 to 8. The World of Construction with Jobsite Juniors Magazine When my … [Read more...]
I’m Grateful for School Choice and Hardworking Teachers
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of CenturyLink. The opinions and text are all mine. Disclosure: I'm partnering with CenturyLink to bring you this information. CenturyLink asked me to share my thoughts on both education and technology. One of the first things that comes to mind is how many school choices we have right now. Remember when we were in school … [Read more...]
The Itchy Book From Elephant & Piggie Like Reading (+ Giveaway)
Disclosure: Disney Hyperion sent me The Itchy Book and is partnering with me for a giveaway! Do you have a 6- to 8-year-old? Your growing readers will love THE ITCHY BOOK by LeUyen Pham. It's the latest beginning reader in the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! series from Mo Willems, available in stores May 15, 2018. And you're going to love LeUyen Pham's colorful, comic-style illustrations … [Read more...]
Seventeen College Goals Interactive Journal + $100 Gift Card
Disclosure: Bluestreak Books sent me a copy of Seventeen: College Goals & is providing a prize pack for one of my lucky readers! You guys, my oldest daughter is sixteen! And every day I'm totally aware that I get only about two more years with her before she leaves for college... My husband and I are trying not to panic. But the whole college thing -- that's new to us since she's the oldest. … [Read more...]
I’m Getting Organized (& Increasing Productivity) with Paper Products
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Babbleboxx.com on behalf of the Paper + Packaging Board. Staying organized is a huge goal of mine because I've been flying by the seat of my pants for too long. (I am not going to show you a photo of my office desk or floor. I'm a piler!) That's why I was so interested when Paper & Packaging offered to help me stay organized and be more productive with … [Read more...]