Do you have a plan to help you teach your kids about money? I’m not talking about coin and dollar amounts – your math curriculum has that covered. I mean how to use money in real life. Do you have a system in place to help you handle trips to the store that provoke the question, “Can I get this,…
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How to Teach Your Child to Do Chores: Try Zone Work Instead
Are you looking for a better way to teach your child to do chores? I’m talking about throwing away the sticker charts, being done with the bribery, and ending the arguments when you ask them if they’ve done their chores. I’m talking about reframing the whole concept of how and why you should teach your child to do chores and…
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Noteworthy Online Piano Lessons for Your Kids with Joseph Hoffman, Founder of Hoffman Academy
There are so many possibilities when it comes to curriculum and we’ve got to make sure the basics are covered…is music really worth teaching, too? When you’ve got multiple kiddos in multiple stages of development the thought of dragging everybody to a lesson just isn’t very practical. Then there’s the cost, the time commitment, and oh yeah…the fact that we’re all under quarantine right now and we couldn’t leave the house for a music lesson if we wanted to.
On Grief, Adjusting, and Steering Clear of Survival Mode
Do you have a plan to help you steer clear of survival mode? I’m not talking about the temporary survival mode; the “new baby/new home/new job/death in the family” type of survival mode. That happens. That is circumstantial. We’ve all been there. I’m talking about when something happens (like…a pandemic breaking out worldwide…) and we just can’t seem to get…
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For the Accidental Homeschooler
Are you an “accidental homeschooler?” Many schools have shut down in an effort to keep people safe during the pandemic leaving the at least one of the parents of those children as an “accidental homeschooler.” Parents who had no intention of homeschooling have now been called to do that very thing…with very little time to prepare for the change. Join…
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