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How to Develop an ESY Program at Home

Through her IEP, Sweet B is guaranteed to attend some form of extended school year (ESY) during the summer. When she was younger, she would attend a summer school style program at Wildwood but in the past few years; she’s attended Camp Wildwood. Services, such as speech and occupational therapy, are still provided. However, there’s a brief time period between camp ending and the school year beginning that she’s at home. And while our afterschooling program may suffice, I wanted to looking into developing an ESY program at home. With thanks to Fun and Function for providing our items and sponsoring this conversation for our program; I’m outlining a suggested plan for a two to three week time period. First, you’ll want to determine what…

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How to Start Meal Planning and Prepping

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While I would love to say that we’re on top of meal and menu planning… we’re not. This is an area that I want to focus on though because I think it would go a long way in terms of staying within our family budget. We do occasionally plan out our meals for the week but I think it would be really helpful to plan long-term for the month. It would also help when we go shopping and hopefully cut down on the number of trips that we make to the grocery store once we start meal planning and prepping. 5 Overall Benefits of Meal Planning Eat Healthier Planning your family meals will cut down on your trips to your favorite fast food restaurant and…

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Why it’s Important for Kids and Parents to Play

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The post is brought to you by Activate by Bloglovin and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. Powered By: “This post is sponsored by the Voice of Play.” Play is important. I cannot emphasize this enough. But why is it so important? And does it really make that much of a difference? Absolutely. And not only is play important for kids but it’s a pretty big deal for us adults, too. Doctors, educators, and experts in childcare believe modern changing lifestyles have a negative effect on the health and well-being of children. Children and youth spend a lot of time indoors using electronic equipment like computers, playstations, mobile phones, watching their favorite programs on TV, or playing with the numerous toys and gadgets available…

We're exploring zebras and the letter z in this mini tot school unit.

Z is for Zebra Mini Tot Pack + Activities

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We’re doing another informal summer tot school with Squeaker this year. Last year’s attempt at Mommy Camp didn’t get too far. But that was also due to poor planning on my part. Lack of interest from Squeaker also contributed. This year we’re taking daily walks (weather permitting), playing outside, having plenty of indoor picnics and tea parties, building with blocks… and just enjoying the moments. Along the way, if she learns something- great. But it’s not the focal point of summer for us. Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in an A to Z of Animals series with some amazing kid bloggers. We’re up last with the focus on the letter Z and we chose the Zebra for our animal. Be sure to check…

If you, like me, tend to put your health and fitness needs on the backburner this post is for you! I'm sharing essential health and fitness tips for busy moms.

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Essential Health and Fitness Tips for Busy Moms

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As moms we take on a lot. Sometimes we may take on too much, but we’ll still probably try to convince ourselves that we can do it all. Maybe we can, maybe we can’t. And as moms, we also tend to put our own health and wellness needs on the backburner. Even though we should know by now, that if we want to properly handle everything else; we really shouldn’t neglect our health. I say this because I’ve done it often. I start the year with all intention of making my health and wellness more of a priority. And maybe I’ll do okay until March or April. Then by June, I’ve fallen off the fitness wagon. And then, of course, I’ll wonder why I’m not…

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7 Essential Elements to Include for a Memorable Brand

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Is developing a brand really that important for a blogger? This is something that I’ve asked myself countless times over the past few months. Developing a brand was something that I associated more with a company, not a person. A brand was for a business. So maybe that’s why developing a brand is important for bloggers. I treat my blog like a business because it’s part of my business. Because of that, I want to develop a brand for it that’s memorable. But what makes a brand memorable? Is it the logo, the tagline, the colors, the mood? What are the essential elements to include for a memorable brand? There are basically seven elements you can incorporate into your brand building strategy. We’re going to…