Life Long Learners are curious and engaged. If you agree that creating an environment for life long learning is a worthy goal, consider these 5 steps to achieve the goal. 1. Music is a wonderful way to introduce your kids to tempo and rhythm. Children should listen to all kinds of music and even selections [...]

Japanese is fun! I went to Borders Books the other day and was shocked by all the manga on the shelves. Japanese is definately a language my kids will want to know for pop culture reasons and possibly for work reasons. The only thing that I have been able to stick to lately has been [...]

As you may know, my husband and I lived in Japan for four years. During that time I was teaching English conversation most of the time, but I also took time to study Japanese on my own with several different books and study groups. I enjoyed writing hiragana and katakana characters and it gave me [...]

here is a link with lots of education resources for you and your children. The author has great info on avoiding scholarship scams for college students.

I was just wondering do your kids color in pre-made pictures?  When I was at the University of Miami I majored in Education and was sure I was going to be a meanie Principal some day.  That part never happenned but as it turns out I *am* working with kids. The subject of materials came [...]

I was up to well past 4 a.m. looking at a lot of different things online. I got some good recommendations from a friend on homeschool curriculums and kept shopping around. I’m not really sure if I have what it takes to be a homeschool mom, my main concern is not sticking to a program [...]

I don’t know if my writing is up to par, but someday, one day, maybe even today! I want to be a writer. (I know that sentence is not correct btw). Should I go back to school or get my Masters in something related to English? I already have my Bachelor’s Degree in the Humanities. [...]

When my mother was diagnosed with Diabetes I was totally shocked. Sure, we both knew we were not taking care of ourselves like we should but it was a totaly wake-up call for me. The last time I was jolted like that is when my father told me he had skin cancer. The question is, [...]

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