Our family loves Halloween. We’re also a theater family so naturally dressing up is an event all on its own. Halloween always presents the great costume debate of (insert whatever year is and whatever character is most popular!) The kids go back and forth between ideas until they ultimately decide on a costume idea that would break the bank and…
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Books are a staple in the house. We love the smell of the pages and feel of the paper in between our fingers. But best of all, we do our best learning by reading. It just so happens, reading can get expensive. Yes. I’m aware that books are free at the library. There’s just something about a full bookshelf at…
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We all know how fun it is to go see a show. The lights, the music, the dancing; it’s enchanting! Using theater to teach accomplishes this and so much more. Read more about Christina. What is theater education? Watching shows by itself is fun and entertaining, right? Take that and unpack it into teaching points and life-lessons and you are…
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard of first breakfast, second breakfast, and the not-so-uncommon third breakfast? Its a common occurrence around here. I needed a solution and I needed it fast. Enter summer homeschooling 101 and teaching kids how to budget with grocery shopping. Read more about Christina. Teaching Kids How to Budget We have always followed Dave Ramsey’s…
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Visiting Chicago recently, we were without a car. Since we were staying outside the city, we needed to figure out how we were going to get around. My husband was there for work, so we were on our own. Related: Read about Christina here. From the Airport First, we needed to find a way to get from the airport to…
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