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Using Tools Of Your Trade To Teach Your Kids

As a writer, I have developed a way to incorporate the tools of my trade into my role as parent and teacher. One of the best resources I have found is the annual Chase’s Calendar of Events. This guide provides a daily chronicle of what happened during a given year. It’s a great resource as a homework helper and idea generator for reports and projects. It’s an expensive guide, running almost a $100, but you can probably find a coppy at your local library’s reference department. I lucked out and bought an old guide at the library book sale for … Continue reading →

Monopoly as a Learning Tool

There are times when it’s hard to inject an atmosphere of fun into the schoolwork routine. My temperament is such that I want to get to work and get it done, where my children prefer to do it the fun way. We clash, I’m afraid. One day they kept begging me to play Monopoly with them when I was trying to get them to do school. I agreed, but on the condition that we make it part of school time. It turned out to be an excellent compromise. In counting out the money, the children learned the value of the … Continue reading →