
Personal Child Stories I tweeted a good deed for a chance to win $$$ - that would be donated to my favorite charity. You can do it, too!
Source: spreadthewarmth.com
This year has been challenging for families coast-to-coast. To help spread a little warmth this holiday season, Stove Top Stuffing is bringing Stove Top Ambassadors to select cities to deliver acts of kindness and support for individuals and communities. ...

Personal Child Stories Awesome!! I wondered how this worked with Pizza Hut. Now I know. They tell you to "schedule your celebrity readers." Hmm...okay, what celebrity wants to drive out to my TINY little town to read with the kids? Any takers? LOL
Source: www.bookitprogram.com
Hundreds of schools across the country celebrate reading by participating in National Young Readers Week each year. This is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut® and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. ...

Personal Child Stories "Turkey cupcakes" : Fun activity to do on your own...or with your kids!
Source: www.examiner.com
Last year around this time I was giving birth to my third baby. I'm not sure the word "baby" ever applied to him, though. He came three weeks early and weighed almost 9 lbs.

Personal Child Stories "In 2008, libraries increased open hours by 10.5 percent. Now all of the libraries are open a minimum of six days per week, and more than a third of all libraries are open seven days..."
Source: www.sfgate.com
The computer training lab at the San Francisco Main Library is buzzing with activity on a recent Tuesday morning. People are searching job boards, brushing up their resumes and sharing employment tips with one another. ...

Personal Child Stories FYI: We went ahead and bought *kidsperks.com.* It will be a sister site to Mommy Perks. The site will be a free resource for parents & teachers - to find kid safe websites for games, videos, printouts, social networking, etc. I have quite a few sites on my list already but would like more. Send them my way ASAP :-) If you own the site, that's totally fine.

Personal Child Stories This is my friend Lisa's site. If you haven't seen the *free* multi-cultural coloring sheets yet, check it out. You have NEVER seen ones like this before. I promise you - the drawings were created just for her business so they are not duplicated anywhere else. Pretty cool, eh?

Personal Child Stories Thanks to Barbara Blalock for posting this the other day.
Source: www.grantwrangler.com
Grant Wrangler is a free grants listing service offered by Nimble Press. We help teachers find classroom grants for school funding.

Personal Child Stories Various early childhood articles...more will come over time :-) I'm also always open to ideas. If you want me to write an article on something in particular, feel free to ask!
Source: www.examiner.com
Flagstaff Early Childhood Examiner, Shara Lawrence-Weiss

Personal Child Stories I KNOW some of you will want to enter this: Boardmaker Plus!! (v. 6). Yes...I entered, too. I'm not sure Boardmaker would allow me to do everything I currenly do with my book designs & layouts but I'd love to find out. Either way, having the program around would be terrific, eh?
Source: www.autismlearningfelt.com
Product reviews and giveaways for autism related items.

Personal Child Stories I find these lists to be very subjective but some of you may enjoy seeing it...for fun. "Best Children's Books of 2009."
Source: www.publishersweekly.com

Personal Child Stories I had a wonderful day out today with a friend of mine - back again...I saw this tweeted the other day by http://twitter.com/Teach_Preschool. Enjoy!

Personal Child Stories I will not be around tomorrow so here's a post to read while you're missing me terribly :-) (Tweeted out by http://twitter.com/DrJeffersnBoggs).
Source: ow.ly
I have been an educator all my life. Have had the privilege of teaching all grade levels from 1st thru 12th grade in public, private and prison schools. I am enthralled with the opportunities technology can bring to learning. ...

Personal Child Stories I just saw Louise Masin Sattler tweet this link. I can't tell you exactly what the site offers but if Louise endorses it, it must offer good info :-)
Source: www.terpslink.net
Update on ASL & Baby Signs Meetup links (change frequently every month), update Interpreter Training Program links page, Add new World Sign Language over 207 different sign languages (see sitemap). Also, we have link checker through one company to keep up links correctly every two weeks.

Personal Child Stories This would make a wonderful home or school activity. Get the kids talking about what they are thankful for!!
Source: www.bingnote.com
Let’s bring in the Thanksgiving spirit by having the kids share with everyone why they are thankful in a little game. The Bing Note Team has developed an activity called Thanksgiving Fun! This activity will keep everyone guessing, while at the same time, teach kids (and hey, even the adults can ...

Personal Child Stories Thanks to Barbara Blalock for tweeting this link :-)
Source: www.montessoriforeveryone.com
Free downloads of beautiful, high-quality printable materials for preschool and elementary! Includes workplans, math, language, and cultural materials.




























