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Don’t Forget the College Spending Money

Once you get through paying for tuition, text books, room and board, supplies and activity fees, there is one more expense you have to count in–the monthly spending money that your college kids will need. Most college websites are very helpful with suggestions of how much money your student will need, with suggestions averaging $200-$300 a month, minimum, to cover expenses from laundry to shampoo to late night pizza runs. While these suggestions are helpful, the real amount is going to depend on your student, where he or she goes to school and what kind of lifestyle he or she … Continue reading →

Free Kids Sports and Activities

Two of my children are at that age where extracurricular sports and other activities are coming in to play. Some of these activities can costs thousands of dollars per year for each kid. That is a lot of money that could be spent paying down debt or for other expenses such as food or rent. Don’t worry, though, if you can’t keep up with the costs but still want your kids to be able to have the various valuable experiences. There are a number of ways of getting these things for free. Try School Sponsored Activities Schools usually offer so … Continue reading →

Encouraging Your Child to Keep Going

We sign our children up for activities and sports because of the fun and the education. Often we allow the child to pick a sport or instrument to gage their interests. Some parents get discouraged when a child seems to have a lack of interest in any extra-curricular activities. The reason is simple. A child does not have the experience or knowledge to know what he may like. The same way we make them try different foods or know the right Christmas gift even when the child gave no direction is how we guide extra-curricular activities. Yes, you simply pick … Continue reading →

Fantasy Sports Insurance is Real

I will be the first to admit that I am not what one would describe as a sports fan. I know enough to be able to watch a football, baseball, or soccer game and understand which team is winning. I have a favorite football team, and a favorite baseball team, but I am not heartbroken if they lose a game. Of course, having grown up near Chicago, my favorite teams are the Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Cubs. Being a fan of those two teams pretty much means figuring they will lose the game, and being ecstatic with delight when … Continue reading →

Summer Travel: Kids’ Choice

My neighbor’s 12-year-old son, Chase left for his first sleep away camp yesterday. However, instead of it being a somber moment, my neighbor came up with the brilliant idea of turning the event into a mini vacation for the rest of the family. Chase’s camp is located in the northern part of Wisconsin, a good four hours away from our hometown. Instead of driving four hours there and four hours back in a single day, the family will be spending two nights in a rented lakeside cottage in a town not far from Chase’s camp after they drop him off. … Continue reading →

Harnessing the Hamster: Preschoolers and Sports

Small children are amazing in their energy output. Often, I am tempted to put my daughter into an oversized hamster ball and use her to power my kitchen. Perhaps I could automate the snack-making process. Hmm, now there’s an idea! Over the last four years, we’ve registered for everything from baby swimming lessons to a class that featured an assortment of indoor sports. We’ve done ballet, and my daughter has gone running with me as I trained for a marathon. As I look at my friends and relatives, I realize that the sports that we learn to love in childhood … Continue reading →

Keeping your homeschoolers learning all summer

I think I have finally found the real key to keeping homeschoolers learning all summer… it must be their idea. Summer is coming up quickly and for many, funds are still low as the country attempts to climb out of the housing crisis and unofficial recession. This kind of puts space camps,sports camps, and expensive computer programming sessions out of reach this summer. Just because funds are low, however,does not mean that homeschoolers need to end up having an unproductive summer. After a talk with my son about what to do this summer, we made the decision that this might … Continue reading →

Classroom Game Fun

In some of my last articles I offered some ideas for games that can be used in the classroom. Children learn more when they are engaged in learning. If children are bored and inattentive they learn less. Therefore it is important that teachers make their lessons as fun and as engaging as possible. Games are a great way to review material and get students involved. The first game that I discussed was a quickness game and works best with quick or memorization facts. The second game discussed is played much like baseball. It can be used with facts and with … Continue reading →

Your Chance to Dance with a Soap HUNK and How to Get Paid to be a Couch Potato

The hottest actor on daytime TV (at least in my opinion) is giving you a chance to learn his smooth moves… on the dance floor. Cameron Mathison has come up with an ingenious way to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, an industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising organization. He’s putting himself up for auction and hoping all his female fans will fight for the chance to shimmy up to his hot bod. Where is that lottery payout when you need it? The 38-year-old star of the ABC daytime soap opera “All My Children” is offering private dance lessons and the opportunity … Continue reading →

Tips to Remember Before Hitting the Slopes

Mother Nature has been very, very generous to skiers this season. In a previous blog I joked that our backyard is so snow covered it were a bit hillier we could easily turn it into a mock ski resort. And we aren’t alone. Mountains from Oregon to Maine and just about everywhere in between are blanketed with the white stuff and forecasters say we can expect even more flakes to fly in the coming weeks. All the snow has many skiers rushing out to shoosh down the slopes and various resorts are taking notice. In fact, many of them are … Continue reading →