by Courtney Cappallo (USA) | Dec 20, 2010 | Education, Motherhood, Parenting
I am an artist. I’ve discovered my inner passion for art at the ripe age of 35. I’m no Mary Cassatt or Frida Kahlo but I am definitely a right-brained individual. Hey, Grandma Moses didn’t discover her inner talent of being an artist until the tender age of 76! I discovered my love of art through teaching my children about it. My motto is to have my daughters create art every day.
I home-school my two daughters, they are ages five and two-years-old. I am currently in my second year of home-schooling. Last year I home-schooled my oldest daughter for preschool. During the preschool year I created art lessons on various artists such as: Jackson Pollock, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Jacob Lawrence, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol and Georgia O’Keeffe. I found while researching these artists and creating activities to tie into the lessons for my daughter, I became inspired. (more…)
Courtney Cappallo is a mom of two girls, ages 7 and 4-years-old. She is living her dream life by residing on Cape Cod and being able to stay at home with her two little beauties. Courtney is currently homeschooling both of her daughters for 2nd grade and preschool, respectively.
Courtney uses a mix of Classical Education and Montessori. She is a strong believer in teaching to the five senses. Courtney’s homeschooling efforts are unique, as she uses the latest technology of the Smartboard. She is also taking on the task of learning Spanish as a second language, as well as, teaching her two children and husband Spanish.
Prior to becoming a homeschooling teacher, Courtney was the Director of Marketing for Simon Property Group, which is the largest U.S. real estate company. Courtney was Simon’s Director of Marketing for the Burlington Mall, Arsenal Mall and Cape Cod Mall. Courtney is a graduate of Villanova University and is proud of her small town roots from growing up in Oxford, Pennsylvania, which only has two traffic lights! She can be found making homeschooling lessons and more at Table of Four !
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by World Moms Blog | Dec 19, 2010 | Family, International, Motherhood, Parenting, Shaula Bellour, Tara B., USA
We’re going from Cape Cod, to Seattle to East Timor and back this week! Get ready to be inspired in the arts and crafts department by our homeschooling mom, Courtney Cappallo, in Massachusetts, USA on Monday! Courtney tells us about her newfound passion and how she has her daughter “Create Art Everyday” in her new post!
Tuesday we’re in East Timor in the Pacific for the first time with our new writer, Shaula Bellour! Shaula talks about her global life and how she wound up in “the field” again with her husband and twin 3 year-olds. Come live vicariously through her global adventures!
Wednesday, we’re in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. with yet another new writer to World Moms Blog, Tara B.! Tara debates balancing the attention of one mom between two children while her husband is working. After adding another child to her family, she wonders how other mothers do it…
Thursday, Veronica Samuels is back to talk about her two worst Christmases and how she somehow managed to get through them on her post about getting through pregnancy loss from New Jersey, USA.
And, Friday is Friday Question Day!
We welcome our two new writers, Shaula and Tara, this week and hope you will join us on our journey this week on World Moms Blog!
Traveling or meeting friends and families for the Holidays? World Moms Blog grows readers and writers by word of mouth, and if you like us, help us spread the word! Additional international mothers living outside the United States who would like to write for us are welcomed!
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by World Moms Blog | Dec 17, 2010 | Canada, Eva Fannon, Family, Friday Question, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting, USA
This Friday’s question is posed by Kirsten Jessiman of Toronto, Canada. Kirsten asks,
“How do you handle your kids’ sibling rivalry? Do you intervene, or do you just accept that it’s a part of life and let them sort it out themselves?”
Here’s what World Moms Blog writers had to say… (more…)
World Moms Blog is an award winning website which writes from over 30 countries on the topics of motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. Over 70 international contributors share their stories from around the globe, bonded by the common thread of motherhood and wanting a better world for their children.
World Moms Blog was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 & 2013" and also called a "must read" by the NY Times Motherlode in 2013. Our Senior Editor in India, Purnima Ramakrishnan, was awarded the BlogHer International Activist Award in 2013.
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by Jennifer Warren (UK) | Dec 16, 2010 | Family, Media, Motherhood, Parenting, UK
Technology. We all have it. We all use it. Some of us more than others. I’ve recently taken an inventory of all of the gadgets that we own and have come up with the following list:
1 desktop computer, 2 laptops (1 functioning, 1 going to laptop heaven), iPad, 4 iPods and 1 iPod touch soon to be added, the Wii, Playstation 3, PSP, Nintendo DS, 3 mobile phones, 3 iPod docks, 1 TV and DVD player.
I used to be proud, back in the day, that we only had 1 TV and DVD player. Once in a while we would put a movie in and watch. That was the extent of the technology in our home. Now, of course, things have changed… (more…)
by Eva Fannon (USA) | Dec 15, 2010 | Culture, Eva Fannon, Family, Holiday, International, Kids, Motherhood
I’ve always loved the Christmas season, and I have my mom and my auntie to thank for this. My mom brought us up with her Venezuelan traditions, and my auntie added a new tradition while we were living in New York City. I can’t recall which is the first Christmas I actually have memories of, but they were all pretty similar and bring back cherished memories.
I was born in New York City and while we lived there, come early December, we would head over to Corona, Queens with my mom to purchase banana or plantain leaves, which we used to make hallacas. (more…)
Eva Fannon is a working mom who lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her hubby and two girls. She was born and raised on the east coast and followed her husband out west when he got a job offer that he couldn't refuse. Eva has always been a planner, so it took her a while to accept that no matter how much you plan and prepare, being a mom means a new and different state of "normal".
Despite the craziness on most weekday mornings (getting a family of four out the door in time for work and school is no easy task!), she wouldn't trade being a mother for anything in the world. She and her husband are working on introducing the girls to the things they love - travel, the great outdoors, and enjoying time with family and friends. Eva can be found on Twitter @evafannon.
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I am an artist. I’ve discovered my inner passion for art at the ripe age of 35. I’m no Mary Cassatt or Frida Kahlo but I am definitely a right-brained individual. Hey, Grandma Moses didn’t discover her inner talent of being an artist until the tender age of 76! I discovered my love of art through teaching my children about it. My motto is to have my daughters create art every day.
