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1 Min Read February 23, 2012 2 Replies

Activity: Counting to 100 using pennies and craft paper

Activities and Crafts

As part of 100 days of school and Kindness Week, my son’s class was asked to count out 100 pennies to bring for donation to a local foundation.  I LOVE this idea.  Not only is it a great way to be kind, but it was a chance for us to talk about numbers and counting.

First, I set out craft paper on the dining table.  The kids started by drawing on it and having fun with it.


Then, I drew 10 circles and marked x10 in each.

My son was tasked with counting out 10 pennies at a time and putting them in a circle.

Once he completed all the circles, we talked about counting by 10s, how many pennies there were in total and so on.  He seemed to really enjoy it!

Add on: While he was doing that, my daughter was counting (trying) nickels into 5 circles marked x4 in each. When everyone’s money was sorted, we talked about which pile (the 10×10 pennies or the 5×4 nickels) had more value.  My son picked the pennies (there are more pennies afterall!) but then we talked about how many pennies are in a nickel etc.

It was a great activity! When it was all done, he had a bag of pennies for donation.

3 Min Read February 17, 2012 No Reply

This and That: Kindness Launches, Bloggy updates, my role with momstown

Blogging

I will admit, I think the weeks are flying by.  Despite each of the kids each having a cold (one worse than the other) for a weekend in February and myself run down (but better now!) there is nothing ‘slow’ about February.

It’s mostly been filled with family fun in truth.  The kids and I are spending time at gymnastics, play dates, and museums and I think all of us sense that spring is in the air and are itching to go go go.

When I can sit to write and chat online there’s a lot of exciting happening there as well.

I’m the Brand Ambassador for momstown ottawa which is looking for someone to become an entrepreneur with them in this area.  More to come on that, but I love what momstown stands for and what they do so it’s a wonderful position to have.  Check them out on Facebook and Twitter in the meantime and I’ll chat more about it here soon.

Kindness Week launches today (February 17-24) and I’m blogging on their site over the next week about kindness as I have done for the past couple of years.  I truly believe that the kind spirit should take place year round, but this week is a perfect way to highlight how fantastic this city is and most importantly how wonderful the people are.

I have two giveaways coming up this weekend – one from Future Shop and one from the Ottawa 67s so stay tuned for those! (The best way is to sign up to this blog by email – wink wink)

In January, our first Mind Her Business workshop took place that Amanda Degrace, Gwen Leron and myself co-organized.  I think it was a huge success and most importantly it really helped me set some goals and plans while there.  We hope to continue with some events which I usually post on my Facebook page.

Plus, you may have been reading about my advertisers? Can I just say how awesome they are? It may help that I’m also a customer for most of them (some before they were advertisers!) but really, having the ability to work with such businesses is a pleasure and if you get a chance, check them out. They are worth it!

I’m also working on a few other things but it’s all a little hush hush right now but over the next couple of months more will be shaking.

Meanwhile, I continue to write about a little bit of everything on this blog, where my true writing heart lies.  When I think about writing about kindness, and kid activities, and house renos, and television – I realize that I am really writing about the life of a mom aren’t I? There’s no rhyme or reason, no one topic that we focus on.  Just a little bit of everything.  And I like that 😉

Wishing you a kind week!!

2 Min Read January 23, 2012 2 Replies

Kindness Week in Ottawa

Around Ottawa

I am really excited to have been asked back as the United Way’s Kindness Week blogger again this year.  This will be my third year writing about kind acts during Kindness Week.  This year, Kindness Week is between February 17 and 24 focusing on themes like “Give”, “Volunteer”, “Say Thanks”, “Celebrate Kindness” and “Pay it Forward”.  It’s a chance to highlight the good in our community, people helping neighbours and focus on something positive.   And yes, there are many different ways you can get involved.

This initiative is now in its fifth year and is intended to get us thinking about how we can be kind in our every day lives and ACTING on those moments to be kind.  How we can teach kindness to our children, the impact eventh the smallest of acts may have and the message to be kind year round is an important one.

You’ll be reading and hearing about Kindness Week much more over the next few weeks leading to February 17 and then of my blog posts will be up on the Kind Ottawa Website.

Looking to get involved? Want more information? Just want to support the campaign? You can start now!

Follow the Facebook Page (facebook.com/kindottawa) for great up to date information and inspiring links and stories.   The Facebook page also has an event calendar to keep up to date with kind events (and you can request to add yours!)

And non-Ottawa readers, it’s still a great page to like with many links and stories being shared (not just from Ottawa!).

Check out the Kind Ottawa website for ideas on how to be kind (hint: small gestures really make a difference!) and to learn more about the initiative.

Follow Kind Ottawa on Twitter (@kindottawa) and when you see a kind act, or RT one, add the #kindottawa hashtag so it can be shared!

Ottawa should be proud  to be focusing on kindness in such a special way. Let’s work together to make sure kindness happens year round too!

Stay tuned for more – and get ready to be challenged to think about what kind act you can do.

Do you have a kind act happening at your work? In your home? At the school? Feel free to share it! We love hearing about wonderful stories that bring people together to help others.

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