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Painting Ideas for Children
Painting is one of those childhood activities that allows children to be creative and messy without worry. Beyond just colors and shapes, painting encourages children to use the right sides of their brains. The left side of the brain controls logic, linear thought and analysis and the right side of the brain is where spatial relations, creativity and a focus on the bigger picture take place. Encouraging children to paint not only increases their creative abilities, it also sets them up for a future where, according to some thinkers and writers, including Daniel Pink, the right side of the brain is becoming increasingly important in the workplace and in the world.
3 Life Lessons We Can Learn From R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps
If you grew up in the ’90s, you probably remember Goosebumps.Written by R.L. Stine, the horror fiction series for children was known for its sweet cover art, scary titles and super cool 3-D lettering on the front (it was bumpy, like Goosebumps, get it?). But the iconic books aren’t just about thrills and chills – no, no. There are some underlying life lessons that kids can find buried beneath all the gory and gruesome monsters, ghosts, aliens and more. Don’t believe me? Check out a few things we can all learn from our favorite spooky tales:
May Astrology
Our galactic vessel has landed on the rocky shores of May 2013, and its strange territory indeed. Oh you may ask, what happened to those nice Druid Beltane and May Day festivals? This fracas of Saturn and Mars will start off the early days of this month with a clash of symbols, i.e. the impulsive son, whose restrictive and disciplinarian dad is taking him to task.
Keeping Kids Safe Around Electricity
Did you know that October 9 – 15 is National Fire Prevention Week? Each year, nearly 500 people are killed in the United States in home fires that involveelectrical failure or malfunction. According to the National Fire Protection Agency, these types of fires injure more than 1,400 people and resultin more than $1.3 billion in property damage annually.
Rivers, Bluegrass and Gold – A Northern California Roadtrip
Our family of four headed north from our home in Santa Monica in our loyal 2002 Volkswagen Van to visit San Francisco and explore the North California Coast up to the Redwoods of Mendocino and across the central valley of California to the historic gold country along Highway 49: Nevada City, Downieville and the Yuba River.