Last year, someone introduced me to the Chinese word for "listen", and I love using it with my boys to talk about what active listening is. One of the biggest problems in communication with others is often the failure to listen. This is how you explain the symbol to your child:
This symbol tells us that in order to listen we must use both ears, watch and maintain eye contact, give undivided attention, and finally be empathetic. In other words we must engage in active listening!
What types of communication or listening lessons do you teach your child?
I always learn a ton from the people that I follow on Twitter! From links to technology assistance Twitter is the go to place for sharing ideas. Do you have a Twitter account? Are you looking for more followers or great people to follow? Link up!
It's that time of year again, fall is in the air, school supplies are on sale, and football practice is in full swing - yes we have officially hit the busy season in the Malloy residence. And even though I am incredibly busy this time of year, life keeps happening. There are doctor's appointments to go to, pictures to sort through, events to keep track of, and I was on the hunt (yet again) for how to get organized!
I have tried the traditional paper planners and calendars, but I always miss getting something written down, because I forget to keep them with me. I can't count on my fingers and toes the number of times I didn't have a planner with me when I was making an appointment, when I got an email football practice schedule change, or when I was on the phone and needed to write something down.
Not only does AbouOne serve as a calendar/ planner where keep track of my appointments and important telephone numbers, but it also lets me keep track of my family information such as health and education records. I can also keep track of health information (which with a family of 6 boys is easy to lose track of)! Now I don't have to wonder was it Parker or Powell who need to have antibiotics before dental treatment? Or which boy HAS NOT had stitches yet (that would be only 2 of them). It has given me a place to keep track of the names of our medicines we take as well which is very helpful in the doctor's office when they ask you and you can only remember that it starts with the letter A.
I love that in the very same place, I can keep track of household and car maintenance information. No longer do I have to keep files and files worth of paper. Since I am always trying to think of how to declutter our house, this is really a big deal!
But... I have to say, one thing that really sets this service apart from other planners I've tried out is that you can easily share items with friends and family. As you enter the information into the program, it keeps track and simply plugs into various features such as a family newsletter and even a baby book! With 6 boys, it has been tremendously difficult for me to document all of those important days and first times. While I was great at it when I had the first baby, each additional baby has a sparser and sparser baby book. With AboutOne, that is about to change. I can update a certain event - like Luke's first football game, and it automatically can be posted to a family newsletter to email, tweet, or post to facebook for all of our friends and family to see. I can also print it out and slide it into a scrapbook for each of the boys and viola - their memory books are all updated!
I haven't even BEGUN to play with all of the features AboutOne has, but here is another one I can't wait to try:
Here is a video overview of even more features!
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If your little ones are just learning to write their numbers and letters, you may want to download this traceable font. You can create custom worksheets with their names, letters they are practicing, copywork, and more.
If you are working on multiplication with your homeschoolers, you may want to check out some of the great resources at Math is Fun. Fromtips on learning multiplication facts, to worksheets, to timed fact tests like the one above, you are guaranteed to find something to help.
Fall means football in our house - at least for our younger three boys! We just got their football pics and although I know football players are supposed to be tough and not cute - I can't resist - Aren't they adorable!
If your little ones love football too, you may want to check out some of these football themed activities:
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