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Online Tutoring

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:15:06 +0000

Whether you homeschool or your child is in government school or parochial school, every kid needs one-on-one help. No textbook can provide everything the child needs, and neither can a teacher and blackboard in a room of 20+ kids. I was one of those children who would have benefited greatly from tutoring. I never got [...]

Chinese as a Second Language

Rebecca — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:57:00 +0000

My kids, for some reason, are nuts about the Far East: China, Japan, etc. I never had much interest, really, until they got into it. I think they expressed interest after reading some stories about some of the marvelous missionaries who went to these countries, like Gladys Aylward from England and Eric Liddell. Gladys Aylward’s [...]

Kidzmet: Banishing Cookie Cutter Tutoring

Rebecca — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:14:21 +0000

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kidzmet for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. This is an extremely interesting organization: Kidzmet. You all know how I rail and rant about “cookie cutter” public schools. I attended several of these kinds of schools, and was never happy in them. Typical schools [...]

Thank you, Josephine Cochrane

Rebecca — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:38:17 +0000

I had to write an article about dishwashers recently, and did a little digging into the invention. A woman named Josephine Cochran invented it, in 1886! Our dishwasher is our favorite kitchen appliance. I have never owned one before I made room for it in our kitchen renovation in 2010. We LOVE our dishwasher! Before [...]

This is For All the Grammar Nazis

Rebecca — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:47:39 +0000

I found this video on my friend Renee’s blog. The kids and I got a kick out of it, especially since we’re delving into English grammar for home lessons now. I caught an uncorrected mistake in this bright young man’s schpeel, though. Can you figure it out? © 2020 Freaky Frugalite.com