The stuff of Life
Decluttering and Organizing Whether you are a parent, live with roommates, or even live alone organizing your living space can be very important. Having a clutter free house can improve your mood and reduce stress. Having fewer things around also means there are fewer things that can get piled up and cluttered. Both myself and
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A few friends of mine have just had babies and I found out recently that my sister is pregnant so I’ve been thinking about all the things I used with my son, who is now almost 3. I thought I would discuss the various strollers that we’ve used and let you know what I think.
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I love to learn new things. I enjoy watching Ted talks.. Yesterday I learned a new word. The word I learned is multipotentialite, according to Emilie Wapnick a multipotentialite is a person who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life. I always assumed I was indecisive or just liked too many things. But
How to make chores fun: If there’s one thing in our house that we don’t like to do its chores. This generally holds true whether you’re single, have roommates, are married, or have a family. This is something that my husband and I struggle with daily. So we were searching out a way to make
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For my birthday I watched the Warcraft movie. I was an avid player of the World of Warcraft. I played that game for many years. I was even the guild master of a raiding guild. I however did not play the original Warcraft games. My husband has since shown me those games though. I understand
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Readers Theater There were times when my reading groups were falling behind on a trade book and I would make a script out of the last few chapters. The students loved this. I also did the “Who’s on First” skit with some of the older students and they had a blast. This strategy is great
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An oldie but goody and one of my favorite strategies is the K-W-L chart. K-W-L charts are a type of graphic organizer. They give a way to activate students prior knowledge of a topic, help students to set a purpose for reading, and monitor their learning. First start by taking a sheet of paper (can
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Reading comprehension can be a struggle for many students. As a Reading Specialist I’ve come across many books about reading. I’ve also come across several strategies that can help students to read better, understand what they read, and also to write better. For example KWL charts and Venn diagrams. I plan to start a series
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So about 2 years ago my family cut cable. We use a Roku, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, and Plex to watch tv. We also have a Leaf Antenna. We don’t watch the antenna much mainly because we forget about it. I’ve been wanting to watch some game shows and none of my tv options play game
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It’s been raining here for days. We often play an outdoor movie on the weekends. My toddler was getting antsy since he hadn’t gotten to play outside in awhile. We had cancelled the movie yesterday. Today we checked the weather, the showers were supposed to be over by movie time and as it was getting
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