Category Archives: Parenting

The Collective Mentality of Playgrounds

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Jenn P

Honestly, kids are the best. They’ve got the right idea of how to move through the world if we let them lead the way. (And maybe we can learn something from them.) Take playgrounds, for example. They individually go there, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Jenn P

If you know me at all, you know I love books. I was raised by a teacher and a book store manager, both avid readers. Even though Wallace can read quite well on their own, I read to them nightly … Continue reading →

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Micro Blog Monday: Today

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Jenn P

Today, we worked on school work that I mistakenly didn’t give to Wallace on Friday. So we are a day behind, oops. Good thing we can do what we want. Today, I made a lot of phone calls and checked … Continue reading →

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Lead Poisoning in the Midwest

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Jenn P

As someone who has been lead poisoned and has a kid who has been as well, every bit of factual awareness on the topic is really exciting. So here’s a recent article from NPR. Lead poisoning is real and isn’t … Continue reading →

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Ticket to Ride Michigan

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Jenn P

We love playing games and Wallace loves trains, so it was inevitable that we would end up with a version of Ticket to Ride. For Christmas 2020, they received the First Journey US version and we’ve only just gotten really … Continue reading →

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DIY Pokeball Bike

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Jenn P

Wallace outgrew their last bike and so I wanted to get the next size up. The plan was to just get any used bike and maybe give it a coat of paint to make it neat and new. Instead it … Continue reading →

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Lead is a Really Big Problem

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Jenn P

There is no safe level of lead. And yet companies are allowed to do their own testing and reporting in regards to levels of lead in their products. The consumer safety measures that are in place are not enough, in … Continue reading →

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The Scrambled States of America Game

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Jenn P

For the summer, we loosely focused on reading, games, and geography (while also working through leftover math pages from Math U See Beta). That lead me to searching for geography related books and games and ultimately to The Scrambled States … Continue reading →

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Protected: First Day of 3rd Grade

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Jenn P

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Third Grade – Online Public School

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Jenn P

I decided that this year I couldn’t handle homeschooling on my own. The Partnership Wallace attended in person for most of 1st grade, we did only part time online last year. And this year it just wasn’t going to work. … Continue reading →

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