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214: 9 techie jobs teens can do to start a business (or for small businesses) with Katie Hornor Katie Hornor, entrepreneur and business coach, is our guest in this episode and she shares 9 techie jobs teens can do to start a business – or they can do these tasks for small businesses. These are the techie jobs she mentions: 1. Graphic design – tools Humorus.co, Canva 2. Bookkeeping 3. Data entry 4. Video editing – tools Capcut app, iMovie, Davinci 5. Podcast editing – tool Garageband 6. Youtube/social media management 7. Podcast notes 8. Email scheduling 9. Funnel building...

Kindergarten multicultural books or multicultural books for kids in general have continued to gain more spots on publishers’ lists over the years.  In fact, there are some publishers solely devoted to creating multicultural and diverse books. We still have a long way to go to include inclusive and diverse books for all children, but I’m liking the direction things are going. Children need to see themselves in books. Scan your own bookshelves, how many multicultural books can you count?   I’ve created a list of some of our favorite read-aloud titles for kindergarteners.  Of course, many titles would work for younger and...

 Her one possible ally represents her greatest fear—the encroaching Otherworld consuming her mind—and may well undo all her efforts to control her fae-touch. Yet if she forsakes the offered aid, the killer will go free. Review: Reading the blurb I found out that Tattoo Crimson is a “gaslamp fantasy” novel. I did not know that the book “market” needed to create a new subgenre. If you, like me, don’t know it, gaslamp fantasy is “a subgenre of both fantasy and historical fiction.”[1]It being a “gaslamp fantasy” explains why the alchemical devices (the knowledge of their existence is introduced from the...

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Helping Teens Handle Winter Blues. Helping Teens Handle Winter Blues Many folks do not like winter. That is okay. However, at times the not-like-winter actually becomes more than that. It becomes winter blues. The official name for Winter blues is “seasonal affective disorder.” But sometimes it is not a full disorder, it’s just a “who likes winter?” mindset. The winter is cold and the days are short. The sky is gray most of the time and seems to just hover six inches above our heads (especially in the mid-Atlantic, where we live).  Closed in...

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2023 (1/26/22) is in its 10th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators. Ten years in, MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves continues. Read about our Mission & History HERE. I received a book from...