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How many of us are currently coping with, or about to cope with, our children’s schedule changes? The transition from school year to vacation is heavy on the minds of most of the parents I know and has figured prominently here in recent posts on GNMParents. My own children are in the process of leaving […]

Should summer vacation be a full on vacation from learning or should parents try to work some educational activities in there? What about actual school work, such as math workbooks or non-fiction reading? How do you handle summer vacation with your children?
I really believe that three months is too long to go without any structured […]

We’re scheduled to finish our lessons in two weeks, and then summer vacation will commence. I do have some academic plans for the summer months, but they’re very light-weight and shouldn’t take more than a few minutes after breakfast. If we keep fresh on all they’ve learned then my hope is that next […]

Andrew is sitting on the floor right now, counting cash. There are piles of bills and coin around him on the floor. Allie is helping.
They are working together with her family to run a concession stand this summer. It’s a great learning experience, a couple steps up from the lemonade stand he never ran. Andrew […]

All right, I’m taking a poll: how many of you think you have a clean house? How many of you clean your homes (maybe not in every nook and cranny, but pretty much top to bottom) every week?
Honestly now!
Because the truth is, I am an awful housekeeper. I hate it. I get no joy out […]