Operation Overload: Are My Children Too Busy?
Operation Overload: Are My Children Too Busy?
Monday: Soccer practice, Cub Scouts and dance class
Tuesday: French lessons, drama club and field hockey practice
Wednesday: Soccer practice, church youth group and a dance recital
Thursday: Is it the weekend yet?
If this sounds familiar, you are as overscheduled as the rest of us. You
might have also noticed signs that your children are too busy, including the
INTERNET SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS AND KIDS
The Internet can be a wonderful resource for students. It can
also be a dangerous place. Keeping your children safe has always
been your top priority. Continue reading to see how you can keep
them safe online as well.
Place the computer in a high traffic area, like the kitchen or
family room, not in the child's bedroom.
Monitor your child's Internet use consistently. This is not a
violation of your child's privacy; this is a parental
responsibility to keep your child safe.
Install blocking or filtering software to ensure your children
don't venture into areas they shouldn't.
Remind your children to tell a trusted adult if they see
something that makes them feel frightened, uncomfortable, or
perplexed.
If you suspect your child is being stalked online or sexually
exploited, report it to your local law enforcement agency
immediately.
If your child belongs to social networking sites like MySpace or
Facebook, look closely at the information they have posted in
their member profiles, including photos and videos.
Explain to your kids that they should never give out personal
information, including their name, age, address, phone number,
name and address of the school they attend, their parents' names,
or their teachers' names.
Check your credit card statements each month for unusual charges
that may indicate that a stranger or your child is making
unauthorized purchases.
Find out what computer safeguards are used in your child's
school, the public library, and most important, at their friends'
homes.
Remind your children to:
Never open emails from someone they don�t know
Never download pictures from an unknown source
Never upload their photos or videos
Never create online profiles
Never respond to a rude or offensive email, instant message or
posting
Never meet anyone online without their parents present
SchoolSpecialtyPublishing.com
Parents and Teachers as Partners
http://www.crayola.com/parents/parentsteachers/
Should school days be more?
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/Columns/?Article=moreschoolmain
Crayola.com
http://crayola.com
Backpack Safety and Other Tips
http://backpacksafe.com/topic.asp?pid=1
Carving Giant Pumpkins for Halloween. Really amazing!
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=F19ACD0E-8543-4682-9B50-D2D71038ACB1,B8C3B4DF-E6E5-45ED-B086-6420171646B7,C265CA3E-DCD3-4053-9EAC-EF6C2D014C16,87F538EB-8820-4720-83E0-78707DE11D88&t=c82&f=06/64&p>1=8618
Kinderstart for children 0-7 (but I wouldn't stop at 7!) Some of
the topics:
Adoption Resources
Health Information Health / Medical / Dental
Animal Friends
Learning Activities & Crafts
The Arts. Arts & Entertainment
Legal and Financial
Bringing Home Baby
Pregnancy Information Pregnancy / Birth
Child Development
Shopping
Education / Daycare / Childcare
Society / Culture / Environment
Family Dynamics
Sports & Exercise
Food & Nutrition
http://kinderstart.com
The National Network of Partnership Schools
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000
Family Friendly Schools
http://www.familyfriendlyschools.com
Parent-Teacher Conferences
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/parent/parent-tchr1.cfm
Parental Involvement Made Easy
http://www.education-world.com/acurr/curr030.shtml
Helping Children Succeed in School
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/succeed/03-stress.html
Project Apple Seed
http://www.projectappleseed.org/aboutappleseed.html
Getting Parents Involved
http://www.gettingparentsinvolved.com
School Family Nights
http://www.ptotoday.com/sfn/index2.html
Reading Approaches for Parents
http://www.silverinkpublishing.com
Preventing Bullying to creat a safe learning environment
http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
Godly Discussions Forum (Bible/Religion/Lord of the Rings
discussion board)
Godly Discussions
Online Math Games
Online Math Games
King's List of Online Math Activities
King's List of Online Math Activities
A really fun math site
Fun Math Site
Math Games
Game Aquarium
Java Math Games
Java Math Games
Mathematical Interactivities - Puzzles, Games and other Online
Educational
Resources
Mathematical Interactivities
Addition, sums 10 to 18
Addition: Sums to 18
TicTacToe
Tic Tac Toe
Want to improve your mathematics? Try these pages.
KidPort
Math Games
The Little Animals Activity Center
Spider Solitaire
Math Man
Turtle Pool Shape Sudoku
Golf Solitaire Make 24
Pyramid Solitaire Brave Kid Solitaire
Moon Cakes Tritris
Evan Almighty Arketris Sudoku
Tower of Hanoi Arithmetic Game
Quick Math Fishy Count
Coin Weighing Space Station
LAFFY TAFFYtris Four Piece Tangram
Da' Numba Math Search
Carnival Jackpot Extreme Edition
Carnival Jackpot
Mini Golf
Primary Games
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Addition
http://oswego.org/oscd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html
Writing Through the Summer: 9 Ways to Keep Your Child's Brain
Focused (K-5)
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elementary/default.aspx?article=summerbrainboosters
National Center for Bullying Prevention/Pacer children with
disabilities
http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.asp
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp
Mr. Bush