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Archive for August, 2009

DIRT: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House

DIRT: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House

[ 4 ] 8.31.2009 |

Reviewed by Katy Killilea Children really crank up the speed of the entropy machine, don’t they? In my former life,  I could make things orderly and they would stay that way very satisfactorily for days on end. It wasn’t that hard to be neat. Because there were no: globs of toothpaste on the toilet paper [...]

How to minimize spreading H1N1 Flu and other germs

How to minimize spreading H1N1 Flu and other germs

[ 2 ] 8.28.2009 |

Don Cowart, Principal of Hope Highlands Elementary School shares helpful tips and reminders for parents, kids and school staff on how to help keep our schools germ-free. especially in response to the increase of reported H1N1 cases. Read more at principalcowart.blogspot.com. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is projecting that as many as [...]

Today’s Home Work: Joanne Everett and Mathew Vincent

Today’s Home Work: Joanne Everett and Mathew Vincent

[ 2 ] 8.26.2009 |

Home Work: Lessons from Work-at-Home Parents. This series of Kidoinfo interviews with parents look at how they manage to squeeze in work time at home (whether working for someone else or running their own business) along with juggling kids, home life, and childcare (or lack of it). Joanne and Matthew are the co-owners of Tortilla [...]

The Wheels on the Bus…How to be Safe

The Wheels on the Bus…How to be Safe

[ 0 ] 8.25.2009 |

National data has recently shown that approximately 17,000 children are injured each year in school bus accidents. Nearly 1/4th of those injuries occurred when the child was boarding or leaving the bus, slip and falls, or being bumped around when the bus suddenly stops or turns. If your child is one of the 23.5 million [...]

Mother’s Circle: non-Jewish women raising Jewish children

Mother’s Circle: non-Jewish women raising Jewish children

[ 1 ] 8.24.2009 |

In September 2008, a group of seven women came together at The Bureau of Jewish Education in Providence for a singular purpose: to participate in an eight-month educational course offering an introduction to Jewish practices and ethics intended specifically for non-Jewish women raising Jewish children. Mothers Circle participant, Darryle Steinberg of Cranston, says of her [...]

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