Kids Academy: Educational Apps for Kids
*This is a sponsored post on behalf of Kids Academy and Sverve* I was doing some relaxing the other day, when I came across the Iphone App 123 Tracing from Kids Academy. Since I’ve been working on numbers with Princess R at home, I decided to give the free download a try. App Developers Continue […]
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What is Craftsy?
*The following post contains affiliate links. Thanks for reading Home Maid Simple* You may have seen this ad on my sidebar, or heard me mention Craftsy before. Spellcheck likes to tell me it’s no such word, but it could mean the escape to knowledge and learning that is practical in your life today! What is Craftsy? […]
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Operation Smile
*This post sponsored by Campus Book Rentals. Opinions are 100% my own* Operation Smile is an international charity that physically changes the life of children around the globe by giving them smiles. Let me quote a portion of their mission statement here – “Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles […]
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Osteoblasts to the Rescue #BookTour
Tour Schedule Osteoblasts to the Rescue Merrin and Pearl are at it again! This time these two young Human Body Detectives are exploring the skeletal system. With the ability to jump in and examine the various systems in the body, Merrin and Pearl’s adventures are fun stories and helpful tools to educate children. In […]
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Continuing Your Education without going into Debt #MOOCAdvisor #spon
Thank you to StudentAdvisor.com for sponsoring this post. Have you ever thought about going back to school? Maybe you dropped out because you began your family. Maybe it was lack of finances, and a desire to avoid debt. Education has always been very important to me, but after I met Mark and we began our […]
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BabbaBox from BabbaCo: Activity Box for Kids {2012 Holiday Gift Guide}
I love gifts that engage parents and kids to enhance a childs learning. As a mom I know the importance of being the first teacher to my kids. My very first blog was actually centered around this idea (3 Princesses and a Prince Academy). I’ve tried a lot of different approaches to teaching my kids, […]
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Craftsy Online Classes On Sale
Have you ever wanted to learn something crafty, but don’t have the time? There have been so many classes I’ve wanted to take, to enrich my life, and learn something fun and new. As a mom, though, I can’t always get away for those things, or they cost too much, or I don’t live close […]
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Reading with Scholastic
I just realized I missed the school book fair! I always loved the book fairs in elementary school. We’d go with my mom, and she usually let us pick out a book or two. Of course once we had our own money, we’d buy our own books. I went through a Roald Dahl phase and […]
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Back to School or Back to Testing … Think About It!
Your hosts for this weekly meme are Home Maid Simple Mumfection Tim and Angi’s Blog Today’s Topic: Has education become more about temporary results and grades than long term success and knowledge? My kids have not made it to testing grades yet, so from personal experience, I don’t have much to say on this issue. However, I am […]
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Continuing Education and changing the world
*This post is sponsored by Campus Book Rentals* I love learning! I was one of those crazy people that loved going to school, having homework, and delving into my books. Since having kids though, I haven’t been able to go back. As much as I would love to, I know right now my time is […]
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