Date Night is an absolute must for me and my husband. I wanted to share with you a few looks to try and where you can get these looks! Check them out here:
Best Online Learning Math Tool For Children
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Studies have shown that children who do more math are better readers, writers, speakers and problem solvers. For me, math was my favorite subject and I truly believe the reason I’m such a quick learner and can really see how things happen quickly definitely in business is due to my math success. I was able to go all the way up to Calculus 1 in college and stopped there because that was actually quite hard even though I enjoyed it.
I’m excited to pass this passion down to my daughter. Elephant Learning Online Academy is a great resource for any parent that has children between the ages of 2-12. This program guarantees that your child will learn one year of math in three months if used for 30 minutes per week. It’s a virtual math tutor and even has an area for parents to track the progress for your child. This tool can be used by homeschooling parents or like myself, parents that want to enrich their schooling experience at home. I love how the simulations look like games and even address my daughter by her first name. She thinks its really cool and loves getting challenged. So how does it work?
Elephant Learning teaches math conceptually — it teaches the language behind the math, not just memorization. Elephant Learning guarantees a child will learn at least 1 year of math in 3 months, when using the math academy 30 minutes per week
-Elephant Learning Academy
We introduced this to Olivia just a few days ago and as a person that loves math (my husband does too), we can see how she will grasp these concepts at three years of age. Now, one of the first things she goes to on her iPad is this online academy. I’m sharing this with all my parent friends and my mom network on social media. I’m grateful to have had a great math teacher helping understand mathematical concepts in a way that I can understand and really enjoyed math throughout the years. One thing that I noticed is that this program stated that Preschool math scores predict overall subject scores into elementary school (not just math!)
Also, this program has taught me from their research that learning math and excelling in math can and will impact the other areas of your life for the better. I knew that it was impactful but this research and its studies go even further. I know that I want that for my daughter and many other parents want that for their children as well. I would not recommend a program that I can’t use myself. To learn more check it out at: ElephantLearning.com You won’t regret it. I almost forgot to mention that they even have scholarship available for families and waivers, open houses and homecoming.
10 Steps to a Better Organized Home
Thirty years ago, the average home was much smaller, with little to no clutter. Today, homes are twice the size, and with our growing desire for “stuff”, the usable space is less than previous generations. This makes keeping living spaces organized a continuing and difficult task.
By following a few simple tips, even the most cluttered homes can look organized and more attractive.
1. Look for the focus of clutter in each room and make a list of the areas needing work. Marking items off your list when done is a gratifying feeling.
2. Include as many small, less than 30 minutes, projects as possible. Scattering these mini tasks among the large projects makes organizing less overwhelming. Don’t set impossible time frames for the bigger jobs; you do more by setting reasonable goals.
3. Make a household storage plan starting with assessing what you have. Walk the house, looking for possible storage areas, then decides what needs stored and what fits that storage area best.
4. Never stack dishes in the sink. A full sink makes the entire room look messy and unorganized, even if the counters are spotless.
5. For more under the bed storage, set your bed on bed risers. This is a great place to store winter sweaters, extra bedding, or gift wrap.
6. Shoe boxes and bank check boxes make good drawer organizers. These sturdy boxes work for storing smaller items like makeup, sewing supplies, hair clips, and many other items you normally toss in the drawer.
7. Tired of instruction manuals getting lost? Store in three-ring binders and place on bookshelves or closet shelves for easy access.
8. For optimizing closet storage, hang a 3 tiered wire kitchen basket in an empty corner. This is good for storing scarves, belts, and socks.
9. Store bagged and boxed food like rice, pasta, and oatmeal in stacking glass containers. This not only saves space, but makes cooking ingredients visible for quick use.
10. Add floor-to-ceiling shelves to light traffic halls space. This is great for storing books, DVDs, or cooking bowls, freeing up valuable space in other high traffic areas of the house.
Fashion Looks By Femme Luxe
Whether you want to an outfit to have lunch with your girl friends of a quick date night with your man, Femme Luxe has many different options for you to chose from! Items pictured above are the Mauve Satin Long Sleeve Shrill Waist Top & Mid-Wash Ripped Jeans
Option 2! The blue accents go well with this orange option. Mustard Ribbed Belted Co-Ord
5 Tips To Prepare Your Home For A Newborn Baby
#1 : Organize a space in your bedroom just for the baby. You will need all the essential close to your bed so you won’t have to walk to far. Trust me when I say, people don’t share enough on the recovery part of pregnancy. You can barely walk right after delivering so make sure everything is close by in an organized way. We used a bassinet with a small organizer nearby.
#2: Make sure all your breast-feeding or formula feeding needs are somewhere close! Not only will you not get much sleep the REASON for that is because your baby will fed A TON in the beginning. So keep your nipple creams, formula, a few bottles, breastpads, etc all close by.
#3: Get Your Home Deep Cleaned Before The Baby Comes! This will help make sure all those little germs are out because babies are super sensitive to everything, even though breastmilk is liquid gold, babies can still get the snuffles.
#4: Purchase a NATURAL air purifier! Don’t worry about those big bulky air purifiers! Get one that is natural and throw out the odor eliminating sprays. I found BISOU NATURAL and these are super cute. They look like this:
How cute are these?! Just put them around your home and they remove odor AND purify the air! Check them HERE! I highly recommend these!
#5: Take a moment AWAY from your baby every now and then. Get some ice cream or read a book. Trust me, you need it. Motherhood can be all consuming but you MUST have some alone time for yourself. Yes..even this is preparing your home. Have great one and again CONGRATULATIONS!!