My daughter is in fourth grade and her class has a financial literacy program this year which I just love. It’s a great idea and is adaptable to homeschool too. I think financial literacy is one of those life skillsRead more…
What I Learned About The 2016 Election After 6 Hours Asking People to Register to Vote
I try not to get political, but this year I feel morally obligated to do so. The stakes are simply too high. But until Friday when Trump laughed about sexually assaulting women, I wasn’t angry enough to do much besidesRead more…
Learning About States of Matter
One of the things I know about Buddy is that he needs to DO. Touch. Hold. Make. Yesterday we learned about the states of matter. After we talked about it and they both understood, we went to the kitchen toRead more…
Freebie – Summer Reading Certificate
Teachers and homeschooling parents can celebrate their students’ summer reading achievements with this free Summer Reading Certificate. You can grab it over on my store on Teachers Pay Teachers. This is a great way to welcome students to a newRead more…
First Day of Homeschool!
We started our homeschool this week! Although we had some field trip time in this summer during our trip to Yellowstone and South Dakota, Tuesday marked our first day of “school.” Let me back up a moment. My lastRead more…
Say Good-bye to Google+ as You (Don’t) Know It
Earlier this month Google announced that it is dividing up Google+ into several products, most notably Photos and Streams. Why is Google doing this when they’ve spent the last 4 years bringing all of their products together? I have neverRead more…
Twitter and TV Go Hand-in-Hand
For anyone who’s been on Twitter in the past 5 years, this isn’t exactly news, but now we have the research to back it up. According to Nielsen, there is a relationship between tweets and TV engagement. We’ve heard aboutRead more…
10 Tips To Enhance Your Facebook Page
As your organization’s Facebook page reach has declined (which is on account of more competition, according to Facebook), it still remains the most popular social networking site, with 71% of adults who are online visiting it. That’s more than twiceRead more…
6 Steps to Real-Time Content Marketing
Real-time content marketing is taking a current event or trending topic and putting your own spin on it. How do you do that? Here’s your guide in 6 easy steps. 1. Monitor You need to know what’s trending and what’sRead more…
Short Film As Advertising
Our class looked at how a short film can be used for marketing. I found this great one from Prada called A Therapy, directed by Roman Polanski. It was debuted as a short film at the Cannes Film Festival inRead more…