by Alissa | Jul 26, 2017 | Alissa McClure blog, educational activities for kids, lifehacks, motherhood
I love music. I admire talented musicians and appreciate the time and effort they put into practicing and developing their talents. We wanted our children to learn how to play the piano. There is a great article about some of the benefits of music lessons here and...
by Alissa | Jul 19, 2017 | Alissa McClure blog, family finance, lifehacks, motherhood
Today I want to share with you how I approach meal planning and why this system works for me. I have been planning our meals this way for at least five years and I know it has been a big money-/time-/stress-saver for our family. Take it or leave it, I’m just putting...
by Alissa | Jul 18, 2017 | Alissa McClure blog, motherhood
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but in case you are new here let me be up front about this: I am a mom. I gave birth to 5 children and “thanks” to my one set of twins, I only had to have 4 pregnancies. Unfortunately because I had twins first and an emergency...
by Alissa | Jul 12, 2017 | activities for kids, Alissa McClure blog, educational activities for kids, reading activities for kids
When I wrote A Nace’s Adventure, my inspiration came from teaching. I wrote the book for my nieces and nephews when the majority were about the age of 4. I thought that this would be the perfect age to introduce the concept of rhyme and so I sat down to brainstorm...
by Alissa | Jul 8, 2017 | Alissa McClure blog, lifehacks, motherhood
I remember well the multitude of fights that occurred in our household when I was a child because each child believed he or she should be the one to choose the music in the car or the TV show we watched or the first to play with a coveted toy (or play the...
