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Website Spotlight: Wee Lions

Motherhood Moments

Parents receive support and guidance through blog posts, actionable tips, and webinars that address finding the right time to learn, asking questions, or getting their children motivated to read.

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Parenting Pointers: Gaming and Cyberbullying

Motherhood Moments

It’s important for them to understand that gaming can and should be a wonderful experience, but much like the outside world, there are predators with ulterior motives, and kids and their families need to take all necessary precautions to protect themselves. What are some strategies families can use to minimize the effects of harassment?

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Two abandoned-house nightstand rehabs

The Frugal Girl

I didn’t have a pressing need for it, so I really could not find the motivation to do something with it. So I am content. The other nightstand sat in my carport for almost a whole year before I finally decided to redo it. Unsurprisingly, a year in the semi-outdoors had not improved the nightstand much.

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Spark Activity Tracker $29.95 Amazon

For the Mommas

The Spark is an all-day activity tracker that motivates you to stay active throughout the day. It is the only activity tracker that fully integrates with the FREE tracking tools, healthy living content and supportive community on SparkPeople.com, America’s largest online weight-loss and fitness community.

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Sesame Workshop partners with Success for All Foundation

Nicoles Nickels

Beginning this month, they will team up to provide curriculum-based Sesame Street content to preschool children and their families in Success for All schools. The Home Links and preschool elements of the formative research and content testing effort will be piloted in schools and homes across the U.S. during the 2013-14 school year.

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Anatomy of the Financially Savvy Brain- Part 4

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It is also responsible for processing concepts of motivation and reward. When this happens, we become motivated to act; thinking and learning are enhanced. Conversely, negative emotional states, such as anger and sadness, have been shown to have a negative impact on learning and motivation.

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4 Simple Productivity Hacks That Actually Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the case of the report, you might break it down to micro-tasks, like “write the executive summary”, or “create the table of contents”. When you finish them, they will provide a “small win”, which is very motivating to keep going. These are bite-sized chunks that you can do right away and aren’t too daunting.

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