Thanksgiving Shopping Choices

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How early do you get your holiday shopping done? For some, it may mean purchasing things throughout the year. For others, it may mean waiting until the last minute. And for others, it may mean waiting until one of the best shopping weekends of the year: Thanksgiving weekend. In the past, it just meant going out for Black Friday and then along came Cyber Monday. Now, there are a handful of stores that start their holiday deals on Thanksgiving. And while this may seem like a controversial move on the part of the retailers, it also opens up a new venue of savings for holiday shoppers. But where do you stand when it comes to Thanksgiving shopping choices? Are you a Black Friday go-getter, a…

Free Halloween Coloring Pack

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So I’ll admit, I had all of these plans to make Halloween printable packs. I had my ideas listed and I had my files set up at the end of September. And then October got here and I just kept putting it off. Not a really good excuse, I know, but I wanted to at least share something for Halloween. I’m also hoping to get back in the habit of posting printables on a more consistent basis. At the very least they will be posted weekly, though starting in December- you can expect a special twelve days of Christmas/holiday printables. But that’s in December and this is October, so let’s get to that free Halloween coloring pack! This pack would be great for last minute…

Helping Kids Identify Moods

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One of the things that Sweet B has consistently struggled with are abstract concepts such as moods. She’s done somewhat okay with concrete concepts such as colors, numbers, foods, or anything else that has some sort of association with the senses. If she can feel it, see it, taste, smell it, or touch it- she’s more likely to remember what it is and have an easier time with learning it. Of course it still takes repetition, but that’s just how she learns. With abstract concepts, on the other hand, it’s definitely been more of a struggle. But, I’ve also learned (through trial and error, and a lot of assistance from her team of teachers and therapists) that visual representations do a world of good. By…

How to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude

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In a society where everyone seems to be concerned with what their next door neighbor has or what their coworker has accomplished, there seems to be less of a focus on what you already have. In fact, I would ask you to ask yourself: how many times a day are you thankful for what you do have vs. wanting what you don’t have? Of course there’s nothing wrong with wanting stuff- we’re human beings and we all go through it. However, I think it would do us all good to also remind ourselves to be grateful for what we already have. And we can do this by developing an attitude of gratitude. This post contains affiliate links I realize this sounds simple enough, being grateful…

Overcoming a Fear of Failure

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In life in general, and as a blogger, there are many things that I’ve had to overcome. One of those things is a fear of failure. Whether it’s just a small nagging doubt in the back of my mind, or something bigger- failure is just one of those things that you need to face. Even in those moments were it seems that failure is inevitable, facing that fear is a huge step. And sometimes, failure is okay. It just means that you have to change your strategy. Failure is a part of life, but it’s how you handle it that ultimately matters. [Tweet “Help overcome your fear fo failure with this free printable motivational quote!”] How do you overcome a fear of failure? Having a…

M is for Monkey Tot School Unit

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FuelTheirAdventures #CollectiveBias Though our Tot school is still very much informal at this point, sometimes we do more in depth themes. And by in depth, I mean somewhat in depth as Squeaker’s attention span is still quite short. Still, I try to capitalize on her interests at the time and the most recent theme that we tried out was based on monkeys. To make it more of a theme, we decided on M is for Monkey as our tot school theme. We may revisit this in the future. For Squeaker, I wanted to keep this simple, yet fun. So I started looking through the books that we have…