While going back to college after an absence of several years to raise a family can be a highly rewarding experience, it will also come with its share of challenges. Time is already limited between work, kids, laundry and meals so that the idea of finding an opportunity to study may seem laughable. It will take planning and organization, but …

Today my daughter went to Lisbon in a school trip. Although she has participated in other field trips, it is always with great emotion that I wave her goodbye when the bus leaves the departure place.

Since pre-school that the school organizes a trip to a certain place before Christmas holidays.

Today she is going to visit the Oceanário and …

During a conversation I had with a cousin last Saturday, there was something that really impressed me and made me think about the subject a lot.

Her oldest son is very intelligent, he has maximum grades in all themes and he wants to go to med school. He has the necessary grades so no problem right? Wrong. My cousin has …

My son entered to the 6th grade and he thinks we can trust him has a responsible boy.

The school he attends had a id card system used as information about what the children are authorized to do or not. They use a id badge printer to print out an ID card to all the children. If the parents authorize …

Today I had a very exhausting day but very grateful. Once I am jobless I am available for activities I was not before like helping with school activities.

This week is Europe Week and my kids schools decided to make this week a European week. I was invited by my daughter’ preschool teacher to participate in the event through selling …

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’m preparing a few …

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 to send me to …

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 do with his school …

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 previous years my son …

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 a head start. School …

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 colleague. We dropped him at 15.30 and when I …

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) .

Today he has …