Monthly Archives: September 2007

Winter Break

[ December 22, 2007 to January 6, 2008. ] ( no school )

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Positive Parenting

The Montessori Institute Northwest is hosting a Parent Education Series
“Positive Parenting: What You Can do as a Parent” presented by Ginni Sackett.
February 13, 20, 27, 2008 from 6:30-8:30pm. Come to one or all.
Visit their website for details or call 503.963.8992.

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Dangerous Things for Kids

Gever Tulley, founder of the “tinkerer school,” talks about 5 things you should let your kids do; that allowing kids to explore helps them become more self-reliant, confident and safer overall.
He persuasively argues that allowing your child the freedom to explore will help them learn bigger life lessons than ones “you can learn from Dora [...]

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Roger Ebert on the Golden Compass ( movie, not book ).

Roger Ebert loved the Golden Compass. He thought it was a great classic kids fantasy movie and that it would be a hit.
He was disappointed by the uproar about the movie, and how many people refused to watch it without even giving it a chance.
People are comparing it to Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of [...]

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Jessica Seinfeld and Deceptively Delicious

Get your kids to eat healthy by sneaking their vegetables into normally innocent-looking foods that they would normally eat without a complaint. For instance, steam and puree cauliflower into their mashed potatoes. Sounds yummy! You can even conceal broccoli in their chicken nuggets!
While I’d prefer to have the kids volunteer to eat their fruits and [...]

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PPS Celebration

Portland Public Schools is having a celebration highlighting more than 100 schools, their staff, students and programs! It’s Feb 2, from 1 to 5 PM and at the Expo Center.
Highlights include: Neighborhood school information and resources, student performances, enrollment, transfer information, the transition years and an art exhibition!

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Fareless Square Suggestion

Tri-Met is trying to figure out how to make fareless square work better. On one hand, some people would like to abolish the whole thing. On the other, Tri-Met seems to feel that Fareless Square encourages drug merchants to hang out downtown; all they have to do to relocate is hop a bus.
Fareless Square was [...]

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Tri-Met Changed Its Mind

Just a quick heads up; trimet has dropped its proposal to “turn off” fareless square at night. Stay tuned for more news.

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Martin Luther King Jr Day Holiday Commemoration

[ January 21, 2008; ]

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Keeping Your Kid Reading

When your kid’s in elementary school and they’re reading hundreds of books a month, you don’t think you need to worry about this. But you’re wrong.
Eighth graders are a lot more busy than fifth graders. More homework, more rehearsals, more time spent with their friends. And what loses out? Reading, of course. Part of [...]

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