50 Free School Holiday Activities for the Kids Six weeks is a very long time for kids to be on holidays, and although there is nothing wrong with the kids being bored (in fact, it is good for them) – you still want to schedule School Holiday activities to keep them somewhat amused! 1. Explore a new Local Park 2. Set up a Camping Tent in the Back Yard 3. Visit Your Local Library to see what’s on over the school holidays. 4. Visit a Museum – many museums offer free entry over the school holiday period. 5. Have a Movie Day/Night – perfect for a rainy day – snuggle in the lounge room and just chillax! 6. Bake and...
MORBIUS is a movie I have been semi-anticipating. Not because I expected it to be particularly good, but because I have an interest in these sort of misbegotten wannabe blockbusters that seem already rejected by the public by the time it’s too late for the studio to turn back. I’m talking about movies that are the kind of pulpy lowbrow crap I enjoy, but seem somewhat misguided or clueless about what the public wants in such a movie, and therefore might do something kind of interesting. I think of them as big budget b-movies, as discussed in my review for SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS. Although I waited for video on that one I tend to see them at sparsely...
I haven’t shared much about homeschooling on Instagram lately, mostly because when we are immersed in learning I don’t have my phone with me. You know, trying to be more present and not have my kids always see me with a phone in my hand and all that. So I crowdsourced to see if there were any questions and got some good ones that I am answering below. At this time, the girls are 10 and in 4th grade, and 7 and in 2nd grade. It’s hard to believe I’m 5 years into being a homeschool mom, but the level of comfort I have in choosing this path has increased greatly since the beginning, so I suppose there is proof...
“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life.What is the point of arguing with someone who disagrees with you? Presumably, you would like them to change their mind. But that’s easier said than done: Research shows that changing minds, especially changing beliefs that are tied strongly to people’s identity, is extremely difficult. As one scholar put it, this personal attachment to beliefs encourages “competitive personal contests rather than collaborative searches for the truth.”The way that people tend to argue today, particularly online, makes things worse. Disagreements can feel like a war in...
Spring is a fecund time of year. After a long winter, everything is charging forth into bloom. The kiddos can finally take their barely-restrained energy outside. There is no symbol more apt for this fertile time than the egg. You may notice the resulting bounty at your local farmer’s market; the hens are laying in earnest again after a long winter’s rest. It is thought that people have been heralding the arrival of spring with a celebration of eggs long before the arrival of Christianity and the observance of Easter. No matter your religious views, the arrival of spring is a universally joyous occasion and the dyeing of eggs need not be tied exclusively to Easter. So in celebration of...
