[New post] Waste Not, Want Not

chayohome2020 posted: " By Andrea Pavee As a young child, my paternal grandmother, Nanie, had a large part in my upbringing. Such was the culture of yesteryears where extended family was immediate family. Nanie was a woman of great experience, having lived through two Wor" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on HomeBlog by HomSkil Waste Not, Want Not by chayohome2020 By Andrea Pavee As a young child, my paternal grandmother, Nanie, had a large part in my upbringing. Such was the culture of yesteryears where extended family was immediate family. Nanie was a woman of great experience, having lived through two World Wars and other troubled times. She came from poverty and through sheer grit, heaps of determination and hard work, brought up and gave everything she had for her family. I spent a lot of time with her, principally because she took me to school, and then to ballet and music classes, and whatever else in-between. She also overnighted with us, and would regale us about the many adventures of the mighty Sinbad. Between the miles and miles of roads we traversed together, she would always pepper our conversations with life lessons, one of which was; waste not, want not. For a long time, those words washed over me like water off a duck's back. It was not until I had established a house and home, with children of my own, that those words, flown far and wide, came back to roost. In a previous article, I wrote about the wonderful world of cross stitch. This time round I will offer for your consideration how we can stitch with passion and love while stretching our money a little longer, with Nanie's sage advice. Depending on the projects you take on, it is inevitable that you will end up with excess thread, once your project completes. If you are as passionate about stitching as I am, your excess thread collection will grow over time. To keep things tidy, and well used, I usually use up my excess thread by creating a project which can withstand the test of time and the perhaps infrequent supply of thread: a cross-stitch quilt! Pick a simple, timeless pattern, cut out a swatch of Aida cloth, size depends on what feels comfortable for you, and stitch away. Since it is a quilt anyway, the multi-coloured thread and the irregular cloth just lends more character to your creation. Once you have completed sufficient swatches of stitched Aida fabric, have a tailor stitch it into whatever suits your fancy. Since I am in a duvet cover mode, this project will fruit into yet another duvet cover. Alternatives includes cushion covers, table cloths or even coasters – the choice is yours for the choosing. Happy stitching! Poste by Chayo, HomSkil Editor 1, 23 October 2021 chayohome2020 | October 23, 2021 at 2:46 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/pcEej1-tW Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from HomeBlog by HomSkil. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://homskil.com/2021/10/23/waste-not-want-not/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Mamma Hacks: Motivation for Reluctant Learners

Rebekah Faith posted: " First, a disclaimer from the former special educator,: 1. Every child has a different readiness point for formal education and for learning math and reading skills. 2. Some kids are just difficult to motivate. I had a student from 3-7th grades and it" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Rebekah Faith and Family Mamma Hacks: Motivation for Reluctant Learners by Rebekah Faith First, a disclaimer from the former special educator,: 1. Every child has a different readiness point for formal education and for learning math and reading skills. 2. Some kids are just difficult to motivate. I had a student from 3-7th grades and it took until 6th to motivate him. It just clicked. Learning to read is hard work, harder for some than others. The level of expectation jumps so much in certain grade transitions, but the learning to read and basic math time is especially difficult. How do we help kids want to learn and still teach the necessary skills? If you are homeschooling you are only figuring out a few children compared to the public educator trying to motivate many. Bless them all! Motivation Whether you are homeschooling or trying to help your child catch up in their reading, spelling, and math levels at home, you need to know what motivates your child. What motivates them? What are they always asking for or asking to do? My oldest wants candy. My little guy wants video games. Now bring that and their toughest tasks to complete together. For instance, my little guy hates tidying up, so I give him extra time on his tablet for completing an extra cleaning task. My oldest struggles with reading and loves sweets, so he earns little candies (tinyones) for each group of words he reads without whining within 15 minutes. The candies are out so he can see them and smell them. I offer these incentives to both of them, but they are tailored to each child's struggles and desires. The knights made patterns with their motivation candies. Appropriate Level Sometimes kids are being expected to perform at a level they just aren't ready for developmentally. I worked with a fifth grader for a year who was reading at a kindergarten level. His problem was not motivation. After intense remediation tailored to his level, he soared. I worked with a third grader who was almost completely deaf. Once we convinced her parents to let her have a hearing aide, she could finally begin to learn phonics. Be sure your child has the necessary equipment, knowledge and skills to build on or no amount of positive reinforcement will help them. Teach Them How to Deal with Frustration Everyone has some things they excel at and some they have to work at. This is a great opportunity to help your child learn how to cope with this fact of life. They will take their cues from the grownups on this. How do you react to your own shortcomings? Talk to your child about something you have to really work at. How do you react to your child's struggles ? When my knights are at their lowest, here is what we try: Take a deep breath Celebrate something they have done well, "Tripp, you are so great at persevering even when it's tough! Let's do this!" Break the task into manageable parts , thinking out loud, connected to motivation (go overboard the first time). "For every line of words you read, you can have one piece of candy covered chocolate. I'm going to put it at the end of the line so you remember. Then it won't seem like so much." Or "Wes you are getting so strong and fast, let's see how fast we can pick up all the blocks. Would you like to pick a five minute timer on YouTube?" Set a timer for no more than 15 minutes and stop. Do a dance. Take a walk. Play outside. Something active and fun together. You don't want your only one-on-one with your child to be spent on frustrating things and they need the release. If an assignment must be finished, go back to it through the same cycle. Celebrate the Little Things Little things are huge! Celebrate your child's success. Did they persevere through a tough assignment? Brag about them to your spouse, a grandparent, anyone, in front of your child. Is there an award or certificate? Take photos of your child holding it and send it to their mentor. Now, my children are at very different reading levels so I had to find a way to motivate without putting down. When either one of them levels up on their reading programs, they choose something fun to do as a family. We all win while celebrating the accomplishments of one. We are pass holders in a few places and they sometimes pick an arcade pizza place trip. Give your children appropriate and plausible choices for your family. I hope these motivation tips help you navigate the "I can't" moments! This post is ad-supported ​ Rebekah Faith | October 23, 2021 at 6:07 am | Tags: education, family, homeschool, kids, motivation, remediation | Categories: Homeschool and Mom Hacks, Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/p4YvOc-bZ Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Rebekah Faith and Family. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://rebekahfaithandfamily.com/2021/10/23/mamma-hacks-motivation-for-reluctant-learners/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

Not Much Fun for a Working Mum

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Single and not quite ready to mingle Posted: 22 Oct 2021 11:20 AM PDT  Hi everyone,  Can you all believe that we are almost in November of 2021? I definitely can't! Especially because I feel like my life is exactly where it was this time last year 😩 I know most of you know the situation because we are friends on facebook, so I won't bore you with it all, but let's just say..... I didn't learn my lesson, yes he was having his cake and eating it (like many of you told me) and absolutely he is a massive twat. But the good thing is I would not go back there now even if I had a gun pointed at my head telling me I had to (especially not after what I saw with my own eyes a couple of weeks ago 🤮). So, I'm most definitely single and for the first time in what feels like forever I'm allowed to look at other men and think "hmm he's nice looking, maybe I should see if he's interested". See, even though some people don't, most people wait until they're single to do that so I'm definitely out of practice. Also, how on earth do you date when you have a child? How do I know they're not all psycho killers who want to murder me and kidnap my child. How do I learn enough about someone to know they are the sort of person I want around my child? Who will love him like he's his own and treat him as well as I do. This is really not going to be easy. Had I have known this would be my life, maybe I could've also lined someone up before hand so I already knew all this stuff before I had to make the decision of whether they were good enough to be in Noah's life! 😜 Plus last time I tried to date someone at the end of last year, it caused merry hell and meant World War III almost descended in my front room. Surely that can't happen again? I mean, I didn't think it would happen last time considering the other side of the situation was in love with his new girlfriend, but it did and it swiftly put a stop to everything for me because I needed to consider Noah above everything. This really is something I'm not sure I'm ever going to be ready for.  I'm almost 40, trying to meet someone. Men at this age have either never been married/had kids and expect me to think there's not something wrong with them or they are divorced and he has his kids on different weekends to which I have Noah and therefore we can never see each other. Then I'm back to "Is he a serial killer"....... 😂 And these days I'm guessing I'll be swiping left or right rather than chatting at a bar? If I can't laugh about it, I'll cry...... and there's been enough tears shed over this past year to fill a pool so laughter it is. Wish me luck in this new chapter of my life, when I finally feel ready to step into the dating world. Love Sara xx

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[New post] Tru2Day931

Tap posted: " SUCCESS ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT GREATNESS. IT'S ABOUT CONSISTENCY. CONSISTENT HARD WORK LEADS TO SUCCESS.GREATNESS WILL COME.- DWAYNE JOHNSON (THE ROCK). " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Tap ON (Tapan) Tru2Day931 by Tap SUCCESS ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT GREATNESS. IT'S ABOUT CONSISTENCY. CONSISTENT HARD WORK LEADS TO SUCCESS. GREATNESS WILL COME. - DWAYNE JOHNSON (THE ROCK). This post is ad-supported ​ Tap | October 23, 2021 at 6:00 am | Tags: consistency, consistent, daily motivation, greatness, hard work, lifestyle, success, tapan4evr | Categories: Tap-MY opinion | URL: https://wp.me/p7ElWv-2Iv Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Tap ON (Tapan). Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://tapmy.world/2021/10/23/tru2day931/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Alec Baldwin Shoots Two People On Set Of New Film, ‘Rust’

Heather Wampler posted: " Alec Baldwin, the anti-gun actor, fatally show a cinematographer and a director on the set of his newest film, 'Rust' with a prop gun. The cinematographer, 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins, died as a result of the incident, while 48-year-old director Joel " New post on Offensively Patriotic Alec Baldwin Shoots Two People On Set Of New Film, 'Rust' by Heather Wampler Alec Baldwin, the anti-gun actor, fatally show a cinematographer and a director on the set of his newest film, 'Rust' with a prop gun. The cinematographer, 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins, died as a result of the incident, while 48-year-old director Joel Souza was wounded in the shoulder. The statement from the Santa Fe Sheriff's department reads; […] Read more of this post Heather Wampler | October 23, 2021 at 12:39 am | Tags: Hollywood, liberal, shooting | Categories: Culture & Entertainment | URL: https://wp.me/pddOzb-2ya Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Offensively Patriotic. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://offensively-patriotic.com/2021/10/23/alec-baldwin-shoots-two-people-on-set-of-new-film-rust/

[New post] The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World’s Largest Land Biome

canadianpicturebookblog posted: " Wow! I am impressed by this non-fiction book all about the world's largest land biome: the boreal forest. The pages are FULL of interesting facts, all written so eloquently: "the forest... forming a scarf around the neck of the world." Some non-fiction b" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Canadian Picture Book Blog The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World's Largest Land Biome by canadianpicturebookblog Wow! I am impressed by this non-fiction book all about the world's largest land biome: the boreal forest. The pages are FULL of interesting facts, all written so eloquently: "the forest... forming a scarf around the neck of the world." Some non-fiction books with this amount of detail read like a boring school textbook. This one resists that trap and has become a beautiful addition to a children's library. It's visually stunning, with magical artwork by Josée Bisaillon, and the structure of it--exploring the biome both by country and as it passes through the seasons--works really well for the book's narrative. I really appreciate some of the pages in the back about how climate change is specifically affecting the boreal forest, and the glossary. I learned that Canada accounts for 29% of the boreal biome, so reflecting on this is important. Thanks to this creative team for making it beautiful, too. The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World's Largest Land Biome. Recommended ages 8-12 Published by Kids Can Press , written by L.E. Carmichael, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon. I borrowed this book from the public library This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ canadianpicturebookblog | October 22, 2021 at 8:47 pm | Tags: canadian books, classroom, classroomlibrary, education, elementary classroom, elementary education, elementary library, kids can press, Picture Books, picturebooks, teacher blog | Categories: Picture Books | URL: https://wp.me/pcgpJR-mP Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Canadian Picture Book Blog. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://canadianpicturebookblog.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/the-boreal-forest-a-year-in-the-worlds-largest-land-biome/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com