Why Parents Matter

Tuesday black nosotros had our Quarterly Volunteer In-service Meeting hither at United Way of Utah County.  Our volunteers gathered together too nosotros had a wonderful presentation past times Lori Thorn, Principal at Polaris High School, an choice high schoolhouse for Alpine School District.  As an choice high schoolhouse Polaris struggles amongst graduation rates too attendance.  Most of their students come upwards from depression income families, accept hard dwelling identify lives, loathe schoolhouse and/or are immature mothers.  However, despite these challenges Polaris made a major overhaul terminal twelvemonth too redesigned the curriculum too changed the focus.  They took into concern human relationship all of the barriers their students aspect upwards too tried to remedy them every bit much every bit they could.  They created smaller classrooms, shorter shape periods, mini terms, incentives, etc. too because of their efforts things accept drastically improved.  They went from a 7% graduation charge per unit of measurement to a 60% graduation charge per unit of measurement inwards 3 years.

However, no thing how many improvements the schoolhouse is making, Lori said the unwrap i thing that contributes to students graduating is parental support.  Parental support!  She was basically shouting it from the roof tops that having parents at dwelling identify who assist their kids amongst homework, remain on move past times of their schoolhouse work, come upwards to raise instructor conferences, too participate inwards their child’s schooling inwards whatsoever agency is the biggest too most positive thing that tin resultant a student’s success inwards school.  Not alone does it touching on their schooling exactly it affects their futures.  Students amongst parental back upwards are to a greater extent than confident too tin encounter a futurity for themselves.  Lori shared how her students that accept the back upwards at dwelling identify excel too are motivated.  But she also shared many storied how students were then unopen or showed then much potential exactly because the back upwards wasn't at that spot they gave upwards or turned away.

So parents remember, the side past times side fourth dimension y'all are frustrated that your kid doesn't desire to create their homework or y'all experience that y'all don’t know how much skillful y'all are genuinely doing,  THEY NEED YOU!  Never laissez passer on upwards on your kids. Ever!

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To participate every bit a dwelling identify visitor volunteer to prepare families, or for playgroup curriculum too ideas contact us.

Guest Blogger: Traveling Amongst Kids

On my search for useful information, I own got come upwards across some actually smashing moms who tin offering a lot of fantastic advice. Here is our kickoff installment of invitee bloggers, featuring my sister, Stephanie Kreger. She is the mom of two of the cutest girls endure (I may endure biased) together with is expecting her three kid (a boy!) inwards slow November. She together with her hubby currently endure inwards Findlay, Ohio, together with she has some smashing advice on non exclusively traveling amongst children, only how to brand living far away from your identify unit of measurement to a greater extent than doable. Here are some of her tips!

Stephanie:

Having lived across the province from identify unit of measurement for the terminal five years, nosotros own got picked upwards a few “tricks of the trade” when it comes to traveling amongst children. Whether yesteryear plane or car, at that spot are some definite helpful hints nosotros own got learned, some the difficult way, that brand the sense significantly easier together with to a greater extent than enjoyable for everyone.

Our top five tips for traveling amongst children:

#1- Thankfully, our kids slumber wonderfully inwards the car. Because of this, nosotros endeavor to excogitation much of the route trip to accept identify spell they sleep.  We drive during naptime, together with my night-owl hubby drives slow into the black to brand for a much less “eventful” trip.  The reverse has proved to endure truthful for plane travel, however.  With the excitement of existence inwards an airplane, they rarely autumn asleep together with hence nosotros are left amongst cranky children inwards a confined, shared space.  In that case, I intend it’s prophylactic to nation that the other passengers prefer our children to endure good rested.

#2- H5N1 few days earlier our trip, nosotros similar to accept the kids to our local Dollar Store together with give them each $5 to pick out activities for the trip.  Dollar stores are smashing places for books, puzzles, glow sticks, together with coloring books. They know that every bit before long every bit nosotros exit the store, they won’t come across them over again until nosotros are buckled inwards together with on the route together with that gives them something to aspect frontwards to.  While they may own got these things sitting unopen to at home, the novelty of something novel together with unlike keeps their attending for much longer together with at Dollar Store prices, it’s completely worth it.

#3- For potty trained kids, when nosotros halt to acquire gas, at that spot is no selection only to become potty. For obvious reasons, if they don’t, it makes for a really long trip sum of halt afterwards stop.  As my ever hence eloquent hubby says, “Pee when you lot can, non when you lot own got to!”

#4- This seems hence obvious, only never underestimate the value of a adept lineament portable DVD player! This has saved us hence many times. In addition, an external battery is worth every penny together with volition give you lot hours to a greater extent than video time. We commonly permit each kid pick out a few movies together with depending on the movies chosen, headphones. That is, unless you lot bask Disney Princess Sing Alongs!

#5- After getting actually tired of earthworks for dropped crayons, I bought a minor suctioning basket, similar the ane establish here:

http://www.amazon.com/Suction-Storage-Basket-Kitchen-Sinks/dp/B00EUE2LC2/ref=sr_1_8?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1381973186&sr=1-8&keywords=suction+shower

We pose them on the windows adjacent to their seats together with it virtually completely eliminated the missing crayon searches!  The kickoff fourth dimension nosotros tried this, however, was during a 17 hr route trip inwards August.  I didn’t intend to accept the crayons out of the machine when nosotros arrived together with were left amongst a colorfully waxy mess! If you lot are similar me together with marathon sprint out of the machine every bit before long every bit it is parked, colored pencils powerfulness endure a improve route.

When nosotros combine all of these ideas, the trip ever goes hence much to a greater extent than smoothly together with nine times out of 10 nosotros are all soundless speaking when it’s over :)

Good luck together with prophylactic travels!

No To A Greater Extent Than Biting!

One of the biggest challenges that confront parents is biting.  Because 2 immature children are involved (and the mix of unlike household unit of measurement members) the impact tin travel a struggle.  As a daycare provider in addition to a woman bring upward I was faced amongst number of what to do.  Whether your kid is the biter or on the receiving terminate your mental attitude tin brand a deviation of how children react.  

It is of import to retrieve to NEVER seize amongst teeth the kid dorsum to demo how much it hurts.  This volition reinforce biting non halt the behavior; modeling unacceptable actions is non a skillful agency or prevention. 

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For the kid that is biting attempt out in addition to run across when the biting occurs, is the kid teething thus biting tin experience skillful on his/her gums, is the kid angry, tired, or fifty-fifty hungry?  Sometimes recognizing why the kid is biting gives y'all options of what to do.  
If the kid is teething, providing teething toys tin help.  
Give options to a kid such every bit y'all tin seize amongst teeth this chew toy but non Joe.  

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One quote that has helped me is “Come in addition to early on in addition to remain late” amongst a kid that is biting.  Staying unopen yesteryear to assist halt the biting may travel necessary every bit the kid learns novel ways to bargain amongst their feelings.  One of my darling grandchildren started biting when he was playing amongst friends in addition to household unit of measurement members.  His parents were embarrassed in addition to struggling amongst how to acquire him to halt biting everyone inwards sight.  He had a large smiling on his confront in addition to seemed to mean value biting was fun for everyone involved.  One nighttime at a eatery he in addition to a novel “friend” had been running some an empty room laughing in addition to having neat time.  Both sets of parents told the boys it was fourth dimension to go; Christian, my grandson, ran amongst his oral cavity broad opened upward create to seize amongst teeth his novel friend.  Luckily both grandmas were unopen yesteryear to preclude the injury.  My missy inwards police delineate was at her wits terminate of what to do.  Later that nighttime she was wrestling amongst Christian when the fun was most over I noticed she gave him a yoke of low-cal nibbles every bit a shape of affection.  Christian had been giving his bites out the same agency simply much harder.  We explained the Christian that he had superpower bites that made people proper substantive instead of making them happy.  Christian’s mom made a witting endeavor to starting fourth dimension kissing instead of the nibbling; likewise she gave Christian another options such every bit high fives or mitt bumps.  

Most children create grow out of biting, but if non those children may maintain to acquire to a greater extent than aggressive.  It is of import to await at the crusade in addition to and thus run across what solutions volition work.  Also retrieve my favorite phrase to “come early on in addition to remain late”.  

Resource Spotlight: Circles Initiative

There are many people hither inwards Utah County living inwards poverty.  And most people inwards poverty possess got a hard fourth dimension finding a agency out.  There tin plough over notice locomote a lot of reasons for that, locomote it chore loss, household unit of measurement situations, wellness problems, lack of didactics as well as many more.

Because of this difficulty Community Action sponsors a programme called the Circles Initiative which helps plough over families inwards poverty tools that they tin plough over notice role to interruption the poverty cycle.

Circles has 2 parts of their program.  First, participants accept a weekly clas,s for 12 weeks, where they are taught self-reliance, analytical thinking as well as work solving skills.  After they consummate the 12 calendar week course of written report participants are paired amongst an "Ally", who is an private from a dissimilar economical class, to construct friendships as well as assistance solve barriers that foreclose soul from overcoming poverty.

Circles is a groovy chance to larn almost the skills as well as resources necessary to overcome poverty as well as seat solutions to hard situations.

For to a greater extent than information, or to uncovering out if you lot qualify to participate inwards Circles, contact Jane Carlile at 801-691-5287 or Tisah Ockey at 801-691-5285.  Or catch their website.

Uplifting Families Parenting Conference

The First Lady of Utah, Jeanette Herbert, is bringing her annual conference to Utah County this month!  The “Uplift Families Parenting Conference” will live on held on Saturday, Oct 26^th at the Utah Valley Convention Center from 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm.  This volition live on a fantastic level for those who are single, married, a raise or a grandparent! 

The conference volition include international dinner as well as dessert stations amid booths as well as exhibits, addresses past times Governor as well as First Lady Herbert, inspirational presentations past times Richard as well as Linda Eyre, Republic of Chad Lewis, Stephanie Nielsen, Carmen Rasmussen Herbert as well as other renowned experts on issues that families face.  The toll is $25.00 per twosome of $15.00 for a unmarried ticket.  Seating volition live on express to 500.  The folks from Deseret Digital Media volition live on filming the presentations to continue the Uplift Families YouTube channel inwards 2014, as well as thus the attendees volition literally piece of employment a studio audience.

 Leading upward to this conference in that place volition live on a an Uplift Families Press Event at the Governor’s Mansion this Thursday October 10^th at 3:00pm. Utah’s First Lady Jeanette Herbert volition denote novel “Uplift Families” title, mission and vision as well as beak well-nigh the Uplift Families Parenting Conference, upcoming YouTube Channel as well as novel website features.

Don't missy out on this great opportunity to larn valuable parenting information! Click here to buy your tickets for the conference now!

Resources Spotlight: Kbyutv As Well As Women Inwards Philanthropy

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Royal Hello from Prince Midweek together with a BIG THANK YOU to Women inwards Philanthropy of Utah County!

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Thank You to Women inwards Philanthropy of Utah County for their generous back upward at an "In Her Shoes" luncheon they sponsored Midweek at the KBYU Broadcasting Building.  All proceeds volition become to purchase books for our Ready to Learn class!   We partner amongst KBYU’s Ready to Learn shape ane time a calendar month at the UCHD for the Ready to Learn Class. Anyone tin access the Ready to Learn Curriculum here.  

Diena Simmons shared amongst us how concealment time- tin hold out leveraged to assistance children acquire to read.  She explained that when parents together with caregivers are active participants inwards their child’s concealment time, they tin learn their children about bully skills!  Diena likewise shared many of the bully programs on the KBYU Eleven channel that promotes Every Day Learning inwards immature children. 

Parents who are engaged inwards their children's activities brand all the departure inwards children's learning!

Prince Midweek is featured on Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, a PBS Kids Show that airs weekdays together with Sundays that airs on KBYU Eleven.   Check out the website for about fun interactive play for immature kids!

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Book Review: Gramps In Addition To 1 Yesteryear Helen E. Buckley & Jan Ormerod

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This is a charming in addition to poetic mass almost the fourth dimension a granddad spends amongst his grandson.  Written inward the child's signal of view, the mass talks almost the busy in addition to fast paced public that he lives in.  However, amongst his granddad the man child tin accept all the fourth dimension he wants in addition to pass character fourth dimension amongst him.  This mass suggests the importance of spending fourth dimension amongst household unit of measurement in addition to letting children move children past times learning in addition to going on adventures.

Activity:  In the mass the man child in addition to and his granddad become on walks to explore the earth.  Take your petty 1 on a walk in addition to permit them play in addition to explore.  Talk to them almost what they are seeing in addition to how things run (how trees grow, expect at cloud shapes, etc.)  Let them sense the public start mitt in addition to permit them accept the fourth dimension to larn for themselves almost the things they are seeing.