7 Planning Tips To Help You Reach Your College Goals + Giveaway

This is a Bluestreak Books sponsored post. Affiliate links within post. Do you have college goals but aren’t sure how to reach them? My two older kids have gone through the process of finding the college that is helping them reach their goals. It takes some work, but you can find and get into a[…]

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8 STEM Apps For Middle Schoolers

This is a sponsored post Do you have a middle schooler who loves STEM activities (and loves to read)? Perfect! Below is a list of 8 STEM apps for middle schoolers. And thanks to Disney for sending me the book, Click’d for review and for partnering with me for this awesome giveaway. Click’d was released on[…]

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Beating The Running Boredom With Audiobooks

This is a sponsored post. Do you love running, but get bored? When I first started running, the one thing that often kept me from running longer was boredom. My body could run longer, but my brain was done. My brother-in-law told me he listened to audiobooks while running and suggested I try it. Running[…]

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Lockwood and Co Book Series for Middle Schoolers #Giveaway

This is a sponsored post. Looking for a Halloween series for your middle schooler? The Lockwood and Co  book series by Johnathan Stroud is an excellent series for middle school-age kids who love reading supernatural thrillers. The latest book, The Creeping Shadow is the fourth in the series. About the Lockwood & Co Book Series There[…]

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Plan A Family Trip to the National Parks of the West With Fodor’s

This is a Sponsored post. Have you been to any of the national parks of the west? As a kid, we visited several of the national parks in South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming. I have such fond memories of those trips. I’ll never forget the first time I saw the Rocky Mountains. We were driving[…]

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Fun Series Books for Kids Ages 5 to 8 #ScholasticBranches

This is a Scholastic sponsored post.  The hardest part of getting my kids to read was finding books my kids wanted to read. For each of my kids, they started to read more when they found a book they enjoyed. Sounds so simple, but that is often the problem when you have kids that don’t like to[…]

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A Whole New World is a Fairy Tale 2.0; The What If Story of Aladdin #FairyTale2pt0

This is a Disney-Hyperion sponsored post.  Have you ever read a fairy tale and thought, “What if?” What if Aladdin never found the lamp?  Hmmm?!  Your wish is granted, A Whole New World. A Whole New World A Whole New World was written by Liz Braswell. After spending 10 years producing video games, she finally turned to writing books. This[…]

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Summer Reading 5 Word Book Reviews #SummerReading

This is a Scholastic sponsored post. Have your kids been reading this summer?  I encouraged my kids to read new books. I didn’t tell them what to read, but I asked them to find something new.   As I talked about in the past, summer drain sucks and I’m not big on homework, so summer[…]

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Fun Summer Reading Adventures + Books #SummerReading

This is a Scholastic sponsored post. Have your kids been reading this summer? I encourage my kids to spend their summer’s reading by having a lot of books available. They always seem to find the books. The theme for this year’s Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is “Power Up & Read,” powered by Energizer®. The Energizer Bunny[…]

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Power Up & Read Summer Reading Challenge With Scholastic and Energizer® #Spon #Summer Reading

This is a Scholastic sponsored post. As summer approaches once again, I start to think about what my kids will do all summer. I’m not big on having a planned schedule and lesson time during the summer. I enjoy the lazy days and sleeping in too. But summer reading can be done at any time[…]

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