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Banner Day: Boys Finish Phonics Lessons

I’m thrilled to announce that Captain Earthquake and The Manager finished their entire phonics book last week. We were using The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading, which is wonderful and well-done. But it has 231 lessons. 231. We worked on that...

Lessons Learned…Again

I’ve been learning old lessons lately. Seems like I’d learn them and move on to new mistakes in life but nooooooo. Not me. By the time we arrived at life in the Earnest Parenting household last week Friday I was completely fried. The stress of several...

Fun For Your Friday

Hullo again, friends! It’s officially Friday and time for our weekly chuckle. For my offering this week, I bring to you a story from the past that still makes me giggle. (Originally posted it in August of 2007.) The Mercenary had opted to clean the van for 50...

Fun For Your Friday

Good Friday to you, Internets! This week I bring to you spamjokes. What might that be, you ask? About a week ago the spambots started sharing jokes with me, and enough of them make me laugh that I thought I’d collect a few and share. Why are spambots telling me...

Dreambox Learning: Math Made Fun Online

Do you recall when I told you about the DreamBox Video contest? I’ve been learning more about the program and boy howdy is it neat! Dreambox is a learning site that teaches math to children in kindergarten, first, and second grades. Children play games, and the...

The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Fall Decorating

Growing up, my mom always had adorable decorations around the house for every season. She even had ceramic figurines that she’d painted herself, and there were adornments for every room. I have routinely failed to even approach her holiday spirit, mainly because...