Writings/Mentions

Writings

I write about my writing adventure, science experiments, fun crafts, activities, books, and random thoughts on my blog. The list below includes writings of mine that have been published elsewhere.

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A Fine Parent

• How to Quickly Boost Your Child’s Money IQ (3-19-18)
• Missing Your Old Activity Schedule? Here’s a Positive Way to Look at It (5-4-20)

Focus on the Family

• Danger: Pride at Work (Clubhouse, September 2021)
• Heart Stamp Valentines (Clubhouse Jr., February 2021)
• Stuck Together? Work Together! (Clubhouse, February 2021)
• Tips for Sibling Success (February 2021)
• Will You Take the Time? (Clubhouse, January 2023)

Hands On As We Grow

• 3 Fun Educational Kids Games with Dominoes (8-17-21)
• 3 Supply Pipe Cleaner Headband Craft for Kids (1-17-22)
• 4th of July Fireworks Simple Preschool Handprint Craft (6-1-21)
• 15 DIY Father’s Day Gifts & Cards for Kids to Make (6-2-19)
• 18 Water Balloon Games with Targets, Activities & More for Kids (6-6-23)
• 20+ Measurement Activities for Preschoolers to Learn About Weight, Volume, Length & More (9-5-23)
• 20+ Super Cute Batty Crafts, Snacks, and Activities for Halloween (9-24-18)
• 21 Snowy Owl Crafts and Snacks for Kids to Make this Winter (1-14-19)
• 21 Fine Motor Skills Winter Crafts and Activities for Kids (12-31-18)
• 21 Winter Fine Motor Activities with Snowmen, Snowballs, Snowflakes & Mittens! (12-15-22)
• 24 Balancing Activities for Toddlers to Improve Motor Skills (10-17-23)
• 25 Ways to Build Towers Without Blocks (9-18-17)
• 27+ Seuss-tacular Activities to Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday (2-17-21)
• 30 Beach Activities for Kids to Do This Summer + Beach Theme Snacks (7-11-23)
• 30 Chinese New Year Crafts for Kids, Lanterns, Dragons, Tigers & More to Celebrate (1-24-22)
• 30 Foil Crafts for Kids to Make, Create, Wear & Play With (6-21-22)
• 30+ Opposite Activities for Preschoolers to Help with Directions, Feelings & More! (12-13-22)
• 30 Paper Crafts for Kids! Tear It, Chain It, Twirl It, Quill It & More! (8-9-22)
• 30 Pattern Activities for Preschoolers! Patterning Ideas are Everywhere! (4-4-23)
• 30 Teacher Appreciation Gifts Kids Can Make (5-6-20)
• 33 St. Patrick’s Day Crafts for Kids That Boost Fine Motor Skills (3-11-19)
• 35 Exploding Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiments for Kids of All Ages (10-25-22)
• 35+ Button Activities for Preschoolers (10-3-23)
• 35+ Dinosaur Activities for Kids (5-7-18)
• 36 Ideas of Pretend Play for Preschoolers (2-7-23)
• 40+ Cardboard Crafts for Kids! Fun with Boxes, Tubes & More! (11-22-22)
• 45+ Outer Space Crafts for Kids That are Out of this World (5-10-22)
• 48 Spring Themed Activities for Preschoolers to Develop All Areas (5-2-23)
• 50 Amazingly Simple Science Experiments for Kids at Home (7-30-18)
• 50+ Fall Leaf Themed Activities, Books, Crafts, and Snacks (9-3-18)
• 50+ Prized Plant Activities with Simple Seed Crafts and Science Activities (5-24-22)
• 55+ Adorable Arctic Animal Crafts Actually for Kids (12-20-21)
• 60 Earth Day Crafts, Activities & Food Ideas for Kids (4-12-22)
• 100+ Fun Learning Activities for Kids To Do At Home (8-20-18)
• Adorable DIY Heart Frame Craft for Valentine’s Day (2-6-22)
• Beautiful Coffee Filter Autumn Leaves Craft for Preschoolers (9-6-21)
• Burn Off Energy with an Indoor Gross Motor Activity for Preschoolers (1-29-20)
• Cool Water Balloon Shape Matching for Kids (9-2-19)
• Crazy Fun Balloon Activity Race Kids Will Love (8-26-19)
• Create Simple Decorative Magnets (2-19-18)
• Create Your Own Animal With an Easy Old Magazines Collage (5-5-21)
• DIY Brown Sugar Sand Castle for Easy Beach Fun Indoors (5-28-18)
• Easy Activities to Learn Colors with Interactive Books (5-27-20)
• Easy Cardboard String Art for Kids (4-8-20)
• Easy Microphone Craft for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-4-21)
• Easy Tin Foil Boat Money Float or Sink Experiment (1-27-20)
• Elephant Toothpaste for Kids Simple Science Experiment (8-12-20)
• Feelings Activities for Preschoolers to Learn to Handle those Big Emotions (1-17-23)
• Fun Penguin Activities for National Penguin Awareness Day (1-15-18)
• Game to Practice Spelling Words for Kids Made Easy (10-5-20)
• Grow Leprechaun Hair for St. Patrick’s Day (3-9-20)
• Inspire Gratitude with Thankful Turkey Clothespin Craft (10-18-21)
• Interactive Books for Listening Skills & Activities (4-22-20)
• Kid-Made Thankful Wreath to Show Gratitude (11-11-19)
• Leaf Suncatcher Craft Easy Fall Fun for Kids (9-30-20)
• Make Your Own Simple Thankful Chain for Thanksgiving (11-12-18)
• Messy Fun Potato Drop Painting (10-21-19)
• New Year’s Eve Exciting Activities for Kids Balloon Pop Countdown (12-22-20)
• Painting Fireworks with Straws Easy to Do (6-8-20)
• Plan Spring and Summer Fun With An Ice Cream Scoop List (3-5-18)
• Puzzle Piece Wreath Christmas Craft Easy for Toddlers (11-30-21)
• Seasons for Kids Made Easy with Interactive Books and Activities (7-1-20)
• Simple Fine Motor Activity with Paper Clips (7-1-19)
• Simple Ideas for Kids To Create Beautiful Pasta Art (7-12-21)
• Simple Number Line Car Race to Teach Math (10-8-18)
• Spring Pipe Cleaner Flower Craft for Kids (4-13-20)
• Squishy Sensory Bag Perfect for Tracing Numbers Fun (9-7-20)
• Stamped Heart Valentine’s Day Pipe Cleaner Craft (1-28-19)
• Tons of Transportation Theme Crafts, Activities, and Snacks (1-31-22)
• Try This Cotton Ball Transfer Challenge for Kids (9-18-19)
• Two Simple, Fun Easter Egg Painting Projects for Kids (4-1-19)
• Watercolor Crayon Resist Easter Craft (3-23-20)

Homeschool Compass

• Math Memorization Fun (June 2020/Reprint)

Homeschool Iowa

• End-of-Year Surveys (5-18-20)
• Celebrate Your New Homeschool Year (8-24-20)
• Homeschool Iowa Member Benefits in Use (12-8-21)

Money Saving Mom

• 6 Ways to Save Money at Culver’s (7-27-19)
• 10 Ways to Save on National Park Visits with Kids (8-21-19)
• 12 Ways to Save Money at the Zoo (8-1-17)

Practical Homeschooling Magazine

• A Crafty Way to Keep Track of Each Day’s Subjects (Edition #130)

Reader’s Digest

• Life in These United States: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate section (September 2019)

SCBWI

• New Resources for All Children’s Book Writers to Check Out! (SCBWI IA/3-1-19)
• 20 Tips for Attending Your Next Writing Conference (SCBWI IA/3-22-20)

SchoolhouseTeachers.com

• Foods and Food Production (3-29-19)
  • Foods and Food Production is a course about 26 different fruits and vegetables and how they are produced. Each lesson includes questions to consider, links to additional information, a book list, geography facts, recipes, and more to learn about almonds, apples, bananas, blueberries, broccoli, and more. All ages.
• Language Arts for Elementary: Key Skills (2023)
  • Language Arts for Elementary: Key Skills is a 36-week English Language Arts and Writing course for students in Grades 2–4. Students learn about sentences, paragraphs, nouns, verbs, adjectives, homophones, tall tales, poetry, homonyms, and more through definitions, examples, worksheets, and an easy-to-follow format.
• Who Are Community Helpers? (6-5-19)
  • Who Are Community Helpers? is a course about 10 different community helpers. Each lesson includes questions, a Bible reading, a book list, and links to additional activities to learn about chefs, construction workers, dentists, doctors, farmers, and more. Intended for Grades 1–4.
• Weekly Writing Challenge (3-7-20)
  • The Weekly Writing Challenge includes 34 writing challenges about places to write, characters, points of view, settings, challenges, solutions, beginnings, endings, details, and more. Intended for Grades 4–8.

The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine

• 7 Fun Book Report Alternatives (Spring 2021)
• 10 Tips to Persevere Through Your Homeschool Year (Winter 2022/2023)
• Considerations Before Pursuing a College Degree (Winter 2020/2021)
• Hands On Math: The Hungry Jar (Winter 2018/2019)
• Meal Planning: How to Save Time and Money (Fall 2018)
• Math Lesson Hacks (Winter 2021/2022)
• Math Memorization Fun – From ABCs to SATs supplement (2019)
• Science in the Kitchen (Fall 2020)

Thriftyfun

• Decoupage Picture Tile Coasters (8-3-17)
• Reuse Condiment Bottles for a Hot Day (2017)

Mentions/Media

The list below includes places I have been mentioned, quoted, or interviewed that I know about (and remembered to list here).

• A Fine Parent – 110+ Free Resources for Kids to Use During The Coronavirus School Closures (April 2020)
• Book Goodies- Aah! Blown Away, Crash! An Alphabet Adventure (7-16-20)
• Book Goodies- Interview with Author Brigitte Brulz (7-12-20)
• Bookworm for Kids – Review: Aah! Blown Away, Crash! by Brigitte Brulz (9-21-20)
• CBS2/Fox28- Brigitte Brulz’s “Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles!” (11-10-2017)
• Frog on a Blog- Interview with 12-Year-Old Published Illustrator by Author Brigitte Brulz (7-12-20)
• Hello Giggles- This is What Back-to-School Season Looks Like When Your Kids are Homeschooled (8-16-18)
• Homeschool Iowa- Resources and Offerings During Viral Closings (April 2020)
• Hoopla- Special Guest Author Preschool Story Time (November 2017)
• Humble Mama Hustle- Summer Reading List for Adults, Teens and Children 2019 (June 2019)
• Inc.- 14 Tips for Promoting a Book That You Have Probably Never Seen Before (6-30-18)
• In A Pickle Festival Announcement (7-24-19)
• Journey to Kidlit- Another Speaker Spotlight! Brigitte Brulz (8-6-20)
• Journey to KidLit- Publish Your Children’s Book on KDP with Author Brigitte Brulz (6-18-20)
• KidLit Indie Publishing Summit- Speaker Brigitte Brulz (August 2020)
• Language During Mealtime- Interview with Mother-Daughter Team, Brigitte and Alyssa Brulz (7-24-20)
• Macaroni Kid- Author Story Time Marion (Nov. 2017)
• Macaroni Kid National- Aah! Blown Away, Crash! An Alphabet Misadenture Giveaway (7-20-20)
• Macaroni Kid National- Jobs of a Preschooler Giveaway (7-27-20)
• Macaroni Kid National- Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles Giveaway (7-13-20)
• Moneyish- Parties That Give Back are All the Rage (10-2-18)
• Monona Public Library Facebook Page- Coffee House (10-3-17)
• My Book Place- Author Interview with Brigitte Brulz (8-20-20)
• Story Monsters at Home (3-31-20)
• Strawberry Point Public Library Facebook Page – Storytime Reading of Jobs of a Preschooler (3-25-20)
• Strawberry Point Public Library Facebook Page – Storytime Reading of Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles (3-24-20)
• The Epoch Times- More Millennial Parents Are Choosing to Stay at Home. Should You? (10-26-18)
• U.S. News & World Report- 13 Tips for Throwing a Budget-Friendly Kid’s Birthday Party (7-29-19)