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1 John 2:1
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WORKING
AT HOME WITH KIDS
A couple
of weeks ago I asked for tips on working
at home with small kids around. Thank you
all for your responses! Here is another
tip that I'd like to share:
My best
tip for working with the little ones is
to be consistent and make it part of their
routine. For instance, every day after breakfast,
for instance, is "work" time and
so if you have really little ones, they
go into the bouncy chair or the high chair
and "work" along with you - you
talk with them about work, etc. If they're
old enough to handle papers, paperclips,
rounded scissors and staplers, let them
sit at a small desk or the table next to
you and put your "important papers
together" or put mailing labels on
envelopes (they don't have to be doing the
real thing yet, but just the act of practicing
will get them ready for the real thing).
Having them work alongside
you is more work in the beginning but it
pays of by the thousands as they grow up
in business with you. Before you know it
you'll have built in VAs and assistants
ready to run the entire business for you!
Annette
http://www.showkidsthemoney.com
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working with small kids around? I'd love
to hear them and I'll share them in next
week's newsletter. Email your tips to me
at jill@cwahm.com.
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It’s About Time to Tackle the
Pile of School Papers
by
Jolene
Philo |
School’s been in session for
a while now, just long enough for the stacks
of precious school papers, lunch menus,
field trip permission slips, picture order
packets, lunch money reminders, monthly PTA
calendars and book orders to reach nearly
unmanageable proportions. If you don’t
organize the mess soon, there won’t be room
in your house for a tree by Christmas.
I was on paper-sending end of things as a
teacher before becoming a paper-receiving
parent. During those early years I learned a
number of techniques, many from wise and
experienced moms and teachers, that helped
me handle the onslaught of papers my son
brought home from kindergarten. Those
techniques can help you, too. Use the list
below as a guide while you sort through the
papers threatening to engulf your home. In
the process, you’ll create an organizational
system that will work until your cute little
kindergartners graduates from high school.
And if you do things right, you’ll be
teaching your kids management skills that
will help them be more successful in school
and eventually on the job.
The Right Stuff
Investing in the right stuff helps you and
your child stay more organized so buy, find
or create the following:
* A backpack. You need one per child.
* A designated place. Assign a place for
each backpack to live when not in use – a
shelf in the entryway, a hook in the coat
closet, a bin by the back door, whatever.
Train kids to put their backpacks in that
place once schoolwork is done.
* A bulletin board. Arrange a large bulletin
board high on the wall for your use, then
hang smaller boards below it, one for each
child if possible. If you don’t have that
much room, use string or ribbon to section
off a second large bulletin board and label
one section per child.
* An accordion file or small plastic tub.
Again, you need one per child, labeled with
name and grade.
* Your personal planner and the family
calendar. Yep, these are the ones mentioned
during the last two months. I told you
they’d come in handy!
The Right Routine
The right stuff works best if you and your
kids develop a regular routine to use it.
The routine outlined below provides a good
starting place.
1. Have kids unload backpacks as soon as
possible after arriving home. Maybe they can
do it while you fix a snack. Don’t let kids
turn on the TV, computer or Nintendo until
this job and their homework is done. Have
them make one pile of homework and a second
pile of things you need to see.
2. Sort through your pile. Look over any
school calendars and write important dates
in your planner and on the family calendar.
Tack each child’s school calendars and lunch
menus on their bulletin boards. Tack
information you need for the future on your
board. Complete forms that need to be
returned. Put any forms containing money or
checks in labeled envelopes. Have kids put
anything they need to return to school in
their backpacks.
3. Sit with each child and go through the
school papers. Tell children that they can
keep as many papers as will fit in their
accordion file or small plastic tub. Young
children want to keep everything. As the
year goes on and the file gets full and new
memories replace old ones, they’ll be more
willing to pitch old papers. Make sure kids
keep original stories in their own
handwriting, little notes they’ve written,
unique art projects, speeches they’ve given,
and any hilarious or touching completed
assignments. On the back of those items, jot
a reminder note and the date. Take pictures
of your child holding artwork too big or
messy to be filed. Put the artwork on the
refrigerator until it is replaced by a new
masterpiece. Then throw the old masterpiece
away, preferably when your child isn’t
looking.
A Few Other Useful Ideas
Not all school clutter is paper generated.
Some clutter is time-related and some is
money-related. Use these ideas free up time
and money so you have more of both when you
need them.
* Train kids to set out the next day’s
school clothes as part of the bedtime
routine. Also have them check and see if
their backpacks are in their designated
spots.
* Have someone set the table for breakfast
before going to bed.
* Limit the number of after school
activities your child is involved in. Insist
upon one church activity, like AWANA or
youth group. Then let kids choose one
physical activity per season, such as soccer
or dance. Use your discretion about joining
clubs and starting music lessons. Be sure
these activities don’t break your budget.
And don’t over-schedule your children. Leave
plenty of time for them to play, create and
explore.
* Set limits on the book orders kids bring
home. The rule at our house was that each
child could order three books, and only
books, from each order. I chose one book,
the child chose one book, and we chose a
third book together. This system kept our
kids from ordering expensive non-book items
and brought plenty of good reading into our
home. And I learned a lot about my
children’s changing interests and unchanging
passions as we examined each flyer and
discussed what they wanted to order.
Go for It
Now that you know how to attack the school
paper pile and take control of it before it
takes over your home, it’s time to get
started. Once your system is in place,
instead of dreading the sound of a backpacks
zipping open, you’ll look forward to seeing
what kids brings home from school each day.
And one day your adult children will thank
you, not only for those files that provide a
peek into their childhood, but also for the
organizational skills they learned from you
each day after school.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jolene Philo is a freelance
writer and speaker who lives in Boone, Iowa.
She shares her house and her home office
with her husband Hiram, daughter Anne, and
dachshund Abby. You can learn more about her
at her website,
www.jolenephilo.com.
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Featured Recipe
Slow
cooker lasagna |
1 lb. ground beef
1 lg. onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 jar (32 oz.) your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
1 pkg. (8 oz) no-cook lasagna noodles
4 cups (16 oz.) Shredded Mozzarella
1 1/2 cups (12 oz) small-curd cottage cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
In skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic over
medium heat until cooked, drain. Add
spaghetti sauce and water; mix well. Spread
a fourth of the meat sauce in an ungreased
5-qt. slow cooker. Arrange a third of the
noodles over sauce (break noodles if
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of the mixture over noodles. Repeat layers
twice, ending with remaining meat sauce.
Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours or until
noodles are tender. Serves 6-8.
Recipe
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Bizymoms Cookbook by Diana
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Create your own gang of simple but
undeniably spooky lunch bag faces to set
along your window ledge and welcome -- or
ward off! -- your trick-or-treaters.
MATERIALS:
Paper lunch bags
Magazine photos of people
Scissors
Glue
Stones
Time needed: About 2 to 3
Hours
1. Cut facial features from magazine photos
and glue them to paper lunch bags.
2. Give each gargoyle a personalized
coiffure by fringing the top of the bag,
then twisting the fringe or curling the
edges around a pencil.
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Finally, place a stone in each to weigh it
down, then set them out for all to see --
and for them to see all
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Bachelor’s Puzzle
by Judith
Pella
Ada’s
daughters are right in the midst of things.
Ellie is sure she wants to be married to the
new pastor – what could be better? Maggie,
on the other hand, is a tom-boy and not sure
she wants to marry anytime soon. The two
sisters have very different opinions - first
of the quilt square contest and later of the
new pastor. Can they remain close despite
their differences?
Zack Hartley, who rides into town to fill
the pulpit, has secrets he must keep hidden
to stay alive. He must convince the Maintown
church town that he’s the right man for the
job. They aren’t so sure he is, though. He
behaves unlike any pastor the town has ever
seen.
When the ladies of Maintown church present
him with the quilt they’ve made as a welcome
gift for him, he realizes that he’s missed
being loved and accepted. He decides to
stick around and see if he can make life as
a pastor work. Will his secrets be revealed,
costing him everything he’s finally found?
Award-winning author Judith Pella brings
readers a heartwarming historical drama in
Bachelor’s Puzzle. I was a bit disappointed
to learn the pastor’s secret in nearly the
beginning of story, which takes away a bit
of the drama. However, in reading on, I
found that Pella weaves in enough zigzags
and plot twists to keep the story
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it’s also a funny, charming story and well
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