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Gifted Parenting - Parenting a Gifted Child

Chronicling my journey as the mother of a gifted child.

This is so cute! Send your child a special message from Santa through PNP (Personal North Pole). This website lets you customize the message by adding personal info about your child. Don't worry, the questions are more general in nature and not specific. You can also upload a photo of your child to further personalize the message. All of these info will be incorporated into a video message from Santa. The video will then be immediately accessible on the website and it will also be sent to your email. I made one for my daughter and I'm waiting 'til Christmas Eve to show it to her, I'm pretty sure she'll be thrilled.

Go make one for your child on the PNP website.

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Educational Website of the Week - Learn to Play Chess

December 2nd 2009 07:09

I've always wanted to learn how to play chess but it just seems so complicated. For those of you who want to become good chess players or if you have a child who's showing potential of becoming a chess master someday, visit ChessKids.Com. This website offers free online courses on the game of chess.

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This Week's Educational Websites - Thanksgiving Resources

November 25th 2009 15:40

Happy Thanksgiving. This week Id like to highlight several websites that offers free, educational Thanksgiving resources online:

Elasmosaur Mathemamtics- Math worksheets

The Toymaker - Decorative Thanksgiving arts & crafts printables

The First Thanksgiving - From Scholastic, virtual field trip on board the Mayflower

New York Public Library - Recommended Thanksgiving reading list

Science Classroom.Com - Has various Thanksgiving-related links

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This Week's Time Waster - Sand Art

November 17th 2009 14:45

I chanced upon this really nice website that allows you to create sand art online. Design as you please, choose colors and then upload it to the gallery so others can see your creation. Visit thisissand.com and start creating. You can view the sand art I created here.

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Educational Website of the Week - Teach with Movies

November 10th 2009 09:27

Teachers and parents will find this website valuable in teaching a myriad of subjects using a tool that kids will find engaging - movies. That's right, Teach with Movies provides learning guides to 300 movies. These learning guides includes the description of each movie, its benefits, discussion questions, suggested assignments, activities and more. Check out Teach with Movies to find out more.

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Educational Website of the Week - SmartyCard

November 5th 2009 01:14

SmartyCard is a safe, educational and fun-filled website that will keep kids in 2nd to 6th grades entertained while learning. The site offers free account sign-up, but if you want to experience in full what SmartyCard has to offer, you should sign-up for paid membership. The cost of membership is $6.95 per month, but every time your kids use the site and play games, they get reward points. These points may be exchanged for toys, games and even Club Penguin memberships. Interested? Check out SmartyCard now.

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Singing My Way Back to Blogging

October 29th 2009 13:32

I've been away for a few weeks to attend to some personal matters, but now I'm back. Anybody miss me

Let me go back to blogging by sharing with you an awesome website called SingSnap. If you like singing, you will absolutely love SingSnap. On the website you will find hundreds of songs from various artists covering a variety of genres. All the songs are in minus-one or karaoke version, and you can sing to it, record your performance and choose to share it or keep it private. You can also capture your performance on your webcam. Of course you need to sign-up to gain access and you need to be a paid subscriber in order to access all its features. However, the free version isn't so bad. The only problem I had is that most of the time my recordings becomes out of sync.
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Preparing for Natural Disasters

October 1st 2009 20:13

Although even the latest gadgets and equipment cannot accurately predict when, where or how destructive a natural disaster will be, we can still try our best to prepare for such calamities. I've listed several natural disasters and linked them to helpful websites on disaster preparedness. Stay safe!

Earthquakes
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How Do You Really Feel About Your Family?

August 25th 2009 14:31

You Feel at Peace With Your Family
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Kid-friendly Firefox Add-ons

August 7th 2009 13:49

Since school is starting soon and my daughter will no doubt be spending time online doing research for assignments and reports, I've been looking for Firefox add-ons that are kid-friendly. Here are some add-ons that I find promising:

KidZui 0.7 - turns Firefox into a kid-safe environment
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Assess Your Health Symptoms Online

July 23rd 2009 12:55

A great tool you can use online to assess any health symptoms you may be having is WebMD's Symptom Checker. This helpful tool allows you to choose the parts of your body that may be causing you discomfort and then select specific symptoms you are experiencing. The tool then gives you a list of possible health problems or risks associated with your symptoms. I put this tool to the test and it did pull-out two health conditions that I have.

Of course, this is just a starting point and you do need to consult your doctor for further tests and advice. You can access the Symptom Checker here.

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The Ultimate Friends Quiz

July 16th 2009 18:35

If you're also a fan of Friends, the hit TV show that aired on NBC for 10 years, take this quiz to see how well you know the show.

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Bored? Take A Random Quiz

July 8th 2009 15:31

Your Gift is Sensitivity
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Free Softwares

June 4th 2009 15:27

There's a website called Planet CDROM that offers different types of softwares mostly for free. However, you pay shipping & handling and they only ship to U.S. addresses. Their softwares are available for Windows and Mac and covers a variety of topics; from education to business.

Some of the titles on my wishlist are:
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