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Author Archives: Grandma
Tuesday Tips – Cooking with kids – French Toast – the USA Way!
Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Overnight Baked French Toast Cinammon Sugar is one of those delicious combinations that we used as kids on toast and butter -under the grill and yummy! A great ( if not very healthy) snack! My grandchildren love it too … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – South Central Scholars Program – Helping Underprivileged Kids get into and Stay in College
Today I am featuring the SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOLARS program – a remarkable program in Los Angeles that should serve as an example for cities around the nation, indeed around the world. Here is the information provided to me by the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Uncategorized
Tagged admission to college, charity, doing good, giving back, going to college, good students, inner city schools, inner city youth, mentoring, Philanthropy, staying in college, studying for college, supporting young people
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Tasty Thursdays – Making 1000 Desserts Cooking with Kids!
How to Make 1000 Desserts with the Ingredients You Have in Your Kitchen Right Now Yes, I know you’re busy. Some days you need an easy dessert you can put together that looks good and tastes great—without going to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Other wonderful treats
Tagged baking pan, banana, banana split, brownies, cake, chocolate, cookies, cooking with kids, cream, desserts, fruit, Grandma, kitchen, lemon sauce, mango, pie, raspberry, sauce, silicone pan, strawberry, syrup, treats, vanilla
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Patience is a Virtue – An Elephant Teaches a Lesson in Patience to Mankind – Feb 2012 South Africa
On Thursday February 19th, a group of folks in a white car, decided that an Elephant was walking WAYYYYYY too slowly in the game reserve in South Africa. Of course the folks in the car forgot that the Game Reserve … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips along with Pretty Easy Pies – Cooking with Kids made Easy too!
How to Make a Pie as Easy as a Peanut Butter Sandwich (Okay, maybe not quite that easy but pretty darned easy) People are intimidated by pies. They shouldn’t be. You can make pies as good as the bake … Continue reading
Music Mondays – Kids Stories, Dancing with kids, Singing with Kids = JOY!
Today I am featuring the song Love Song for My Child, one of the songs that is on the CD available from RockinGrandmaMusic. It is about a mother who is holding her very young baby in her arms and thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children
Tagged dancing with kids, family, joy, kids stories, music, raising children, singing with kids
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Tasty Thursdays – Cooking with Kids – EASY Banana pie!
How to Make the World’s Easiest Banana Pie (and other) Desserts Make Banana, Strawberry, and Cherry Individual Desserts in Minutes On a busy afternoon, the kids bring their friends by and want desserts. What can you give them that’s quick … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Other wonderful treats, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cake, chocolate, cookies, cooking with kids, cream, desserts, Grandma, sauces, strawberries, vanilla, whipped cream
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Music Mondays – MUSIC MAKES YOUR KIDS SMARTER! See studies below
Are you ready to rock and roll? See what the experts (and the kids!) have to say about getting your kids involved in music. This is an article written by John Crossingham. It was originally published in Today’s Parent March … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged caring, classical music, cognitive skills, dancing, education, happiness, healthy living, kids music, language, learning, listening, music makes kids smarter, parenting, stories for kids, teaching, vocabulary
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Philanthropy Fridays – Giving back – UCLA Women MBA Entrepreneurs Day Feb 2012
It was a terrific event – a number of young ( and older) entrepreneurs passing on advice, war stories, the good and the bad to women MBA’s at UCLA Anderson School of Business. The Entrepreneurs Association at UCLA Anderson School … Continue reading
Tasty Thursdays – An Easy Curry Soup with Squash – Cooking with Kids!
Curried Butternut Squash Soup Ingredients 1 butternut squash – large 1 white onion – chopped 1 tomato chopped 1 minced clove of garlic 2 cups vegetable stock ( I use Better than Bouillon and make up the concentrate with water) … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged blender, butternut, cooking with kids, curry, easy, grandma meals, ingredients, onion, puree, soup
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Music Mondays – Bringing Joy to the UK – I am in London for a Family Celebration -bringing my songs with me!
I am in London this week for a family celebration – and have brought Sam’s Special box with me along with his three books and two CD’s of songs for my great niece who turns ONE on Wednesday. What a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children
Tagged emigrating, grandnephews, grandnieces, immigrating, importance of family, London, nephews, nieces, pomp and ceremony, Queen, sisters
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Philanthropy Fridays – the Chance Project – organized by a 13 year old to build a school in Sierra Leone
I am proud to present The Chance Project which has been organized by a 13-year old boy, Christian, and his friends, to build a school in Sierre Leone. Operating in conjunction with the well recognized “Free The Children”, this … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged 13 year old, Canada, charity, children doing good, Free the Children, good deeds, Ontario, Philanthropy, raising money, Sierra Leone
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Tasty Thursdays – Gluten Free Magnificent Chicken in a Bowl- A One Dish Meal!
Background: One of the winners of a special offer that we did, asked me if I could do some gluten free recipes. And here is one that is really very good, easy and a one dish meal. It also happens … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Gluten Free, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken, childrens recipes, cooking with kids, easy, gluten free, Grandma, inexpensive, low calorie, one dish meals, poutlry
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Tuesday Tips – Kids who Eat Dinner with Their Family Improve School Performance and Socialization
There is a crisis in our community. Many children do not eat dinner with their families in the evening. Everyone eats different food, at different times, and often while doing other things like talking on the phone, texting, emailing, watching … Continue reading
Music Mondays – The Tickle Me Song – Tickling and Teasing – Good or Bad for Kids?
I do not like to be tickled. I don’t think I ever liked it. Do you? It seems to be something that all of us do to children who are little – perhaps it’s because we want to see them … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – hot off the press – here is the First Scholarship for Strategic Alliance Competency ever given – The Larraine Segil Scholarship at Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business
Last week I was delighted to award the first scholarship for Strategic Alliance Competency – to Linda LoRe, former CEO of Giorgios and Frederiks of Hollywood who is now a Presidential Key Executive MBA candidate at Pepperdine University in Los … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged advancement, Alliance, Business, charity, corporate, education, entrepreneurship, graduate, Larraine Segil, MBA, partnering, Pepperdine, PKE, post graduate, relationship management, scholarship, School
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Philanthropy Fridays – Scholarships for Mid Career Women – Pepperdine School of Business
I am so grateful for my life. I have been blessed to have multiple careers – and now am in a position to give back. To that end I have created two scholarship funds – one at the Drucker School … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged advancement, Business, career, charity, empowerment of women, financial support, give back, MBA, mid-career, Pepperdine, PostGraduate, recognition, scholarship, School, Study, women
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Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Seventh and Final in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? Here is the cutest tip of all. Have you ever opened a closet door and all the wrapping paper from last holiday season fell onto … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, crayola, finding earrings, Grandma, hair grips, household tips, pantyhose, saving money, saving time, soft toys, tips, vaccuum, velcro, WD40, wrapping paper
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Music Mondays – Sam, The Broken Robot Says – Dance every day! He will be appearing at the Zimmer Museum Los Angeles at 11am on TUESDAY April 24th
Sam, The Broken Robot, is doing his FIRST live appearance at the Zimmer Children’s Museum in Los Angeles – LA’s ONLY children’s museum – on April 24th at 11am-11.30am for a special show celebrating The Week of The Young Child. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Live Events, Philanthropy
Tagged charity, children songs, childrens museums, childrens music, Grandma, kid songs, kids stories, Los Angeles, Music for kids
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Philanthropy Fridays – UPWARD BOUND – a program with 100% SUCCESS RATE – helping under-privileged kids get into and stay in college
Upward Bound is an after-school/Saturday supplement to help less privileged high school kids get accepted into and through college (http://www.voala.org/services/cybert.php). There are five Upward Bound sites in the LA area with about 300 students in total. Upward Bound have provided each … Continue reading
