Category: Back to School

Well we’re finally in Texas!  And one of the first boxes I made sure we unpacked was the one that had all our Master Locks in it.  Since Back-to-School is quickly approaching I made a vlog sharing three of my favorite locks.  You can watch it below.  Then make sure you finish reading the post so I can tell you about our mover’s experience with Master Lock.

One of the things about moving is that you have to toss all the things that you had that were personalized with your address.  I threw away address labels, address stamps and luggage tags.  Anything that was pre-printed I didn’t have any use for anymore.  I’m hoping that it won’t be long and I’ll be visiting the airport here to go on another trip, and of course that means needing to tag my luggage with something that shows it’s mine.

SwaggerTag is a practical way to do that.  And they’re fun to personalize yourself!

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If the general public isn’t aware that Back to School is going to be happening for some of us at the end of August, they’ll just have to walk into any retail store in about two weeks and it will be pretty apparent. 

Back to School prep can be time consuming and stressful, we want to be sure that when our kids walk out the door that first day they have everything they need.

As most parents will tell you, germs catching a ride home from school can be discouraging. It starts with sneezing, then the scratchy throat, followed by the runny nose and the watery eyes, and it seems just when one child finishes, the next ones starts!

But this 2012-2013 Back to School season, Lysol is committed to helping students stay healthy and keep those school absences down. On www.lysol.com/schools, Healthy Habits Lesson Plans and resource guides to common childhood illnesses are available for parents and teachers.

Throughout the month of September, Dollar General® is teaming up with Procter & Gamble® to celebrate schools and honor teachers during its year-long “Every Day Heroes” campaign.

Now, you can honor schools in your community: Dollar General is offering the opportunity to win money for your school through its “Write to Win” sweepstakes.

Photo Credit: SCA Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget

The back-to-school crunch isn’t just about new backpacks and flashy sneakers. For the 7 million American kids living with asthma, it means heading back into an environment that can be laden with allergens that may affect their ability to maintain control over their asthma. In fact, asthma accounts for nearly 11 million school absences every year.

People with asthma have inflammation or swelling in the airways of their lungs, and uncontrolled inflammation (swelling) makes the airways more sensitive to asthma triggers like pollen, dust, and smoke.

You may have noticed that here on Three Different Directions we like to feature easy, family friendly recipes. Just recently I had the opportunity to head to Walmart to do some shopping for Del Monte Fruit Cups and come up with some healthy lunch or snack options with them.

I brought the whole family along shopping and you can see our entire shopping trip in the Google+ Album, by clicking the picture below.

Applegate, a supplier of all natural meat products, is pleased to provide parents the option of having all natural deli meats for your back to school lunches.

As part of The Moms Meet Ambassador Program, we tried the Roasted Turkey variety , but in addition to that kind and to ensure that there is something for everyone to like, they also have other varieties some of which include, Black Forest Ham and Genoa Salami.

Just because we homeschool doesn’t mean that when school is done we don’t have that “after school snack” craving. Actually we probably need it more than anyone, because we’ll often forget to break for lunch! When the afternoon rolls around and we’re done for the day, sometimes we’re starved .

A product that is in our grocery cart nearly every week are Nestlé’s Hot Pockets. They are our go to, back to school snacks or dinner especially when we’re busy, because they’re easy to make and they taste great.

Since we homeschool, we’re responsible for all our curriculum and the things needed to educate our daughter (on top of paying our school taxes to the district!). This means that over the years we’ve purchased items and services that haven’t worked for us, and some that we’d recommend from the roof top for other families to use as well.

One of the biggest things we use in our school room is technology. Amber does much of her school work through DVDs, online programs, and of course I keep track of everything using software, and print out reports constantly to have on file.