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Embracing The Prep School Year

It is not unusual to be worried when your child heads off to school for their first year in Prep. I'm an older mum with only one child, so every experience my daughter has is a new experience for me too. She starts Prep this year, and I am both nervous and excited for her. I want to use this blog to help other mums whose children are either beginning Prep this year or in the coming years ahead. I will share tips for first day nerves, getting into the grove of schooling, and how to tackle relations with other children of this age group. It is going to be an exciting year of growth for us both.

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Marcia Wagner

Why Your Child Might Need High School Tutoring
As a parent, you want the best for your child, especially when it comes to their education. High school can be a challenging time for many students, with rigorous courses, difficult exams, and the pressure to get into college. As a result, some students may struggle with keeping up with their studies, and this can lead to bad grades, low self-esteem, and feelings of frustration and isolation. But there is a solution: high school tutoring.

Two Reasons Why Aqua Aerobics Classes Are So Popular
Are you curious about water aerobics? Here are a couple of reasons why aqua aerobics classes are so popular.  They allow people to get a full-body workout even if they have sore joints One reason why aqua aerobics classes are popular is that they enable those who take them to exercise their whole body, even if they have sore joints. People who, for example, are recovering from joint injuries, have arthritis or have developed age-related joint problems often find it hard to do full-body workouts, such as standard aerobics or dance classes, as the movements that they do during these classes can put a lot of strain on their joints and cause them pain.

Do you know how to choose a child care centre?
As a parent, you will want to be involved in the life of your child from the earliest stages. You will want to be present to guide them and help them with whatever challenges may enter their young lives. However, after a while, you won't necessarily be able to look after your child all day, every day. Often, you may need to work for at least part of the day, and unless you have unusually obliging relatives or friends, you must find a child care centre where your child can be left while you are working.

Why Funding a Dog Benefit for Children's Literacy Can Be Such a Great Use of Funds
If you are a giving and charitable person, you might always be looking for ways to give back to your community. If this is the case, then you might be looking for some type of benefit that you can assist with funding or hosting. One option is to look into dog benefits that are designed with children's literacy in mind. Basically, these events often involve children reading to dogs while they are learning how to read, and funding is needed to sponsor the dogs and to help cover the costs of the literacy program.

3 Reasons Your Corporation Should Consider Becoming a Literacy Charity Sponsor
As the member of the marketing team for your corporation, the idea of corporate sponsorship is nothing new. Depending on the size of your corporation, you may be faced with several opportunities to sponsor a charity throughout the year. These sponsorships can range from small charity auctions to full blown sponsorships for entire ongoing programs. This means choosing the right option that will help the program while bringing marketing to your corporation.

How Learning to Drive Will Help You Earn a Part-Time Wage While You're in School
If you've reached the legal driving age of 17 (or you're going to in the near future) and you want to earn a part-time wage while you're still at school, you should consider learning how to drive. From making employers look favourably on you to ensuring you can fit work around your school obligations, having a driver's licence can be a big help in making money. Here are just 3 ways it'll boost your potential income.

Why You're Never Too Old to Become a Truck Driver
If you think it's too late to become a trucker, think again. As long as you're in good health and your senses are functioning as normal, you're never too old to become a truck driver. Here are 4 reasons why truck driving can be a career that works even if you already have a family. You Can Choose a Local Job If your main concern is that driving a truck at your age would keep you away from your family and other obligations for long periods of time, there's no need to worry.

How to Prepare Your Energetic Toddler for Their School Years
For many parents of toddlers, the school years can seem so far away that they're not worth thinking about. However, if your little one is filled with boundless energy, you may already be worrying about how they're perform in school. After all, most school environments require children to be able to display calmness and discipline in the classroom. Thankfully, there are plenty of things you can start doing now to help your toddler with school readiness.

Understanding the Various Categories of Dangerous Goods
Today, there are many forms of transport. Road, rail, air and waterways provide the means people need to move from one place to another, together with any luggage that they would like to carry. Notably, the type of luggage varies in terms of the risk it poses to the people using that means of transport. This is where dangerous goods come. These are goods that expose people to significant danger when using certain means of transport.

Two steps you can take to help your child adjust to staying in a child care centre
If you have decided to use the services of a child care centre, here are some steps you can take to ensure that your child easily adjusts to being in this new environment. Make an effort to stay calm and positive when dropping them off If you have never left your child in the care of someone else for more than an hour or two, you might find yourself feeling anxious and emotional when the time comes to drop them off at the child care centre.

Roles of Attendants During Confined Space Work
People who are undergoing confined space training are told to always have an attendant (someone that stays outside the confined space as those within that space work) each time they have some work to do within a confined space, such as a silo or deep trench. That attendant takes care of the following. Monitors Atmospheric Conditions The attendant plays a vital role in ensuring that the atmospheric conditions don't change drastically to a level that will endanger those who are working within the confined space.