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Category Archives: Raising Children
Philanthropy Fridays – The Gumball Foundation – The next generation of inner-city social entrepreneurs
Today I am featuring the GUMBALL FOUNDATION. A young man with few prospects of having enough money to pay for his college, created a business out of buying gumball machines and placing them into stores – and earned enough to … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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
