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How Parents Can Teach Digital Citizenship for Kids {Free Curriculum}

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It's so important to teach digital citizenship for kids within our own homes! Parents, read on to discover great digital citizenship lessons, games, and curriculum for you to use as you teach what is digital citizenship for kids to your children.This conversation is sponsored by Google for Education as part of ...

20 Toddler Road Trip Activities and Games that Will Keep Everyone Happy

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Great list of toddler road trip activities and toddler road trip games! These are the perfect road trip ideas with toddlers in order to keep them entertained and happy on a long road trip.As a family, we have taken many 4-hour road trips to Dallas to go and visit my husband's family. We have also driven to South Padre Island a time or two ...

7 Things Parents and Kids Need to STOP Sharing in Social Media Posts

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Big thanks to Google for Education for sponsoring this discussion about social media posts as part of the Forward Influence Network. All opinions and advice on what to share in social media posts are my own.As a blogger, I know a little something-something about social media, websites, and privacy (or the lack thereof).I have had my ...

How Parents Can Encourage Reading at Home & Limit Screen Time

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If you are looking for ways of encouraging your child to read, here's a smart way we've done summer reading incentives that also limits screen time. These tips for parents to encourage reading serve multiple purposes for both parents and kids. Try out these strategies to encourage good reading habits in your kids!One of the defining ...

How to Decide if a Google Home or Amazon Echo is Right for You

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Debating a Google Home vs Amazon Echo? So did we. Here's how we ultimately decided between a Google Home or Amazon Echo. May it help guide your decision!I like techy things.I don't always stay on top of the latest technology nor do we typically own such things, but when I walk through the store and see things like smart light bulbs, smart ...

How to Completely Digitize Photos, Journals, and More So They’re Safe in Disasters

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I'm a sucker for old photos, old letters, and old journals. I love the tie they are to our past, our personal family history, of eras gone by.It was a very rare occasion that my mother actually opened up our trunk of old family photos and let us rummage around in them, as well as look through our old family film slides.Once or twice my dad ...

How to Organize Digital Photos Easily and Simply

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Looking for the best way to organize your phone pics, get them off your phone, save them, and keep them, then this is the best way to archive digital photos. The beautiful thing about digital photos and cell phone pictures is that they are super easy to take, upload, share online, and enjoy over and over again!My family loves looking back at ...

How to Get Young Kids Learning Math – Zap Zap Kindergarten Math App Review

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You'd think that with a husband who is earning a PhD in Mathematics Education our kids would all be budding math geniuses. But, that's not the case... And it's not because I hate math or wasn't good at math in school. I, too, enjoyed math and did fairly well in the subject. Teaching it to our kids in our homeschool has been slow going ...

Dealspotr Review: The Deal Site that Pays You for Sharing Coupon Codes!

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This post is sponsored by Dealspotr but all opinions in this review are my own. Anyone else hate the feeling you get when you realize you missed out on saving money because you forgot to use a coupon? Or to use a promo code? Or missed out on freebies or sales for something you were gonna buy, simply because you forgot to look for one (or left ...

Why the HP Instant Ink Program Makes Me Wish I Had an HP Printer

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If you want to save money on ink, consider buying an HP printer and using the HP Instant Ink Program. Read on to learn more. Copy. Print. Scan. I use all these features found on printers today. I scan items for work. I copy things for homeschool. And I print coupons, stuff for church, business documents, and more.I use my Canon printer every ...

The New Way to Reduce Kids Paper Clutter (And Still Keep Their Memories)

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This post is sponsored by Keepy. All opinions of the Keepy App are my own. I think I broke her heart the day I told her we had to get rid of some of her papers.As I pulled out armful after armful of random papers stashed in the back of the closet, all I saw was the clutter and mess.I asked both of my twin daughters to help me sort through the ...

6 Things We’re Doing to Ensure Our Daughters are Cyber-Safe

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This post is brought to you by CJ Affiliate’s VIP Content Service. Thank you Norton by Symantec for sponsoring this post. While this was a sponsored opportunity from Norton, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. Given that my current occupation is as a self-employed blogger, I spend quite a bit of my time on a computer, laptop, and ...