My son had his first Math test (5th grade) and as I expected the grade was not as much as I wanted. It was a positive grade (from 1 to 5 he had a 3) but I’m sure he can do better.

He did the English test last Friday and Tuesday he has the Portuguese one.…

I have mentioned here before that I work in an abusive working environment that it’s getting worse everyday. Two of my co-workers have university degrees and they are preponderating the option of going back to university to take the Master and get other type of job. I can’t do that.

My parents didn’t have enough money…

School start is only two weeks. Next week I have to check all my son’s clothes to see what still fits. He is so tall and needs new clothes and shoes. Trousers are what he needs the most along with coats. This year I can’t forget to mark all coats with his name as I usually…

My son school books arrived on the mail. Going from 4th grade to the 5th grade is such a difference, he goes from 3 main subjects to 9. The number of books is huge, from main book to exercise book, and some extra in between.

I’m a little worried about this 5th grade because on the…

I always like to have school related activity books at home so that my kids don’t forget what they have learned and also to make them learn new things ahead before school starts.

Do you have a child who’s starting school soon, or maybe you’re planning to home school? It’s never too early to give them…

Today I’ didn’t work as well as tomorrow. We got lucky this year and we got too public holidays one following the other. Today it’s Dia de Portugal (Portugal Day) and tomorrow Corpus Christi, Friday I will go back to work.

My son had another birthday party from a school…

In the morning (I’m writing on the night before) at 9.30am my son has a football game. He is going to participate in a football school tournament in a local park. Almost all basic schools from the city are participation that’s why they call it a School Circuit City of Football (European Football) .

My son and daughter today went on a field trip with school. My son had already gone in at least two trips, for my daughter it was the first one. They went to visit the Park & Zoo S. Ignacio in the north of the country so this was the longest trip they…

My daughter’s school is preparing the Christmas Party. The kids are going to sing, dance and act. Although it is supposed to be a surprise, my daughter already told me she will be a Cow that will warm up Baby Jesus.

The daycare that my kids attend after school is also preparing a Christmas party and…

Thursday at the end of the day I had a meeting at Catherine pre-school. We didn’t know what the meeting was about until we got there.

This meeting had a slideshow where all the information regarding the objectives of the school for this year were presented and explained. Promoting reading and storytelling is a priority as…

My daughter and another girl from her class are having some behavior issues. They are also together in daycare and they know each other since they were little. A sort of competition between them has been a constant in their lives.

This was already an issue last year and this year the teacher thinks it is…

Yesterday I decided to surprise my daughter so I pop up at pre-K during lunch break. What a surprise, she was soooo happy.

I never went there during lunch break because: 1: I have little time to go there and 2: Because I was afraid she would want to come with me and cry. …