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Avoiding Holiday Party Behavior Issues
By Sherrie Hardy · 13 years ago
"It’s all fun and games until..." Because of the change in routine, excitement surrounding presents and the sheer number of people around, holiday parties can end abruptly with a breakdown. Enjoy your holiday party to ...
6 Ideas to Teach Children to Give of Themselves
By Sherrie Hardy · 13 years ago
During this season of shopping, wrapping and opening gifts, it is worthwhile to take some time to remind children that giving of themselves is the most important. Try these ideas to make your holiday season ...
Teaching Children to be Happy and Lucky: Characteristic #4
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
Lucky people have an ability to turn their bad luck into good fortune.
There are obstacles and disappointments in everyone’s lives. Being lucky doesn´t mean you eliminate them all. It has to do with how ...
Teaching Children to be Happy and Lucky: Characteristic #3
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
Lucky people listen to their gut and take steps to boost intuition.
In his book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell draws on history, neuroscience and psychology to reflect on the choices we seem to make in an ...
Teaching Our Children to be Lucky: Lucky Trait #2
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
Lucky people expect positive outcomes.
Bette Davis said "I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again." This confidence in continued good luck is another common characteristic in lucky people. By anticipating that good things will happen, ...
Teaching Our Children to be Lucky: Lucky Characteristic #1
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
Lucky people take advantage of the chance opportunities in their lives.
In fact, Dr. Wiseman, author of The Luck Factor, found lucky people have more chance opportunities than non-lucky people and they categorized the majority ...
Teaching Our Children to be Lucky: An Overview
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
You are in the wrong place if you are looking for poker strategies or how to pick winning lottery numbers. This first article in the series "Teaching Our Kids to be Lucky" introduces the idea ...
Reading Aloud With Children: A Great Time to Practice Making Mental Pictures
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
Young children often think that being a successful reader means that they can read the words on the page and have a general sense of what the text means. It is understandable. Scarcely understanding the ...
Reading Comprehension Issues: Do The Eyes Have It?
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
It is no wonder that many beginning readers struggle. Reading Comprehension is a more complicated process than many of us realize. To truly understand a two line text, it is necessary to follow about ten* ...
Importance of Reading Aloud to Children
By Sherrie Hardy · 14 years ago
Finding the time to sit down and read aloud with our children is difficult. Evenings are often packed. We get home late from work or activities with the kids. We need to make dinner, help ...