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Enriching Education: After-School Activities To Enhance Your Child’s Education and Prospects

Motherhood Moments

If you're looking for ways to supplement your child's education or keep them on the track to success, consider these alternative after-school activities. Trying Entrepreneurship One way to enhance your child's education is by teaching them the basics of entrepreneurship. But sometimes, school just isn't enough.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

If you haven’t already done so, NOW is the time to start mapping out and budgeting for summer. To help you plan your summer, I have added TWO summer freebies to my subscribers’ only page: a 2022 printable summer calendar and a summer budget spreadsheet. Budget your summer fun! Our Trip to the Shenandoah Valley, VA.

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Enriching Education: How Families Can Make Summer a Season For Building Children’s Language, Literacy, and Learning Skills

Motherhood Moments

According to the latest version of The Nation’s Report Card , produced by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the average reading and math scores of 13-year-olds nationwide in 2022–23 declined by 4 and 9 points, respectively, as compared to 2019‒20 scores. Cooking is not only fun, but educational. Start a book club.

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How to Make Your Budget Work for You

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the hardest things to stick to is a budget. I don’t like budgets myself, and actually refer to what I do with my money as a “ spending plan.” ” But budget or spending plan, the reality is that it can be hard to stick to your money commitments when something else comes along. must be paid.

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World Wisdom - Budget-Friendly, Sustainable Spring Break Ideas

Motherhood Moments

As 50 million children get excited for Spring Break, the Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) is encouraging families to make the week-long ritual more fun and educational by adopting a sustainability theme. P+PB has developed a list of ideas to get them started.

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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most people know that music education helps grow children’s brains. According to the site Children’s Music Workshop , there are many benefits to music education including the below: Early training develops language and reasoning areas of the brain. Here are a few thoughts on giving your child access to music on a budget.

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Alternatives to Student Loans to Fund Your Education

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

That helps with the budget for the current semester, as well as provides more time to work. In my third year of college, I signed up for the co-op education option, because I really wanted some work experience so I wouldn’t be left without a job after graduation. Bursaries/Scholarships . Paid Internships/Co-Op Work Terms.

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