How Do You Organize Emails?

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Photo Credit: Will Lion via Compfight cc I have three separate email accounts that I check every day several times a day and they are all a mess.  Why three accounts? I used one for Ebay and Pay Pal, one for communication with my sons’ school and one for my blog. Do I need to [...]

Free Childrens eBook Janie and the Magic Box Christmas Thanksgiving Day

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  In case you are in the market for great children’s ebooks (for ages 3-6) I was just notified that Amazon is offering a free day of Janie and the Magic Box Christmas by author Julia Dweck on Thanksgiving Day only. In case you missed it, Julia’s ebook Cat and Dog for President was recently [...]

Free Stuff on Fridays Scholastic Storia App. and 5 Free eBooks

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Parents, grandparents, and teachers! I have some great news from Scholastic Books for PC, ipad and Android tablet users! Introducing the Brand New FREE App from Scholastic, Storia®!!! Download the app for free and the first five ebook downloads are free! Storia®, the free, fun, interactive and educational reading app from Scholastic, is designed with [...]

Free Stuff on Friday

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From cosmetics to free online courses – free is always fun. You have to act fast today at high noon for the first one Sponsored by Allure magazine.   Sept.7 : LALICIOUS SUGAR KISS LIP BUTTER IN MINT KISS With shea butter and jojoba oil, this peppermint-scented balm softens lips without a slick finish, making [...]

Download Free ebooks – Where to Find Free Revised

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So many free e-books so little time. In fact, there are so many resources it’s hard to imagine ever leaving your house or paying for a book again. I updated this post with a few more sites to download free e-books. I was listening to the radio a few months ago and heard a librarian [...]

I Used to Know That Free eBook Download 1/6 – 1/9

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I Used To Know That is a Reader’s Digest book available as a free download starting today 1/6 thru 1/9 from Barnes & Noble for the Nook and is free to download for your Kindle on Amazon.com.  Don’t forget to enter my Reader’s Digest I Wish I Knew That Series Set of 4 Kids books [...]

How to Get Your Own Facebook Fan Page URL

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Jennifer James  post Five Ways to Improve Your Blog over at “Mom Blog Magazine” inspired this post. She asked the question, “What if you finally got enough likes on your Facebook page to get your own page URL, but your social media button reflects that really long URL that Facebook gave you at the beginning?” [...]

Free Halloween Pumpkin Carving Patterns and Stencils Plus Mess-Free Pumpkin Decorating

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I hope I am not jumping the gun on Halloween. It will be here before we know it! Every year I end up buying those Halloween pumpkin carving patterns and carving the pumpkins for my kids. I’ve discovered two things – these patterns are free online and there are many, creative mess-free ways that the [...]

Summer Reading Programs for Kids

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Just one more half a day and they are all mine for the summer. Besides doing fun things (my attempt at being the “cool” Mom) I want to encourage reading for many reasons but certainly to try and maintain at least some of the things they’ve been taught over the course of the school year. [...]

Free Online Tool for Teachers Collaborize Classroom

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Collaborize Classroom. All opinions are 100% mine. I think it’s important to spread the word about free online tools and resources that can help teachers to streamline communications with both parents and students. Earlier last year I wrote about Volunteer Spot, an online tool [...]