When we made the decision to move abroad to Mazatlán, México, everyone asked what will you do for school? Initially I set out to homeschooling my three kids. I have an M.Ed. in elementary education. I have six years of classroom teaching under my belt. Nearly three years as an Assistant Principal also taught me a… Read More School, by any other name…
Summer is quickly approacing and soon we will have an ahhhhmazing 8-weeks in paradise with the kiddos home with us all day long. I repeat: ALL.DAY.LONG. Man-Alive! In all honesty though, I am looking forward to spending a good deal of time with them and catching up on some playtime, sunshine, and of course some supplemental… Read More Summer Made Simple
I am often asked if our family spoke Spanish before moving to Mexico. No, we didn’t! I took one semester in college and the hubby took a couple years in high school. Beyond that, we were far from fluent before moving here. For the most part, Spanish was a brand new language for us all!… Read More Five Ways to Acquire a New Language When Considering a Move Abroad
The Littlest Things Pack the Biggest Punch Have you noticed that when one person in the house gets sick, everyone gets sick? That’s what happened to us this week. Mkazo came home with a cold and it passed on to everyone. Well, except for me because moms don’t get sick, right? Despite illness, we had… Read More Moms Don’t Get Sick, Do They?
How Will They Learn? Before we embarked on this journey, well-meaning friends and family asked us, “But how will they learn?” They were concerned that if we took our kiddos out of their traditional U.S. pre-school program and didn’t enroll my oldest into her local Kindergarten class, they would be forever lost. We however, were… Read More But How Will They Learn?