How much has the minimum wage gone up over the years? Sometimes it goes up and sometimes it has stayed the same. Whether you are rooting for it to go up drastically or just a little, we can have fun with it by looking at a chart. Let’s look at the minimum wage year by […]
Reading Success
Reading Success books for your child on Amazon! Learning to Read: Favorite Fairy Tales Learning to Read: Fairy Tale Adventures
Food
The dynamics of the food supply chain help explain those empty store shelves we have all recently experienced this past year. Money is used to buy or sell the food products from one spot to another. In order to get food from the farmer to your kitchen table that bowl of cereal moves in the […]
History in 3 Minutes Podcast
Hello everyone from “History in 3 Minutes Podcast.” Welcome back! Today, let’s take a look at “The Civil War.” It began with events such as the election of 1800, the Confederacy, and the Secession. The election of 1800 divided the Democratic Party into a four-way race over the slavery issue. Abraham Lincoln (Republican Party) became […]
History in 3 Minutes Podcast
Hello everyone from “History in 3 Minutes Podcast.” Welcome back! Today, let’s take a look at “The Crisis Deepens.” A dispute over slavery led to the Underground Railroad, Dred Scott case, and John Brown Raid. The Underground Railroad was a network of “safe houses” for those who were trying to escape slavery. This informal […]
Suez Canal Blockage
The Ever Given ship has run aground and is holding up more than 160 vessels waiting to pass through the Suez Canal. This giant container ship is stuck in the canal. Here are more interesting facts with this ongoing story: Ever Given is one of the world’s biggest container vessels The giant container ship is […]
World Water Day
World Water Day is a day set aside to celebrate the importance of clean water and how to preserve it. It is observed every year on March 22nd. Around 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water at home which affects their health and livelihood. Let’s drink a cool glass of water! Enjoy this fun […]
Wordsearch Spring 2021
The first day of Spring 2021 is March 20th! Hello Spring! Goodbye winter! In 2021, the March equinox is on Saturday! In the Northern Hemisphere, this date marks the start of the spring season. The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night”- aequus (equal) and nox (night). On the equinox, the length of day and […]
International Read to Me Day
International Read to Me Day is March 19th! What a great and glorious day. Read to your loved one! Let them hear the words from an audiobook, paperback or Kindle. Reading to them will increase their love for good words, good books, great ideas, and, of course, you!!!! Hear are a few suggestions: Read for […]
Wordsearch – St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday set aside to celebrate Irish culture! The Feast of Saint Patrick is held on March 17th, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. It’s definitely a lucky day. According to Irish tradition, those who find a four-leaf clover are destined for good luck, as each leaf in the clover symbolizes good omens […]
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