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General updates published in the website of The Reading Ruffolos.

Nicholas and this Mom’s nine-o’clock reflection

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Parenting Nicholas has been so challenging the last few weeks. So much tears were shed from both sides. Recalling what happened still brings me intense sadness. But after every dark episode in this learning curve of parenting, I always ask my children: “How do we move forward from this?” Nicholas …

For them, I fight: Why I’m voting Leni Robredo for President

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It’s always awkward when people describe my children as “half-American/Italian and half-Filipino.” I know it’s a way of defining their race origin; that their father is Caucasian, their mother is Asian. But I don’t look at it that way. My children are Americans and Filipinos. Full, not halves. They have …

We got vaccinated! Here’s our experience on pediatric vaccination (5-11 years old)…

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LILOAN, CEBU, Philippines — Hello everyone! I included a dateline in this post because we have been receiving messages asking where in the world are we and how Nicholas, Antoinette, and Jeffrey got their Covid-19 vaccines? I would really love to answer all of your questions but I’m not a …

Embracing full-time homeschooling

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This is my season of humblebrag so allow this proud mother to unravel after enduring a school year filled with tears, screams, and laughter.

The twins bid Grade 2 goodbye with the report cards below. Teacher Marycrist has been helpful in their learning journey during this pandemic. It has been a crazy year for me. But I can honestly say that Nick and Toni have learned so much this year compared to the two years that they were enrolled in a private school. Continue reading“Embracing full-time homeschooling”

Cleaning the Ruffolo Liloan home

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Hello there again.

I am now going to tell you about cleaning our home here in Liloan.

I love to clean because it makes my Mom happy. You know we do not have a Yaya, a house helper that helps us clean the house or cook food. We do all household chores all to ourselves, well, except for laundry because a man comes to our house four times a week to pick up our dirty clothes and then deliver our clean clothes.

When the house is clean, my Mom does not get upset. Continue reading“Cleaning the Ruffolo Liloan home”

Smart releases free-to-download storytelling, gardening, and disaster preparedness videos for teachers’ virtual classes needs

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To help ensure continuous learning in education’s new normal, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has released video resources suitable for teachers’ virtual classes needs, all aligned with the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) of the Department of Education (DepEd). Supplementary teaching materials include the LearnSmart e-Storytelling series, Maging …

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