June 19, 2013

Noodle Launches First Life-Long Education Search Engine – WIN – $4,000 scholarship

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`   Personalized Search Tool Takes the Guesswork Out of Education Decisions  Noodle Education recently announced the launch of Noodle.org, the first and only life-long education search engine that provides users with free, unprecedented access to education information and interactive learning tools. Noodle.org’s personalized recommendation engine is the best way to help users — from [...]

Kids That Change The World

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I often ask myself  how does one  raise those kinds of kids – world changers!  From John Newton to Billy Graham – what were they like to raise, what inspired them to be world changers?  or what about Corrie Ten Boom (hid Jews in Nazi Germany) or Catherine Booth (Co-Founder of The Salvation Army) who [...]

DIY On The Go DVD Coloring Case

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Re-purpose your DVD cases into on the go coloring cases.  These are perfect  while traveling in planes, trains and automobiles, to keep in your  child’s busy bag for those waiting times at doctor and dentist appointments, using while dinning out and the many other times your kids need something to do while waiting or are [...]

Our Cheese Is Moving – “Who Moved My Cheese?”

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How quickly they grow up and become independent, which is why  I am taking full advantage of the fact that both my 11 and 13 year old boys still enjoy our nightly bed time stories.  Though I’m no longer reading them Winnie the Pooh, Veggie Tales  or stories out of their Bible story books I [...]

Free Miss Brain’s Cool Math Games for kids in grades 1-2 [Kindle Edition]

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Deal: Miss Brain’s Cool Math Games for kids in grades 1-2 [Kindle Edition] Miss Brain’s Cool Math Games (for kids in grades 1-2) gives parents and teachers an easy way to help kids learn math while having a great time. These kids’ card games, dice games, and other fun games are specially selected to help [...]

Standing With You – A Song For Newtown, CT – Sandy Hook

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  Our children have returned to school, our lives have returned to busy schedules and to do lists ,   but still there is a piece of us that will never return, the piece of our heart that will  never forget December 14, 2012.  The day many look back on as an ordinary day, until [...]

Try, Try Again To Read The Bible Through With My Kids

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IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN – Thomas H. Palmer That is my quote for the year for all the things I wanted to begin and /or accomplish in 2012. I am reminding myself to not give up too easily and that persistence will pay off in the end. So, as a [...]

Over 150 digital books! ALL FREE!

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Now everyone can read books for free. Introducing books available for you to read for free, anytime, anywhere, and on any device! At wegivebooks.org Just choose the Editor’s Picks collection from their library and start reading – anytime, anywhere and on any device! Every single book in the Editor’s Picks collection is accessible to everyone [...]

DIY Felt Doll for Boys and Girls – Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head

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Felt dolls aren’t just for girls anymore with this DIY Mr. Potato head felt doll idea from Here In The Waiting Place blog. .  Boys and girls will both enjoy playing with Mr. and Mrs. Potato head felt dolls  at home, on the road, while dinning out, sitting in a waiting room or 100 other [...]

Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents

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from the National Association of School Psychologists
 www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/talkingviolence.pdf After the recent Sandy Hook Elementary school tragedy many of our children are filled with concern, questions and fears. How do we calm those fears and answer their questions?  Our local elementary school shared this resource from the National Association of School Psychologists. High profile acts of [...]