When I went to college for elementary education, I never dreamed that what I learned would be used mostly under my own roof. All my kids have learned to read at different ages, one as early as 3.5 and as late as 6. No matter […]
Author: Jacquee Broaddus
William’s letter reversal trick: b/d p/q
William wanted to do his first post today about a trick that has helped him with his letter reversals. Did you know that most children struggle with reversals until they are around age 7 1/2? Did you know that left handed children struggle more with […]
New header!!
Look at our new film strip header!!! I learned to do that today! We downloaded photoshop last night. I had a few hours this morning to play with it while the girls were at theater practice. I know it’s not perfect, but I will figure […]
Another Mommy favorite buy
Who doesn’t love Amazon? I know I do. We use it a lot! I love their new return to Kohl’s policy now too. Kudos to Kohl’s on that one. They give you a 25% off coupon when you return. Guess what? I always find something […]
A World of his Own
Today’s topic is a hard one for me. I still feel guilty. I still wish I would have pushed harder. Let me preface this post with this, trust your mom instinct. If you think something is wrong, fight for your kid. Get answers. Colton, our […]
Screen time
If you know my kids at all, I’m sure you’ve heard all about screen time. My kids have even blogged about it. My kids, like most all kids, would play on a computer, game console or watch TV all day, if I’d let them. This […]
Laundry, Laundry, Laundry…
When people ask me about life with so many children, they always tend to bring up the subject of laundry. I’m pretty sure that everyone can agree that whether you wash and fold for one or eight, the chore is never ending. In our house, […]
Mommy’s new favorite buy.
With a family of our size, you can imagine that there are a lot of chores to be done. Each kid has their daily set chores, then there are extra chores that they can either do in order to earn screen time, or wait for […]
Meet Colton (aka the baby)
I’m going to preface this post by letting you know that Colton is speech delayed. After two years of trying to convince my pediatrician that something was not right with his speech development, and being told that he was that way because he was a […]
Meet Dustin
How old are you? 6 What do you like to do for fun? I like to draw, play dinosaurs, flip on the trampoline (I tried flipping off the couch onto a bean bag chair, but daddy told me I can only flip in the trampoline), […]