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Helping others…

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Wow…it’s been a while since I’ve had a post, but I have been a busy bee!  I’m always trying to help out others, it’s something that I feel is very important to teach my children.  I’ve been working with a friend of mine to host a benefit “Elvis” concert.  It is this Saturday. We’ve been on the phone and running around picking up door prizes and stuff for the silent auction.  I even have Lindsey hard at work making something for the silent auction! Crafting for a cause! I’m also organizing a fundraiser for a woman in our area who is dying of cancer. She is 25 and has 3 young children.  Her story broke my heart. They don’t have enough money for her burial and no money set aside for the kids. I’ve been contacting everyone I know to help with this fundraiser.

So that’s just an update on my crazy life…I know it has nothing to do with kids crafts, but I didn’t want you guys to think I had forgotten about you. I will be back to posting daily after Saturday!

Look around your area, I’m sure there is someone in need. Use your crafting skills to help them out. You never know, it just might be something that can put a smile on their face and warm their heart.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]