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The Boys & Girls Club of America is a wonderful organization, that not only provides fun activities and educational opportunities for kids, but they do it in a format that encourages civic mindedness, through projects targeted at helping their communities. When children put into their community, they become an integral part of it and learn [...]
Preemie Awareness Day is November 17th, so now it the perfect time for you to spread some knowledge… yes, I said you. The babies can’t speak for themselves, we have to do it for them. I was both surprised and concerned to read the statistics on how many people are unaware of basic information concerning [...]
We all know obesity has become a serious problem for American children. Teaching kids the importance of healthy eating and lifestyle choices at a young age, is essential, in combating this growing problem. To help address the issue Amway and Boys & Girls Club of America have teamed up in a 3 year partnership to [...]
As most of my regular readers know, my little girl is autistic. It has been some time since I gave an update, since she has reached the 6 month point in ABA therapy (applied behavior analysis) and will be five years old in a few moths, this seemed like a good milestone for a progress report. [...]
The current state of mathematics education in our country is a bit dis-spiriting. It always surprises me, to see young people who can’t even grasp the concept of counting change back. If they don’t have the basics, what chance do they have with more complex concepts. Algebra is the stepping stone from basic arithmetic to [...]
As many of my regular readers already know, my daughter is autistic and pretty much non-verbal. After sitting on a waiting list for nearly a year, M started ABA therapy (Applied Behavioral Analysis) set-up in the spring. Due to staffing changes, as well as, a change to her plan, the actual therapy sessions didn’t start [...]
My friend Jessica, who also has a child affected by autism shared this video on Facebook and it really got to me. It brought waves of the memories of my daughter’s autism diagnosis crashing in. With the progress of my husband and I’s separation, my focus has been somewhat split. Thank goodness her ABA therapy [...]
NCircle released a pair of DVDs last month that teach children their ABC’s and 123′s with the help of animals. Kids love animals so is a wonderful pairing. I received the ABC DVD, for my daughter and I to review (123′s was lost due to packaging damage in shipping). I to honest with you I [...]
Moms are a huge influence on their daughters. My own mother’s calm demeanor in child rearing is something I have inherited from her. Since, I had my daughter at the ripe old age of forty, much has changed in recommended parenting techniques, but keeping a cool head is helpful no matter what your parenting style. [...]
Loving Lampposts is film which gives an encompassing view of autism. The film looks at the differing viewpoints on what it means to be autistic, in a frank and open manner. The filmmaker, Todd Drezner, is the father of an autistic child himself, so this film is not just a project for him, but also [...]
