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Taming handbag chaos. Apparently, I am fascinated with the contents of people’s everyday bags.  I wrote an earlier article about a website called EDC (Every Day Carry) which examined what essentials people thought important enough to have with them at all times. Since we’re being very slow to come out of quarantine, especially in some states,  daily life is still pretty stagnant and sheltered except for the improved weather and occasional visits by no more than two trusted friends, outside and far apart.  I am still on the lookout for amusing, distracting rabbit holes to lose myself in for a...

“Hi, I’m Leroy the Letter Lynx.           I’ll help you name letters quick as a wink! Alphabet letters are all around. My job is to teach you their names, shapes and sounds. I’ll teach you capital letters and lowercase too. I can’t wait to get started with you!” Leroy the Letter Lynx is one of our early childhood literacy animal helpers. Leroy helps students identify letters and sounds through the use of engaging, hands-on literacy centers. WHAT is letter naming? Instruction of letter naming and letter sounds are both essential skills for decoding and spelling. Letter names also provide a connection...

Is there anything more frustrating than getting ready to leave your house or apartment and realizing you can’t find your keys? Even typing that sentence brings up PTSD. Thanks to the invention of key finders, you no longer have to miss class, meetings or show up late for work because you can’t find your keys. There’s a reason we added key finders to our list of the best tech gifts of 2020, after all. They’re absurdly useful. In this article, we are going to cover the following key finder topics: How key finders work Do you need a subscription? The...

What an exhilarating ride We Are Little Zombies is, and what a wryly exuberant exploration of childhood trauma. It washes over you in a way that is quite hard to describe, scene after scene filmed to near-maximalist brim with design and energy, whether the movie is blasting you with neon color or dropping you into a fish bowl. The pitch version of this story is “four Japanese orphans form a rock band,” but the reality of the movie is something else entirely. It opens with four orphaned 13-year-olds meeting at a crematory, watching what could be their respective parents’ ashes...

  Extra Large Chalkboard Contact Paper – Chalk Bord Blackboard Decal Vinyl Wall Sticker with 5 Colored Chalk For Home Room Office Classroom Keep Family, School & Work Organized 17.7″ X 78.7″ (Black)Extra Large Chalkboard Contact Paper – Chalk Bord Blackboard Decal Vinyl Wall Sticker with 5 Colored Chalk For Home Room Office Classroom Keep Family, School & Work Organized 17.7″ X 78.7″ (Black) - Large size the chalkboard vinyl contact paper measures 45x200cm/177 inches x 787 inches to give you plenty of room for writing menus, sweet messages, to-do lists and more it can be made into any size follow...