Trending Today on Twitter – 6/21/19 1. #SummerSolstice 2. #FirstDayofSummer 3. #FridayFeeling 4. #NationalSelfieDay 5. #AllNightOutNow 6. Happy Solstice 7. Fly Me To The Moon 8. Lucci 9. Namgi 10. Happy 1st Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 6/21/19 1. Alex Morgan 2. Shawn Mendes 3. Solisticio de verano 4. NBA Draft 5. Toy…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry shows a dramatic increase in the number of Ontario teens who presented to an emergency department for self-harm between 2009 and 2017. For the study, a team from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario…
United but Different Give your kids choices at dinner to teach about unity. Give a couple of choices for each “course” (appetizer, main course, vegetables, drink, and dessert) and invite each family member to pick what they would like. (Expect lots of different opinions!) If you don’t want to do this for a meal, choose…
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*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. A new study adds to the growing evidence that students experience several benefits from later school start times. The findings reveal that, after a Colorado school district changed to later start times, students in middle and high school got more sleep at night, were…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Montreal Gazette. A study of Quebec children has found a link between consistent participation in organized sports in childhood and better emotional health once the child reaches the age of 12. Organized sports are activities that are supervised by a coach, whether it be a…
“My dad and mom gave me two Christmas gifts that prove they do not get me” declared this young lady who was obviously bewildered by her parents. I could not hide my amazement and blurted out, “Oh wow! What did you do?” As she explained, this college student talked about her daily Bible reading and…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. Around age 9, many children stop engaging in physical activity just for the fun of it, according to a new Swiss study published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, followed 1,200 Geneva students ages…
Grace for a Purpose Items Needed: assortment of objects (kitchen utensils, bathroom utensils such as toothbrush or washcloth, household items such as broom or dustpan, etc.) Lay all the items on a table and invite the kids to sort them into categories. Ask them to explain why they chose certain categories. One way to sort…
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