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Meet a Reader | Beth (a veteran reader!)
Beth is a super longer-term Frugal Girl reader…she’s been around since 2008, which is the year I started blogging! Thanks for sticking with me so long, Beth. 🙂 1. Tell us a little about yourself I’m a homemaker and teacher! I’m the mother of three girls (7, 2, 2 months) and a boy (5), and I homeschool my son and oldest daughter. My older three hiking last year. We just moved from California to Oregon, into a home twice the size and lower in price than what we rented in California. It feels absolutely palatial. We are renting while we...
When parents are organizing school COVID-19 rapid tests, it’s a sign of government failure
A COVID-19 rapid test device kit seen at Humber River Hospital in Toronto last November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn The third school year to be marred by the COVID-19 pandemic is now underway, and many parents and guardians are again worrying about their children’s safety at school — especially those under the age of 12, who aren’t yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. Some Canadian parents have taken extraordinary steps to make their children’s learning environments safer. These measures show governments are failing to prioritize children in their pandemic responses and to fund safe, high-quality and equitable education. Parents organizing rapid...
"Personal Threat" by Kimberly Rose Johnson -- Book Review, Blog Tour, and Giveaway
About the Book Book: Personal Threat Author: Kimberly Rose Johnson Genre: Romantic Suspense, Christmas Release date: September 21, 2021 Bodyguard Sally Wilson has become the target. Can she save her own life as well as her daughter’s? Christmas is supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but when Sally’s young daughter, Emma, becomes the target of child traffickers, and the little girl’s biological father wants Sally dead, the Christmas season takes a dark turn. Police officer, Dillon Brady, responds to a call for help at the home of his friend and Protection Inc. bodyguard, Sally Wilson. When their relationship tips beyond friendship, Dillon...
Favourite Montessori Toys on Etsy
Sharing our favourite Montessori-friend toys from Etsy!Giant Wooden Stacking RingMontessori Imbucare Puzzle SlotSize Sorting Puzzle TowerMontessori Cylinder DropMontessori Sorting Mushroom Game (Amazon), EtsySorting Balls, Bowls and SpoonsDepth Perception PegboardGame Sorter Balls and Cups (starter kit). The one we own is not available in their site anymore, so I'm adding the link to the Amazon
Homeschooling all of a sudden
Welcome new homeschoolers! Today we return from a funeral (which is why this post is late!) of a good man who, among other things in his long, fruitful, and faith-filled life, participated in founding a small school that has grown quite a bit in recent years. The original idea was for the families involved to rescue their own children from an educational system that was failing to teach them the true, the good, and the beautiful, and was in fact dangerous to their minds and hearts. That was over 30 years ago. He died of old age, may he rest...