A Special Holiday Card

This is the time of holiday cheer! I don't care if you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, it is a time to enjoy family, faith, and friends. Many of us send out holiday cards during this time. What if we got our children to make cards or sent one of our cards we usually send at this time to the wonderful people who have sacrificed so much for our country. When making out you list this year please include the following:

A Recovering American Soldier

c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center

6900 Georgia Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20307-5001

When sending out your holiday card, take the time to teach your child how to address an envelope, including return address, and stamp. It will become a good learning experience along with teaching them to reach out to others. Have a blessed holiday season and remember to try to be mindful of doing a "Random Act of Kindness", for the month of December.

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Random Act of Kindness: Day 3

December 3, 2009

Our School, The Academy For Academics & Arts, in Huntsville, Alabama, is putting on a large schoolwide production, Mr. Grumpy's Toy Shoppe. The children preschool-8Th grade including our special needs students participate in this wonderful musical. In all there are over 400 children in full costumes and makeup. Every teacher, administrator, and almost every parent make this happen for 10 sold-out shows. There is a small minority of students that are working backstage, lights, props, sound, and making sure the actors are onstage. These students don't get the recognition that some of the others students get. Today I saw one young man working backstage and thanked him for his hard work and dedication to his job. I told him what a difference he makes every performance and the show would not go on without his important contribution. I could see a change in his expression and huge smile on his face. I hope he realizes this show could not be without his professional contribution.

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Global Family

According to an article written by Melody Warnick, in the November 2009 "Ladies Home Journal", exploring the world with your family is fun and enlightening. Introducing your kids to different cultures teaches them to be open-minded about people's differences. Melody Warnick has some good ideas to help your family get started.

1. Eat different countries culinary dishes - pizza from Italy, pitas from Egypt, chicken curry from India and your kids will be inspired to widen their global eating experiences. You can get exotic cuisine at home: http://www.spatulatta.com/ , the online kids' cooking site.

2. Make a date to attend an international children's festival, where Croatian folk dancers, Japanese storyteller and Zimbabwean musicians can perform side by side; Pittsburgh, Seattle, Philadelphia and other cities host such art festivals annually. Or hunt in your newspaper for local cultural events.

3. Study a foreign language together, which has been shown to boost kids' performance on reading and math test. start small by writing foreign words for everyday objects on index cards and taping them around the house. Check out www.googlecom/translate to convert English into 42 languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Lithuanian.

4. Make a foreign friend. It is a digital world, but snail-mail pen pals are safer for kids- and getting a letter wit exotic stamps is an old-fashioned thrill. Try a reliable pen pal organization, like Student Letter Exchange, http://www.pen-pal.com/ , a U.S. based service that matches kids 8 and up with potential pals in other countries.

5. Meet your ancestors. It is fun to trace your family tree to its cross-cultural roots with a site like http://www.ancestry.com/ . You might just learn a thing or two about your heritage too.

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