Whether you are also leading a tween/teen group who is looking to understand " Why is community service important?" - here are 15+ great service projects for tweens!
Thought I would share another activity I had with my Activity Days girls last week. We were on a mission, we went undercover and performed 7 days worth of SecRet SerViCe. Before we got started we talked a bit about service and the blessings that come when we help others. I found some manila envelopes at the dollar store and personalized them with their names on them. Inside I included a pen and these "forms" that they were to fill out during the activity. I also included a list of ideas for serving to help get them going. I was also lucky to find these fun "undercover" glasses to stick inside. Just to help them really get into the part...AND they would know if anyone sneaking up on them ;) (they really did kind of work!) The girls thought it was great. Honestly, I was pretty surprised with how excited they were to get going on their challenge. A lot of them told me they were going to go home and get started right away. Just goes to show that it doesn't take much (couple of bucks at the dollar store) to get kids excited about doing things for others. It turned out to be a fun, easy way to teach the important principal of SeRviNg oTheRS...
Service and leadership opportunities not only abound in homeschooling, but they can go a long way in building strong character, too!
These acts of kindness for kids are perfect for groups looking to do something for the community! Whether you are a school, church, or scouts group,
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Pick something off this list of family-friendly volunteer opportunities to spread kindness and participate in community service projects with your kids.
Finding ways to serve with your kids can be tough. This list of 39 service projects is perfect for families and none of the projects costs more than $2.00!
In patterning our life after the Savior's we should seek for opportunities to serve those around us. In Mosiah 2:17 it states, "...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." As Relief Society sisters, we have tremendous opportunity to watch out for those around us that need that loving hand of help. When we feel impressed to help someone we need to listen to those promptings and act upon them. We can provide service to others individually or we can do this as a family. Teaching our children the importance of unselfishness, love, and sacrifice. One thing that we did with our kids a few months back was thirty days of service. Each day we did an act of service for thirty days. It was fun to see them serve others and discuss the happy feelings we each individually felt from doing so. Here are some ideas:
Guest Blogger, Michael Patterson, shares how to weave community service into the lives of children and teens
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Learn about our bodies with these human body activities for kids! All of these ideas are hands-on way to explain the body's systems and functions for kids.
This month's Family Dinner Book Club features Leo Lionni's A Color of His Own. Menu, crafts, table topics and service project are included!
When it comes to running your own business, everyone seems to have a plan to make you successful. You can read and study and even mimic the greats but that doesn’t necessarily mean you will s…
Social Stories about Friendship Ah, friendship. I had a mom once say to me, 'I want my child to have a friend, not a buddy.'
Wooo Hooo! Did you know that Wal-Mart carries tie dye duct tape??? I love this stuff! This week I used it for our "Swat the Staff" game. Seventh and Eighth Graders played this game to review treble clef pitches. Choosing from a wide array of flyswatters, students paired up to speedily swat the correct note.
For 75 years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box of baby clothes and bedding by the state. Some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates.
These acts of service and service ideas are ways kids can serve others through kindness. Teach kids about the acts of service love language!
How to Assemble 3D Reports It’s fairly straight forward to create a 3D financial report like the one above. Each visible side of the cube is a table in your workbook. Here are the 3 you can see in the cube above: You then select one range at a time and press CTRL+C to copy the range to the clipboard: In the Paste Special menu choose Paste Linked Picture: In Excel 2007 the menu for pasting a Picture Link is slightly different: I Note: Unfortunately in Excel 2007 you cannot apply the 3D effects to the linked picture so that's as far as you can go 🙁 Tip: the great thing about using a Linked Picture is if any of the values or formats in the table change you will see them instantly update in your cube too. No need to copy the table again. Pasting the range of cells you copied as a linked picture results in an image that is an object which hovers above the cells of your worksheet, in the same was as picture does. Next use the Picture Effects (Picture Tools > Format menu) on the Ribbon to apply 3D effects to the image: How to Assemble 3D Reports It’s fairly straight forward to create a 3D financial report like the one above. Each visible side of the cube is a table in your workbook. Here are the 3 you can see in the cube above: You then select one range at a time and press CTRL+C to copy the range to the clipboard: In the Paste Special menu choose Paste Linked Picture: In Excel 2007 the menu for pasting a Picture Link is slightly different: Note: Unfortunately in Excel 2007 you cannot apply the 3D effects to the linked picture so that's as far as you can go 🙁 Tip: the great thing about using a Linked Picture is if any of the values or formats in the table change you will see them instantly update in your cube too. No need to copy the table again. Pasting the range of cells you copied as a linked picture results in an image that is an object which hovers above the cells of your worksheet, in the same was as picture does. Next use the Picture Effects (Picture Tools > Format menu) on the Ribbon to apply 3D effects to the image:
Thought I would share another activity I had with my Activity Days girls last week. We were on a mission, we went undercover and performed 7 days worth of SecRet SerViCe. Before we got started we talked a bit about service and the blessings that come when we help others. I found some manila envelopes at the dollar store and personalized them with their names on them. Inside I included a pen and these "forms" that they were to fill out during the activity. I also included a list of ideas for serving to help get them going. I was also lucky to find these fun "undercover" glasses to stick inside. Just to help them really get into the part...AND they would know if anyone sneaking up on them ;) (they really did kind of work!) The girls thought it was great. Honestly, I was pretty surprised with how excited they were to get going on their challenge. A lot of them told me they were going to go home and get started right away. Just goes to show that it doesn't take much (couple of bucks at the dollar store) to get kids excited about doing things for others. It turned out to be a fun, easy way to teach the important principal of SeRviNg oTheRS...
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Last week at our combined youth activity our young men were in charge, I was very impressed with it so I typed it up to share. It was the typical “BINGO” are you all know it but with a…
{Download FREEBIE pack here.} Economics is my absolute FAVORITE social studies unit to teach. There are so many hands-on activities to do with students and they are so eager to earn and spend money! One of my favorite activities is to end with our "Madden's Marketplace." This is a chance for students to put into action all of the things they have learned about being producers and consumers. To begin with, I send home a letter asking students to create paper goods. Why paper? It's something all of my students have at home (or I can easily give them). I want my marketplace to be fair for all students. I'm sure I could let them have the freedom to create any product, using any materials and I would get some amazing masterpieces. I would also get some elaborate (and expensive) items. That's not what I want. I encourage parents to spend NO money on this and for it to be STUDENT CREATED. I really want them to take the initiative. Here are some samples of paper products my students created to sell this year - everything from rockets to bookmarks to lanterns to hats. I incorporate the making of goods into my students' homework schedule, encouraging them to create two products per night. Before the due date, we work on creating "shops" in class. We create our "shop" by gluing two file folders together. The picture below is using legal-sized file folders, but that just happens to be what we had available. Shop Parts: Signs: Initially, we create the signs for our shops, color the awnings to make them eye-catching. Open/Closed: Next, we create open/closed signs that sit atop our shop so we can easily flip the sign to show the status of our shops. Slogan: We then come up with a catchy slogan. We talk about slogan's we know from commercials. Why did those stick in our heads? We learn to use a play on words, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc. to make our slogans catchy so consumers will remember them. Product Description: Students each write a product description detailing WHAT their product is and HOW it works or can be used. We talk about the importance of letting consumers know exactly what they are getting. Commercial Script: Finally, students write commercials to "sell" their products to their classmates. We use hooks to get their attention, repetitions of our catchy slogans, and persuasion. Other Components: We also glue on the Consumer Comments, Price, and Interest Inventories, but we leave all of those blank initially. On the day of the marketplace, students set up their shops and lay their products out on display. Then, they have a chance to walk around the classroom and "window shop." They are encouraged to take a good look at all of their options, reading the product descriptions and examining the merchandise. After students have had a good look at all of their choices, I give them stickers (I would recommend 3-4). They walk around and place their stickers on the "Interest Inventory" of the products that interest them the most. The results of the interest inventory are used by the shop owners to determine if they have a high demand or low demand for their products. Knowing the demand helps them determine a price for their product. High demand = higher price. Low demand = lower price. The only rule is that all prices have to be in whole dollars. Once prices are set, then students are ready to go shopping! There are many different ways to let students shop. Some years, if I've done economy-based management system, my students will use "money" they've earned to shop. This year, I just gave them all $12 to shop with. I'm always torn about letting my students split into groups to run their shops (half shop while half work) - it always seems that students don't get to shop at all of the stores in that scenario. To solve that problem, I let all of my students shop at the same time. To do this students create "tokens" to leave at their shop. They create the same number as products they have to sell. For example, if Katie has 10 kites to sell, she creates and leaves 10 tokens with her name or shop name on them. Once each shop has tokens, students are ready to shop. Since there are no workers at the shops to collect money, I give my students "consumer spending logs" with pictures of dollars on them. Since I gave my students 12 dollars to spend, their consumer spending logs had 12 one dollar pictures. As students go around to the shops, they color in the dollars they've spent and pick up tokens (NOT products) that they will trade in for their purchases once the shops close. Once all of the tokens are gone, that shop is "closed." Once a student has colored in all of the dollars on his/her spending log, they are done shopping. It really works out quite well. Once students have traded all of their tokens in for their goods, they are given paper for providing feedback to the shops. They slip these into the "consumer comments" pockets on the storefronts. They love reading the feedback from their customers! <3 After wrapping up our shops, students are often left with some extra products. Instead of having them take their own products back home, I let them put another economics concept into practice - BARTERING! They have a blast working out "fair swaps" for their products and really working to get the other things they may have wanted but didn't have the money to purchase...and of course, they do all of this while proudly wearing some of their favorite purchases. :) All in all, it is a fun day of learning. Students take their roles as both producers and consumers seriously and come away with a real sense of accomplishment! If you would like to download this packet of FREE resources to hold your own Economics shop, you can do so HERE. Enjoy!
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Click to learn about the agile principles. The 12 agile principles are explained in this article and agile infographic.
Today, I am rather ambitious. First off on my to-do list would be to change the IKEA Hackers template and also get the Hack of the Year 2010 post done.
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The BEST Read Aloud Chapter Books For Preschoolers- great book list with classic and unique choices.
Strategic communication planning is an important part of business and nonprofit management because it saves time, money, and stress – while helping achieve business goals. Here's how to create a strategic communication plan in three sections.
Awesome hand-drawn typographic illustrations by Lex Wilson, a graphic designer based in London. More typography inspiration via Abduzeedo
Spain, 1967: Model 16 An L-shaped house with a living/service wing and sleeping wing separated by a round entrance hall. 62 Proyectos de Chalets by Anselmo Rodríguez Hernández, 1967. (Barcelona,...
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