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	<title>Magicalms.com ~ Magical Moments</title>
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	<description>By Donna Mavrides</description>
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		<title>Family Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was listening to a group of young women discuss the intensity of both their own and their children’s lives. As I was listening, I was reflecting back to when my own kids were young. I remember the chaos of those years and thus, was able to empathize with these women’s busy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=354</link>
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		<title>Books by Author Donna Mavrides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Instead of my typical weekly blog that involves strategies, ideas, and suggestions for parents and educator, I have decided to share the themes and goals of my children’s books with you.  The common thread throughout each of the stories is my commitment to help our children to become more self confident, to instill a love [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=351</link>
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		<title>Open Communications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening lines of communication between your children and yourself is a process that requires patience, diligence, acceptance, self awareness, dedication, and perseverance.  If our goal is to establish and to maintain honesty with our kids, then, we must listen without interrupting, listen without judging, and listen without prejudice. After hearing what your child has to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=349</link>
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		<title>Let’s Get Ready: Who will they find first the missing dog or the missing child? by Guest Blogger, Stacey Kannenberg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video is from CBS and HerInsight’s Own Jill Starishevsky.  A New York City District Attorney who is on a mission to give us tools to help our kids stay safe.  Please share this video with every parent!! Jill also is the author of another must have, My Body Belongs To Me, a book to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=346</link>
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		<title>A New School Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that summer is ending, many of us are thinking about the upcoming school year and how to create an atmosphere of success for our children. Regardless of age, a blank notebook, a fresh backpack, new pencils, pens, markers, and/or crayons should be joyful and yet, for many children, it elicits feelings of insecurity and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=344</link>
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		<title>Last Week of School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last week of school deserves special planning and sensitivity so that children experience both closure and an understanding of where and what they will be doing after their last day of school.  Even if it requires phone calls to each child’s home, it is necessary for the teacher to be as informed as possible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=339</link>
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		<title>10 Secrets Every Parent Needs to Know about Saying No by Dr. Laura Markham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Dr. Laura – I&#8217;m not one of those &#8216;Count to 3 and They Jump&#8217; parents.  I was raised that way and it always seems to involve threats and harshness. But I do want my kids to listen to me, and to take No for an answer.  For instance, when I say &#8216;It&#8217;s time to clean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=335</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Margaret the Magnificant&#8221; for Summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Margaret the Magnificent&#8221; is a heartwarming story to read at any time, but, especially relevant when children are embarking on new experiences like summer camp, moving to a new house, changing classrooms, teachers, and/or schools.  Margaret is an enormous, shaggy, black and white sheepdog who possesses magical powers.  She not only barks like a typical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=332</link>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In anticipation of Mother’s Day, it is important for the teacher to be cognizant of those children who are not living with their mom, those whose mother has died, those who have two moms, as well as the child who has both a step and a biological mother  and of course, the child who lives [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=330</link>
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		<title>How&#8217;s Your Calendar?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is your calendar marked with appointments, birthdays, holidays, and due dates?  Are your classroom themes based on seasons and on special events? If you are like me, the answer to both of these questions is YES.  Basing your teaching around the calendar is apropos; if you make certain that both you and your kids remain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://magicalms.com/blog/?p=326</link>
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