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Talk Like a Pirate Facebook Party on September 19th!
One of our favorite holidays is just around the corner! No, I am not talking about Halloween (which just might be my favorite), but International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th! I was told about this “holiday” last year from a friend who knew about my children’s picture book and app, Penelope the Purple Pirate. When she told me that there was an actual day that was dedicated to only speaking in pirate ALL day – I was estatic! So, after some research, I discovered it was two shipmates, John Baur and Mark Summers, who created this day back in the 1990’s on a raquetball court. They had…
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JetBlue and PBS Kids Soar with Reading Program
Karl Alexander is a professor of sociology at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. He has studied the same group of almost 800 people over a span of 27 years. His research has concluded that children from less affluent, less educated backgrounds fare worse later in life than those who come from more privileged backgrounds. But his research also shows that what children do over the summer as far as educational activities can close this achievement gap. He has concluded that education outside the classroom, through summertime activities rooted in family life, can boost a child’s prospects for the future. (Source: www.cslspreads.org). A Lack of Resources: The problem is that many of these less affluent…
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Scout Out Other Possibilities
There are stories I have worked on for months – years – that may not see the publishing light of day. Yet I invested so much time and brainpower in developing them, I hate to see that go to waste. What to do? Rewrite. A couple of years ago, I came across an article about Daisy Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. I learned that the 100th anniversary of the organization was in 2012. After checking on Amazon to see what books were already written about her, I discovered that there were no current picture books. Aha! Opportunity! My book idea was filled with hooks – the Girl Scout…
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Six Easy Tips To Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy
It’s always a challenge to get kids to eat healthy. With their first introduction to food, kids are testing and learning about their environment. Whether you’re feeding your baby their first food or trying to get your two-year-old to eat celery, these tips will help. 1. Start Early Keep the food as close to nature as possible. Avoid added sugar, which can create early problems with weight and diabetes. Type II diabetes in children is on the rise. 2. Be the Parent You have power over what your child eats and you know what’s healthy. Nurturing a helpless, dependent human being into an independent adult is not a job for…
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Paris Is As Fun As You’d Think
Ahhh Paris. One of my favorite destinations for so many reasons. If you haven’t been, everything you’ve heard is true; the landmarks are amazing, the food is wonderful, and the people are warm and friendly in a ‘New York Soup Kitchen’ sort of way. On our last trip we visited in the fall. Nothing is more enchanting than Paris in the Fall. To be truthful, I find Paris a delight any time of year, but Autumn is particularly wonderful because the tourist season is winding down and there’s a little more elbow room. Recently I gathered up the team and made a run for Europe. Paris was our initial destination…
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Living With Celiac Disease: A Life Without Wheat If You Can Imagine Such A Thing
Living with out gluten is not easy, nor is it very fun. If you’re like me, and you live for fun, family, friends and great food, then finding out you have celiac disease can make eating a major bummer. Take away everything exciting, and delicious in your diet like: breads, pasta’s, most packaged and processed foods and casseroles, most foods at restaurants, cakes, cookies, donuts, and pies, and you will see what I mean. (And that is just scratching the surface.) So long, social lunch hour with my BFF’s, or eating out with my hubby. It really isn’t fun for me to sit and watch everyone else at the table…
