As a teacher, I know just how critical it is that our kids continue to learn over the summer, and I don’t just mean the things we learn on vacation. Yes, those are important skills, but we need to encourage them to continue reading over the summer and practicing their math skills. When school does start back [...]
Entries from June 2008
Encouraging Your Kids to Read Over the Summer
June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Education · Family · Literature · Parenthood
How Do You Get a Bird Out of Your House
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Today is a very rare June Texas day. It’s a mild temperature that doesn’t require the use of the air condition. So today we have sat around the house playing with the windows and door open. We now have a new guest – a pretty little bird. It’s stuck in the house. Flying around – [...]
Tags: Family
School’s Out for the Summer!
June 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments
Yes. I know (and I apologize), I haven’t been around much. It seems things keep getting in the way of my downtime, but I will have lots more now because starting today I am officially on SUMMER VACATION!!! Can you tell I’m excited? We actually got out on Friday, but I didn’t consider myself [...]
Tags: Family