Summer is almost upon us, and with it, my oldest son and I are expected to participate in some archaeological field schools. These are often remote and rural digs, where one might be expected to camp, take cold (or no) showers, and use port-a-potties, cooking over campfires and being eaten alive by mosquitoes while working…
Starting Wednesday night and leading into Thursday is Holocaust Remembrance Day. As we consider that many survivors are now in their 80s at least, if not their 90s, it’s sometimes hard to remember… why it’s important to “remember” what happened during those dark days. Having been immersed in Holocaust Studies in university, I understood the…
My younger kids are perturbed with me. They have decided that my husband and I are meanies beyond measure because we… drum roll here… MAKE THEM TAKE TESTS-!!! They are absolutely convinced that not another child on the face of the earth has ever been subjected to a quiz or test in their academic life. …
Do you have multiple kids? Even if you have one child, you know some of the pressure to measure-up—whether in school, on the playground, in sports. How does your son or daughter compare? And what about sibling rivalry? Petya is the type of teen who raises the standard high. Well, this week the standard went…
It’s a weekday morning at the Bartologimignano household and exams loom on the horizon. I realize that many believe that we homeschoolers lounge in our pajamas all day long and play video games while eating chocolate cake, but believe it or not, our kids shower, dress well (no jeans, tennis shoes, or slippers allowed), have…
We took a fun 30 minutes the other day to make upscale bookmarks. Not being a Martha Stewart type, I think they turned out well. You could do this with a musical theme, a sports theme, a Biblical theme, a nature theme, a pet theme. There are a lot of options for every season and…
With four older children from Russia, English comprehension is not their forte’. Reading to learn when they don’t know much English has its challenges, let’s say. So, whenever they can, three out of four try to fly below the radar and pretend they know what they’re doing in order to escape trying to explain why…
I’m not sure how long CLEPs have been around, but let’s just hope they stay put for many years to come. These amazingly-innovative, computerized tests may help your student pass through his/her first two years of college in no time flat, and for around 10% of the average college price. They come to you from…
“Smart” is another word for “cute”, and in my opinion, it’s neither. Do your kids act smart with you? In other words, do they do stupid things in order to get your attention? “It’s not in the book,” each tries to insist about every five minutes when asked a question about what they have just…
If you care about your children’s education, you need to consider taking one or two days to hear about new possibilities, innovations, methods and materials to help them. You will be changed and you will be challenged. No matter what your current path for them, whether public, private, charter, magnet or homeschool, I’m going to…
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