Forever In Our Hearts, We Are Forever Changed #Sept11 #America

Today is an important day to teach your children about America and what happened on September 11, 2001. This day in history has changed many things in our era. How do you teach what you heard, what you felt and how America stood still and just watched in horror as the twin towers just fell like dust. I remember I was at home watching TV, my son was at school, my middle daughter was just a year old. My husband had been gravely ill and in and out of the hospital and we were more focused on that at the time. Life has changed for us since then so much, it is hard to imagine.
Today we will study America on 9-11-01 since my 2 girls are old enough now to understand the complexity of terrorism and evil now.

Some links to use are

• http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks
• http://www.911memorial.org/
• http://www.notebookingnook.com/freebie-911-never-forget-notebooking-pages/
• http://heartofthematteronline.com/911-10-years-later-a-unit-study/ 
• http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/chronology.attack/index.html
• http://timeline.national911memorial.org/#/Explore/2
• http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by-name/
• https://www.teachervision.com/us-history/current-events/71110.html
• https://www.teachervision.com/us-history/tragedy/6807.html?detoured=1 (more links on this page)
• http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/homeschool-lesson-plans/911-2/

United We Stand ~ You Are Forever In Our Hearts 

Dedicated to those lost in the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks 

Post by Kristy Sinsara.

       

    

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Awesome to be a Homeschool Mom #atozchallenge

Being a homeschool mom most days is very challenging, but with all the frustrations and challenges it has to be the most awesome job I have ever had. There are many reasons to homeschool here are just 20.

Homeschool Health & Science: Soda's Evil Twin

We are learning how to eat cleaner, read labels, cut out sugars and how big business markets soda and fruit juice's. Teaching kids now will lead to good choices in life.

Source: a-health-blog.com via Health on Pinterest

Leslie

Have a blessed day at your house.

The Motherhood: my secret weapon

In What State are you trying to survive? Here are our local chapters located in states listed, find your place to call home. Lets help each other out this year through this journey called surviving motherhood.

The Mommies Network currently operates local chapters in 32 states. We have 21,882 active members network-wide.

For those moms who do not have a local chapter in their community, we welcome you to join the National Chapter.

Find Your Local Chapter:

TMN Chapters by State
• Alabama
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• Arizona
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• Arkansas
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• California
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Welcome to the best support network for moms, hands down!

That's my secret weapon, my local chapter here in North Carolina is http://centralfoothillsmommies.com, I have been a member since 2007. The support and long term friendships I have built are priceless. It's we're I go online to start and end my day, many times throughout the day.
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Life's Little Instructions~~

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Changing your Life via Dr Seuss {quotes}

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Naughty or Nice, Sugar or Spice?

Don't get caught on the Naughty List because you forgot to order customized Santa Letters for all your favorite kids!
I ordered mine last year from The Mommies Network and they were fabulous, love them, we even sent grandma one! She was so surprised and just loved it!
These are not just for kids, do you have any shut-ins at church? a grandparent in an assisted living home, or like ours a grandma that lives by herself now. A letter from Santa would just make their day!!

For just $6 for the first letter and 10% off for each thereafter, you can send the magic of Christmas to any child.  A unique letter that you personalize will arrive from North Pole Station in Alaska in time for Christmas.  Choose from a variety of themes including The Reason for the Season and School Days templates.  Each one is special- just like the children.

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Act now before Santa gets too busy making toys and packing his sleigh!  Ordering is open through Tuesday, November 20.

No lumps of coal ! Come on mom they have been good, well maybe just a smidge................

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The Space Between

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. 
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” ― Mother Teresa

Random Acts of Kindness ~ 700 Teddy Bears

Such a sweet story, I had to share it ~~


"As a parent, I couldn't help but pass along my daughter's story.
My daughter, Taylor Marie Crabtree (age seven) started a business called TayBear Company. She makes and sells hand painted hair clips at local stores. When she started her business I assumed that she wanted extra spending money, but then she told me the purpose of her business.

Taylor was going to buy teddy bears for children with cancer. She said the kids probably have a lot of sadness in their lives and she wanted them to have something special to hug and to hug them back. Taylor wanted them to know that even strangers care about them. She set her goal at 500 teddy bears. I thought her too high goal was that of a child that didn't really understand. I was the one that didn't understand.

The media picked up on Taylor's project and our community has embraced her efforts. But help has come from far beyond our little community. Taylor has received donations from strangers that live thousands of miles away, just from word of mouth. It has been rather like a chain letter from the heart. With her scribbly second grade handwriting, she wrote each person with her appreciation and an update on her project. She has also expanded her project to include over 100 other children (including special needs kids) as helpers. Taylor wanted other kids to feel that they too were capable of helping others in their own way. Along the way she also raised her goal to 700 teddy bears.

Each day after selling, Taylor and her helpers talk about the people who had touched their hearts. Maybe it was the homeless man that had donated 11 cents and was surprised when he was told that was plenty of money to buy a hair clip. He and Taylor stood together choosing just the right hair clip for his lady friend. Or maybe it was the young woman who was flying back home the next day to say goodbye for the last time to her father, who was dying from cancer. Perhaps it was the man that drove all the way to his bank and back in order to buy a hair clip for his Mom. He said that his Dad had recently died from cancer. He wanted a child to have a teddy bear in his Dad's memory. With each hair clip or donation has come so many memories and a realization that when working toward a goal from your heart, the journey too is part of the experience. Taylor once told me "how could people not see Angels, they're everywhere.
- Tricia Crabtree"

More inspiring RAK stories here http://www.peopleandpossibilities.com/33kindnessstories2.html

Sweet Blogger Opportunity for Fall~

 

 Jenn's Blah Blah Blog, Diva Fabulosa and Simply Shawn & Jenn are bringing you an awesome FREE Blogger Opportunity! They will be giving away $200, in their Have it your way event! How will this work? Whatever the winner wants, the winner will get! Kindle Fire, PayPal Cash, Amazing, Wal-Mart, Target! Who cares, they get just what they want! Blogger get FREE Facebook link with the option to purchase additional links! Jenn's Blah Blah Blog had a giveaway just like this called the Sizzling Summer Giveaway that was fabulous, so were going to bring it back over and over and over again! This time Simply Shawn & Jenn has decided to join in the fun to celebrate reaching over 10K fans! About the event

• Prize: Whatever you want up to $200 (shipping included) Do you want a Kindle Fire? Maybe an iPod, hummm maybe gift card to Target, oh wait Paypal cash? We don't care we want you to have it your way! So let the games begin, and let's have some fun with this one!
• Event will run from Sept 20th until Oct 20th.
• Free Facebook
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9/11 Lesson Plans for K-12 classes and homeschoolers

An Awesome resource for school or homeschool children, teaching them all about the attacks and the memorial/museum. https://www.911memorial.org/teach-learn

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. 
Each lesson is tied to the Common Core Standards. Grounded in our collections, they are written for use throughout the school year and across subjects, including Social Studies, History, English Language Arts, and Art. The lessons are divided into the following themes:

NYC DOE lesson plans 
Historical Impact 
Community & Conflict 
Heroes & Service 
Memory & Memorialization

NJ Commission on Holocaust Education lesson plans
Making of a Memorial 
Historical Impact of 9/11 
Heroic Rescue, Recovery, and Clean-up 
The Aftermath: Humanitarian, Charitable, and Volunteer Support 
The Mourning, Memorializing, and Meaning-Making of 9/11
Individuals and 9/11 
History of the World Trade Center

Here are a few tips when using the lessons: 
• Every lesson and worksheet is downloadable. Full links to online collection objects and webpages are listed in the “Materials” section.

• The Common Core Standards are listed according to their corresponding Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for each applicable grade level.

• Questions are typically italicized in the body of the lesson to separate them from their surrounding context.

• Each lesson includes Key Terms that are relevant and used in the lesson. We have included potentially difficult definitions within the body of these lessons.

• Some Extension Activities offer alternative assessments, if necessary. In addition, we have developed the 9/11 FAQ, a basic primer to the history of the World Trade Center, the 9/11 attacks and their perpetrators, and the rebuilding of the site. For K-2 teachers, see Fact Sheet for Early Childhood Learners.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum thanks the teachers who conceived and developed these lessons, along with all of those involved at their respective organizations for their commitment and dedication in this effort.


The Foundational Lesson Plans:

These lessons provide an educational introduction to the 9/11 attacks and the 9/11 Memorial. They are a good starting place for you to discuss the attacks and the aftermath with your students.

An Introduction to the 9/11 attacks
Use this lesson as a foundation to introduce 9/11 and its aftermath to students. As part of the lesson, students will be asked to consider what they know about 9/11 and what they would want to learn about the attacks. Suggested resources, including images, are provided. 

An Introduction to the 9/11 Memorial
This lesson introduces students to the design and symbolism of the 9/11 Memorial, while prompting them to consider how they would memorialize the attacks. Age-appropriate investigation questions accompany the lesson and 9/11 Memorial images are provided.

Meow Monday (on Tuesday) with Smokey & Lucy!

This week has been so long, and lazy and long......at least for us girls. It is so hart to be a Diva Kitty and sleep all day, eat fancy can food, all natural dry food from the posh pet store and get carried around by our people.

Our Top Ten Tuesday List~
We decided to make a list this week: 10 reasons why we like homeschooling!

1. Our people are home all day and all night just about everyday!
2. Our mommy is happy all the time
3. We like unit studies about cats
4. We get fed more
5. Our litter boxes get cleaned more often
6. Those girl people will do anything to avoid schoolwork and play with us more instead...lol
7. We get fed more
8. We sleep more (we don't go to school really)
9. They cook more at home and then drop food on the floor....heheheh
10. Homeschool is cool (shop or home ec class- they make cat toys and houses---he he)

Until next week, Meow!!

Breastfeeding does not suck!

Since I breastfed all 3 of my children, the month of August has some special meaning to my family. Breastfeeding has kept my children healthy, well and strong, I firmly belief that. All three have barely been on maybe 1-2 antibiotics, only one has had an ear infection, and they have only had the regular cold's and runny nose's. Breast is Best! You can look at my healthy breast babies and know it!

Did you know August is National Breastfeeding Month? For such a great cause, we've whipped up some fabulous PSA videos packed with celebs (like Kelly Rutherford, Ali Landry, Lisa Loeb, Constance Marie and Ana Gasteyer) and real moms who all have one thing in common: They breastfed their babies and are proud of it!

  

So Breastfeeding is Best, is does not suck.....well yeah the baby sucks, but the benefits don't!

Organizing tips ~ label it girl!

 

 

Bookbags, gym shoes, lunchboxes and more: You send your kids to school with so much stuff. So how can you help them keep track of it all? Place a Mabel's Labels order through CentralFoothillsMommies between August 1 and August 19 and a portion of your total comes back to our community!

Why I love them so much! ~even though we homeschool !

Mabel's Labels has well-loved products for anything you need to keep track of. From allergy alerts to clothing and shoes, baby bottles to books and media- you're sure to find exactly what you need to get back what you send with your little ones or even big ones too!

Order online through CentralFoothillsMommies direct shopping link to ensure we get credit for your great products. Spread the word, share with friends, and thanks for supporting the chapter that supports you!

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