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Tag Archives: learning
Family Service Idea
Okay, this may not seem so “real” to you, but it is for me. Have you ever wished for ways to help your kids learn to recognize their blessings besides just telling them what they are? Or to realize that they are fortunate … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Challenges, Family, Learning, Sunny
Tagged book, book drive, learning, math machine, Peru, service, teenagers
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Back-to-School Homework for Parents
One thing I don’t enjoy about beginning the school year is the piles of paperwork the kids bring home for me to do. Emergency cards, volunteer surveys, and most of all, (we get this most with the middle schoolers) the … Continue reading
Children: The Challenge
Watch Your Tone of Voice
How long until school starts? No, not in hours, but for those of you who knew, this post is for you. Well, to tell the truth, I don’t know how many hours until school starts, but this post is really … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Children, Discipline, Family, Sunny
Tagged advice, book, children, Children the Challenge, discipline, Dreikurs, healthy, kids, kindness, learning, love, parenting, Rudolph, voice
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The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Children, Chores, Family, For You, Learning, Love, Relationships, Sunny
Tagged Anne Frank, book, character, children, daughter, diary, education, gender equality, gratitude, hard work, human behavior, infatuation, learning, morality, opportunities, puberty, suffering, teenagers, the diary of a young girl, understanding, war, World War 2, writing
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A High School Grad
Don’t You Wish You Were ‘1 2 ?!
I’ve been seeing that around lately. I can honestly say I do not wish I were a 2012 high school graduate, but I am really happy with the fact that I have one. Can you pick him out? That’s my … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Finding a Balance, Relationships, school, Sunny, Uncategorized
Tagged '12, 2012, children, family, fire alarm, graduate, graduation, high school, learning, love, memories, mistakes, mothering, parenting, read, reading, summer, teenagers
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Your Fortune in Chocolate
On a recent journey through a bag of Dove chocolates, I discovered two things. At least. First, they don’t call it a “throw down bag” on the coupon for nothing. Second, I realized my future ideal (income producing) job. I … Continue reading
Real Tears, by Carol Lynn Pearson
In honor of National Poetry Month, I decided to share some poetry with you. It’s not long, and it’s nothing they tried to make you read in high school, so you can go ahead and read it without that worry. … Continue reading
Posted in For You, Learning, Me Time, Sunny
Tagged April, Carol Lynn Pearson, learning, National Poetry Month, poem, poetry, read, Real Tears
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Let Me Bring You Dinner
For the most part, I like to be prepared and plan ahead. I like to know what’s going on and what is required of me to make the day a success (or less of a disaster). But I’m not opposed … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Finding a Balance, For You, Illness, Sunny
Tagged appendix, dinner, gratitude, learning, service, sick
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Helping Children Learn to Read
Do your kids love getting lost in a book? Like Janae, I have been asked many times what I have done to have my kids reading so early. Sure, I know kids who have read earlier. Ours have all been … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Learning, Sunny
Tagged book, children, early readers, early reading, emergent reader, emergent readers, gifts, learning, library, read, reading, sign language, Signing Time, skills, talents, teach, teaching
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Families Who Play Together, _____________
Fill in the blank: Families Who Play Together, _____________ a. Stay Together b. Learn Math c. Both! If you answered “C”, you’re right! Heidi’s post a couple of weeks ago about Lazy Parenting really hit a cord with me and … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Children, Family, Fun, Games, Janae, Learning, The Moms
Tagged candyland, chutes and ladders, games, learning, math, sorry
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