Ensure Your Child's Teacher is a Good Fit!!

This post brought to you by Kidzmet. All opinions are 100% mine.

It's the time of year when school administrations across the country are planning class mixes for the 2011-2012 school year. Since your elementary aged child will spend almost all day every weekday with their core teacher, it's *critical* to make sure your child's teacher is a good fit for their personality type (not to mention aware of his or her cognitive style).

By creating a Pairing Portrait for each of your kids on Kidzmet and emailing it to your principal and/or guidance counselor, you will be providing them with a detailed snapshot of your child's
* personality type,
* cognitive style,
* multiple intelligence strengths, and
* recommended teaching approach
...so that they can use the information to select the best possible class for him/her during the 2011-12 school year.

Completing your child's Pairing Portrait on Kidzmet is FREE for parents and takes only 10 minutes per child to complete. Isn't making sure your child is placed with the most compatible teacher (and class) for the next school year worth ten minutes of your time?

To see a copy of a sample Kidzmet Pairing Portrait, click here:
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Save Money on Formula with Bright Beginnings

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PBM Products for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I always planned on breast feeding when my baby was born and I was lucky enough to be successful at it with the help of a nursing consultant and lots of trial and error. Breast milk is by far the the best nutritional option for babies.....but, there are those of us for which breast feeding is not an option. This can be really disappointing, I am sure. So, finding a healthy supplement for breast milk that gives your baby the best that you can do is high on the list of priorities for a parent.

Bright Beginnings Formula is a inexpensive option for parents looking to supplement breast milk with a formula on a tight budget without cutting corners in quality. Bright Beginnings is nutritionally comparable to Similac and Enfamil and has a much lower price tag. This image below illustrates the difference between Bright Beginnings Organic Formula and Similac Organic.

 

Choose a formula from the menus below, and let us calculate the savings.

Bright Beginnings Formula: -- please select a formula --Bright Beginnings PremiumBright Beginnings Gentle®Bright Beginnings SoyBright Beginnings Organic   (or) National Brand Formula: -- please select a formula --Enfamil® Premium™ LIPIL®Enfamil® Gentlease® LIPIL®Similac® Isomil® Advance®Enfamil® ProSobee® LIPIL®Similac® Organic

Bright Beginnings Organic $20.99 per can* Similac® Organic $25.88 per can* Savings per day ** ....... $.65 Savings per month ** ... $19.51 Savings per year ** ...... $237.36

* Prices based on August 2010 price survey of Bright Beginnings infant formulas.    Actual prices and savings may vary by store location and product. ** Based on a feeding schedule of four 6 oz. bottles per day.

A savings of $237.36 per year?? That is pretty incredible. Now, Bright Beginnings contains all the same ingredients as the higher priced options, AND is compliant with the FDA and the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Why spend more when you can get the same quality for less??

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A Marvelous Mess #10

Happy Easter folks!! I hope your hearts are full with love from time with family (and your bellies aren't too full from all the candy!!). 

Happy Easter!!!!

A Marvelous Mess #9 Features!!!!

Sorry for the delay on the features.....we just got back from our beachy vacation (I'll be posting about it soon!!) and our trip home ended up being much longer than intended thanks to plane maintenance.  But, I won't complain.....especially because I appreciate that the big hunks of metal that somehow FLY ME THROUGH THE AIR be maintained. Very WELL maintained.  :-) Maintenance it a good thing in my book. 

Okay, enough of that....onto some of my favorites of the week:

An adorable Vinatge Sheet Bunting from Ellen at Creative Passage.

T-Shirt Yarn from Show Tell Share. What a great "Green" project!!! 

 A really sweet Mossy Wreath from Home Road. I love this look....such a deep dark green. 

And the project I'm going to feature on my side bar this week: 

Pastel Pushups from A Big Story. I have never seen these before....how totally funky and fun for a springy/easter-y party!!

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Free Recycling Craft E-Book

       In honor of Earth Day I wanted to share a really great E-Book I found on Fave Crafts called                    42 Ways to Recycle

 There are some really fantastic ideas here. For instance, recycled belts-leather bracelets:

Yogurt container vases:

And, plenty of holiday/seasonal ideas including this little bunny basket:

The whole book is divided up by materials.....making it a really handy way to make something new out of your recycling!! Download this book and I promise you'll be inspired!!

Wax Egg Suncatchers For Easter

(Don't forget to link your projects up to my Marvelous Mess party....each week I'll pick one project to feature on my sidebar!!)

I meant to get this post out earlier but I have been on vacation for a week and lost track of time (that's a good thing). :-) I'm working along a "wax theme" here....did you happen to see my solid Wax Eggs?? These eggs are really fun and easy, but because of the stove and hot wax this is definitely not a craft for younger kiddos...and even for older kids there should be supervision.

To make these you'll need:

Tin Foil

Small Pot

Paraffin Wax

Broken Crayon Pieces

Thread

Knitting Needle

~Put a single large layer of tinfoil down in the pot and shape it into a pot shape so that it will hold the melting wax without spilling into the pot. 

~Turn the oven on VERY LOW and add a block of wax to it.  Keep a VERY CLOSE eye on it....this is a project for Adults not Children, especially because melted wax can catch fire quickly.

~Add a piece of crayon to it to change the color if you like....a little stirring when the wax is completely melted should blend them together nicely.

~While it is melting, shape another couple of pieces of tinfoil into egg shaped bowls of different sizes so you can pour the wax into it. 

~ Very delicately pour the melted wax into the tinfoil shapes, adding small different colored pieces of broken crayon if you want spotted eggs (like the one above). I also tried melting the tips of a whole crayon and making spots on the egg shapes once they've cooled......but I think I like the crayon pieces trick better. 

~Once they've cooled, use a yarn needle to make a hole in the tip of the egg (not too close to the edge or it will crack) and thread some string through it.  Tie a knot to the end of the string and you can slide it right onto you curtain rods!!

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