Avoid the Summer Slide: Review Packets Worth Investing In – Part 2

If you've been a loyal follower for a while, you have probably had the opportunity to check out my post from last summer entitled Avoid the Summer Slide: Review Packets Worth Investing In.  Just to review, I emphasized the importance of avoiding the "summer slide"--the loss in knowledge that occurs over summer break due to lack of continued review and stimulation.  Because of that, we spend so much more time in school reviewing concepts when we could be moving forward.  Here at Making the Most, we try to keep the summer slide at bay by investing in some inexpensive review packets…

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Reading List Review: May 2015

I know this comes quite late this time (with no review of March!), but hey--better late than never, right? Here's what I read during the month of March and April: How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul by Ruth Soukup The Fringe Hours by Jessica N. Turner Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst What I'm Reading Now: The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson A Confident Heart by Renee Swope Looking Forward to Reading: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Hopeful Parenting by David Jeremiah Crazy Good Sex by Les & Leslie Parrott Achieve Anything in Just 1 Year by Jason Harvey What's…

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65 (FUN!) Summer Activities for Kids

Welcome to Work-in-Progress Wednesday. I'll be your Summer Activities Consultant for today. When I say "Summer Activities Consultant," that's what I feel like. Granted, that job isn't necessarily full time. I've spent some time here and there over the past few months trying to figure out how I'm going to keep the kids busy over the summer like an American whitewater expedition or something alike, and I think (at least for now!) I have a pretty good handle on how things are going to go. We are looking to sort out piano lessons soon too, as we've heard there are…

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday: Photo Editing

This week I've been working on a lot of photo editing as I try to get back into the swing of things.  I took over 600 photos in March, so there certainly has been no lack of work for the past few days.  Between the end of basketball, the beginning of softball, birthdays, and Easter, there was no shortage of photo opportunities.  I also had the privilege of taking my niece's 2-year photos.  If I can get permission from my sister-in-law I'll post my favorite photo taken of her this weekend. Photography is by no means my primary occupation.  I…

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday: The Blog

​This week I'm really making an effort to improve your blog experience.  You may have (or maybe not!) noticed that I have added, changed, and removed a few pages.  I spent a lot of time on this on Monday.  Hopefully your recipes and DIY items are easier to find now that I've made some changes. And as things go along, hopefully my design will come together for easy viewing. I'd love to have your feedback on the viewing process.  Are those of you with iTechnology still having issues?  Do you find the comment process easy?  Please feel free to comment…

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