March 14, 2006
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14 March 2006, Issue #005
CONTENTS
1. Hello from Shirley
2. Updates at Shirley's Preschool Activities
3. Opportunities for you
4. Tips
5. Quotes
6. Readiness Activities
7. Special Request - Feedback
1.Hello from Shirley
Hi
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This week my baby celebrated his first birthday and I reminisced about the day of his birth. Naturally, I can't believe that a year has passed so quickly and I remember how glad I was not to be pregnant anymore!
Toddlerhood beckons and soon we will say farewell to babyhood! C'est la vie!
(A note on gender - I am not a feminist or anti-male in any way, it is just easier to use only one pronoun instead of his/her ...and to me 'her' sounds more personal than the overused male pronoun!!)
2. Updates at Shirley's Preschool Activities
This week I have been learning all about marketing ebooks. I am planning to start selling my preschool manual ABC Fun & 1-2-3 as an ebook. It is exciting learning about the fantastic technology and services that are now available online. I am also investigating having hard copies printed and shipped on demand in the USA to save international postage costs. (I live in South Africa.)
3. Opportunities for you
Last week I told you how I have bought a comprehensive course, not just on how to build a website, but how to start an online business.
But what excites me even more, is that I believe that anyone who knows anything about anything - like a hobby, sport or other special interest can publish information about it on the Net and earn money from your site, WITHOUT even selling a product!
I am sure you wouldn’t say “No” to a little extra income each month…and you might be just the person to consider an exciting opportunity that I have just ventured into.
As I have said before,
- It is not another ‘get-rich-quick-scheme”
- It is not a network marketing business
- It is not a pyramid scheme either.
- It's not for anyone who is desperate for more money right now!
It is an opportunity for serious people who are prepared to initially invest a bit of time and effort into building what can become a continuous source of passive income. All you need to succeed is brains and motivation!
If you work for yourself, you know too well that there are only so many hours in a day that you can work and earn money and that is your ceiling. If you have a ‘good job’, it is only as secure as the company you work for: down-sizing, merges, sell-outs, affirmative action/Black Economic Empowerment here in South Africa, or disfavour with the boss could make you redundant! But with a web-based business, your site can earn you unlimited dollars while you are a$leep…and the world is your oyster.
Maybe doing something like this has never crossed your mind, or maybe you thought that you don’t have enough technical knowledge to do it, well my message is that it is great field of opportunity ( as in Proverbs 31) for the modern woman or for a man and I’d love to others succeed and also earn some extra ca$h each month.
I know that you probably need a bit more information and some time to think about this, so I’ll end with some useful links that will help you decide if this is for you or not. As I said, it took me two weeks to make up my mind!
Become a Work-at-Home-Mom like me!
Don't build JUST a website, build a website that WORKS!
4. Tips
Kids' art
After you have displayed the latest masterpiece on your fridge for a few weeks, what then? You could keep the best of your child's art in a plastic flip file or laminate some pictures and build up a set of original placemats or coasters. Perhaps the grandparents might appreciate them as gifts.
5. Quote
"When we forgive someone, it doesn't make them right or justify what they have done. It releases them into God's hands so He can deal with them. Forgiveness is actually the best revenge because it not only sets us free from the person we forgive, but it sets us free to move into all God has for us."
Stormie O'Martian, The Power of a Praying Wife
Preview on kalahari.net The Power of a Praying Woman
The author of The Power of a Praying Wife draws upon her knowledge of Scripture, personal struggles, and breakthroughs in prayer to provide reassuring guidance for women wanting more of God in their lives.
6. Readiness Activities
Copy and paste these activities into a new document, print and paste them where you will see them daily.
Mathematical skills – numerical conceptualizing
Ask your child to count one, two, three, four or five objects and hand them to you. Repeat this activity often as you go about your daily activities.
Language and thinking
Ask your child questions using the words who, what, where, why and how. Ask questions which will require her to think up her own answer which will neither be wrong or right, but test her general insight: Why do we need to eat food? How do you make a bowl of cereal? Why do people drive cars? Where do fish live?
Gross motor skills & language development – body awareness
Ask your child to touch and name the body parts that she uses
1. to smell (nose)
2. to feel (skin)
3. to taste (tongue)
4. to hear (ears)
5. to see (eyes)
If your child enjoys this game, continue naming body parts, even smaller parts like elbows, wrists, neck, ankles, palms, soles etc.
Visual perception
Let your child build any puzzles that you have that are appropriate for her age.
Faith building
Remind your child that when we pray, we are talking to the King of kings and Lord of lords, but also to a dear Friend who loves us very much. Be ready to answer questions about where He is and why we can’t see Him.
Fine motor skills – manual dexterity, eye-hand co-ordination
Allow your child to play with play dough or modeling clay. She should be able to roll it flat with a rolling pin and use cookie cutters. Also encourage her to shape it into long snake-like shapes as well as to roll it into small balls.
Playdough recipe
Playdough ingredients
3 cups flour
4 tablespoons salt
1 cup cold water
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon food colouring or powder paint
Method
Mix together all the ingredients and knead into a firm dough.
Store in an airtight container in the firdge when not in use, so that the dough can last for a few weeks.
7. Special Request
Feedback
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