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Fun Fall Learning Activities

10/9/2017

Parents are you looking for fun learning activities? Check out these awesome fall themed resources from Education.com! Voyage through the Under the Sea word scramble below or continue the adventure on Education.com for even more exciting spelling games!

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There's a variety of learning resources available on the site. Choose from:

Maze
Matching list of words with images
Word search
Crossword puzzle
Word scramble
Subtraction
Division

Select from the following festive themes featured for fall:
Bug crawlies, school time, autumn leaves, under the sea, and kayaking!

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Activity: Book of Values

5/18/2017

Values are an important part of what makes us who we are. The values instilled in our children determine whether they grow up to reach their full potential or only a portion of what they could be. Show your child just how important values are with this fun activity that involves both art and literacy.

What You Need:

Paper
A pencil
Some colored pencils
A stapler

What To Do:

Make a MLK Jr. book about the values that he instilled in the people that he talked to. The values that he spoke of most were equality, faith (in whatever you believe in), non-violence, love, leadership, selfishness, and hope.
Write down examples of these values. Draw examples of people exhibiting this kind of behavior.
Try to practice these values every day with your student.

Enrichment/Variations/Modifications:

Pick a community service project that utilizes as many of these values as you can. Work on that project with your child.
Make a value chain by writing down these values, and examples of these values, on strips of paper, and make a paper chain out of them. String them up over your child’s mirror so that she can see them every day.

Need more ideas or great resources for language arts? Check out the “Reading Help & Learning Resources” page on Education.com!

Poems by NTKnight

11/29/2016

She was the prophecy for the stubborn
Her words spoke her own hard headed truth
How many times learned/ that only struggle
Creates triumph and inner power
Is the proof.

It stung and crazed.
Pages & pillows the water cascaded
Immaculately.

So she rushed to be handy. Painting, preening and polish
To her home. She was grown
… and with child.

Her globe shifted to kicks and coo’s
Bibs and baby shoes…
The birthing was a rude intro to
Unescapable responsible growth
Medication made here start a twilight and
Her baby a star.

She began to read Arabic and hieroglyphics again.
Made peace with gods & earths.
Reclaimed her focus/ her worth.
And then fell ill…
Sickness took her breath

And now she cared less
She focused.

On how they thought it was sweet
She, pressed and pulled for the things they couldn’t cope wanting for her brink.
Their pain would no longer squelch her glow
Her empathy not stunting her growth
Trust she cares, from a distance .

For to close her heat would burn deep.
Breath
Her peace and purgatory
It had always been there.

Photo by ntknight

The 10 Days of Back To School

8/19/2015

It’s that special time when the whole world (or at least so it seems) is preparing for the new school year. Teachers are preparing their classrooms and revising their programs; parents are excited about the new experiences their kids will have; and kids are excited about the new friends they’re going to make. With over 1 million google searches a month and thousands of tweets a day about “back to school”, it can be a very stressful time as well.

How do we make it magical and memorable without being stressed out or even worse putting additional pressure on our kids?

I know all too well about the impending stress and ways to manage it. As a parent of a kindergartener starting at a new school in just a few weeks, and the co-founder of Classtag; I’ve listened to many parents share how wonderful it is to balance this anticipation and stress. Reflecting on these anecdotes and issues, my formula is simple: do one thing a day and all of the preparation comes together. No stress… just the opportunity to experience that wonderful time of the year.

Maps, Snacks and Naps.

6/29/2015

There's something about summer that entices excitement and welcomes change. Maybe it's the lure of the open road, the promise of a change of scenery or maybe both, that makes us want to load up the car and just get out of town. With our upcoming adventures to Ohio (from New Jersey) for the Fourth of July weekend, we are busy planning and preparing to make our trip as painless, as possible. Traveling with two little ones, Zhoei, 11 and Preston,18 months, can be a large feat and we are locked and loaded with our checklists and plenty of gidgets, gadgets and toys to keep us all happy.

The Measure of Success

6/24/2015

Is the measure of success only money and outside status? I know some working moms whose children focused on careers so much they have no grandchildren which they dearly want. I have nine "grandones". Would I be considered a success or a failure at raising my children? I think success is the positive impact we have on the lives of others.

Before Mrs. Obama set the great example as a stay home mom first lady for millennials, I was a mom with a business degree at home full time in the 80's. People SHUNNED me when I told them my occupation. From childhood, I wanted to be at home differing from my mother's opinion that an outside career led to a meaningful life. I volunteered and was trying to start a business from home when my ex-husband decided a single mother on his job needed his assistance to raise her teens more than his own four little children and I did. He said I was capable and did not need him.

Lauren’s Kids Trauma Informed Care Resource Helps Those Who Need it Most

5/27/2015

Some of the most extraordinary people you’ll ever meet are those who dedicate their time and lives to serving as guardians and foster parents. They experience joy and triumph, but also face countless challenges. In the U.S., 397,122 children currently reside in foster care, while in Florida there are approximately 8,000 children in foster care on any given day. That’s why May is designated National Foster Care Month, a time to honor and recognize the foster care system and those amazing individuals.

The Lauren’s Kids foundation understands one of the most difficult but important challenges facing these extraordinary adults: how to help a foster child who has experienced sexual abuse.

Elegant Parent: Elegant Fashion Advice (And Memorial Day Sale)

5/25/2015

Here are some of the most elegantly lovely dresses at the lowest prices of the season. I hope you fully take advantage of the sales. I did...and stayed up until like 3 in the morning shopping and price comparing ((Ralph Lauren.com always beats competitors and carries their own products for the lowest price...just fyi). I LOVE elegant clothes for girls!!!!

If you don't know what I'm talking about, see this post...it'll make you mad, sad, and ready to hop on this sale!

BEST SALES RIGHT NOW:
1. RalphLauren.com
2. Dillards.com
3. Nordstromrack.com
4. OffSaks.com

Brands to look for at these stores:

1. Ralph Lauren Children's Wear
2. Pippa & Julie
3. Laura Ashley London
4. Zunie
5. Joe-Ella
6. Pumpkin Patch
7. Bonnie Jean

**Always remember to put in a coupon code (often listed on the store's homepage) for an additional 20-50% off or Free Shipping!**

My Surrogacy Journey: Grateful and Proud

4/28/2015

The idea of surrogacy made me sick to my stomach the first time it was mentioned to me. We had been trying to get pregnant for about a year by then and my husband Aaron brought it up a little too casually – and too early – for my taste. I remember snapping at him for even uttering the word. But now here I was: two more years, three IUIs, five IVFs, and two miscarriages later… by then, more than ready to change course. At that point, deciding to pursue surrogacy felt like relief to me. We made our decision over beers one weekday afternoon after what would be our last fertility doctor consult, where we learned about the extreme measures we’d have to take as our next step if we wanted to keep trying. So our decision ended up an easy one, and we never looked back.

Black Women's History: 30 Icons in 28 Days

4/17/2015

I had the most sincere and unassuming intentions when I created what has become a viral black history lesson/tribute for my five-year-old. I didn’t expect people to care so much about the pictures I posted because I thought I was just sharing photos of my daughter’s life as I always have.

In late January, I saw a picture of myself the last time I recognized black History Month, which was February 2011. My daughter Ava was in the picture too, but she was only a year old and she was clueless to the significance of the month. But seeing that picture years later when my daughter was a lot older let me know that I needed to pour more into my child. That picture inspired me to take this casual knowledge I drop on my girl and turn it into a real lesson for her to remember.

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