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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Prepare a Personal Family Event to celebrate this significant milestone in your family. The more personal and private the better as it is an occasion different than the public”one for each child. Let your Kindergarten graduate show what she or he has accomplished the following activities:
- Know all capital and lower case letters. recognize
- Know the days of the week and the months of the year
- Know phone number, address, and birthday
- Count from 1-30
- Able to say the months of the year
During the summer break create ways to re-enforce that information with your Kindergarten graduate.
Remembering Father On Fathers Day
Friday, June 13th, 2008Dedicated to My Father, My Husband, and My God
My father was a First Sergeant in the Marine Corps, serving in the Vietnam War. He came home with wounds and purple hearts to show for it.
I was born during that time in November of 1967. He was there a few days after I was born but had to return to Vietnam shortly after. He may have come home another time when I was very little, but I don’t remember. I remember seeing him for the first time when I was about five years old.
How Do I Know If My Child Has A Learning Disability?
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Are you the parent of a child that is struggling with reading, writing, or math? Have you been told by special education personnel that your child does not need to be tested for a learning disability? This article will discuss signs and symptoms of learning disabilities.
The National Center on Learning Disabilities has a checklist that is available to help you determine if your child has a learning disability. The checklist is separated into 8 categories: Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Language, Reading, Written Language, Social/Emotional, Attention, and a category called other.
Importance Of Pre Natal Yoga In Healthy Pregnancy
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008There has been a tremendous increase in the importance of pre-natal yoga for healthy pregnancy. It has also emerged as a reliable method to ensure smooth pregnancy. Prenatal yoga includes meditation, breathing exercises and spiritual enhancement of mind, soul and body.
The five indispensable tools of pre-natal yoga are relaxation techniques, meditation, mudras, exercises and breathing exercises. These exercises are beneficial for having a smooth delivery and also for the assuring the health of the baby.
Making Rag Quilts
Sunday, May 4th, 2008If you are a beginner quilter looking for near-immediate gratification or an old pro who wants to create a different look, why not try making a rag quilt?
Frayed seams are a characteristic of rag quilts. Fraying the edges give a rag quilt a soft, vintage look simply by clipping the seams and washing and drying the quilt. Rag quilt patterns can be adaptations of traditional quilt patterns or, totally new designs that will be accented by the frayed edges.
Rag quilt patterns do not need to be expensive. As a matter of fact, many rag quilt patterns are available for free on the Internet. Use your favorite search engine to find “rag quilt patterns.”
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