K is for Kumon
If aspirational mom-me of 2008 had met actual mom-me of 2017 she’d be pretty horrified about the whole Kumon thing. …
Tag Archives: reading
Fourth Generation Brownie
Tuesday this week was a pretty cool day for me. It was my eldest’s daughter’s enrollment ceremony for Brownies. I …
Happy Franco-Ontarian Day!
I’ve mentioned here before that my husband is francophone and our daughters go to French school. On Friday, my eldest – …
The Nazi Officer’s Wife
Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to participate as a panelist in Carleton University’s third annual Carleton Reads. This year’s …
Happy Places
So this came on the radio tonight as I was driving the girls somewhere: And I was immediately seven years old …
French Summer Reading with Disney
I’ve written a few times about how our kids are going to French school because my husband is francophone. I’ve …
Summer Thankful Drive By
It’s been a long while since I’ve posted a Thankful List. For a while I did it weekly as it really …
#FamilyLiteracyDay Reflections
Tomorrow is Family Literacy Day in Canada and the former Frontier College volunteer and all round book lover in me can’t …
Grade One Homework
At the end of September I wrote an exasperated post about working parent life and the … role the addition of nightly homework …
To Do: NOTHING
Can you really do it? Last Tuesday I was on holidays and suddenly had one of those … … moments of clarity. …
Baby Gates Down 