Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Oct 13, 2010, 11:48 am
I know many of you have heard about all the recent tragedies that have involved so many young people around the nation lately. I am talking about the suicides and attacks that have been besieging children and young adults brought on by bullying. Each report I hear about has made my heart sink furthe...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Sep 27, 2010, 1:32 pm
Whoever said “you can’t teach an old dog a new trick” had it all wrong in my book. The truth of the matter is the dog can be taught, if the dog is willing to learn. Around here hubby and I have a motto, “Any day of Learning is a Good Day”. In fact that
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Aug 26, 2010, 12:29 pm
You know the old saying, “The old gray mare just ain’t what she used to be”, well this past week Grammie (me) sure fit into that category much to my chagrin. In my mind I still have the vitality of a 20-30 year old but my aging 40-something body has other ideas. Between doing yard
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Aug 24, 2010, 12:21 pm
One of the favorite pastimes in our home is reading. My husband and I both love to read. We strive to spread the love of reading to our grandchildren by first modeling. They see Grammie and Poppy reading a lot when they visit our house. We also never turn down an opportunity to read to
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Aug 17, 2010, 2:43 pm
Our eldest grandchild has just entered 4th grade; she will soon turn 10 years old. Yikes! That’s double digits, I’m not sure Grammie is ready for time passing so quickly but she is. We don’t reveal our grandchildren’s true names at their parents’ request, which we totally respect so you wi...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Aug 13, 2010, 1:16 pm
One of the most rewarding aspects of my life is the privilege I have of being a “Grammie” to three wonderful grandchildren. They add continual joy into mine and their “Poppy’s” world with all of the escapades we encounter with them. I often write about the family bonding activities we shar...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Aug 4, 2010, 3:01 am
I just wanted to fill you all in on a Back to School Offer from Reading Horizons at Home that I just received in my email. This information comes directly from their site and the offer is such a good one I didn’t want any of you to miss this opportunity to act on it.
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Aug 2, 2010, 1:18 pm
As promised in my previous post on Making Grape Jelly – First Get the Juice I am continuing on with the second phase of making grape jelly by letting you know How to Can and Process Grape Jelly. This is where the “magic” begins. Now as I stated before in the first post on making
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 28, 2010, 10:29 am
The crops from the garden have steadily been coming in and from now until the time they are depleted my kitchen has been geared up for the home canning part of the season. I’ve shared with you all in my previous post Canning and Freezing Food at Home that my two favorite means of preserving
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 26, 2010, 11:06 pm
Have you decided to try your hand at homemade grape jelly? The first step in Making Grape Jelly is Get the Juice. I had a busy time this weekend in my kitchen because that is exactly what I was doing. I was getting the juice from some luscious Concorde grapes donated by a friend of
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 22, 2010, 3:01 am
All of us at one time or another has received an email that has been forwarded to us that strikes a chord. Well my mother-in-law sent me one just the other day that really hit home for me. Now I don’t usually do this sort of thing, in fact I’ve never done this on this
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 20, 2010, 9:25 am
When you open the door to your garage is your first thought how do I organize my garage? Or how did my garage get in this big of a mess? Don’t feel alone Google reports 3600 searches on How to Organize Garage by people trying to solve the very same problem. A garage can become
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 17, 2010, 11:12 am
I’ve told you that from time to time I would include a post that was not written by myself; well, today is one of those occasions. I came across this article sent to me from a newsletter that I receive from Reading Horizons At Home. This entry was in the section called the Reading
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 13, 2010, 7:22 pm
In the first post on this series of Helping Your Child Understand Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities – Part 1 I shared with you a real life experience of how I would explain the basics of learning disabilities to a group of my own students. Here I will continue on with the same theme by giving
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jul 13, 2010, 7:04 pm
Some of my most current posts have been dealing with the problems that struggling readers face and what parents need to know about children with dyslexia. In continuing with the theme of these posts today I would like to share with you another side of the coin. This time I wanted to bring you a
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Jun 16, 2010, 12:05 pm
As a parent of a child with dyslexia certainly you have concerns about how you can help your child with their problems with reading and learning in general. In order to alleviate the tension you are experiencing this post, Children with Dyslexia – What Parents Need to Know, covers certain facts an...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - May 21, 2010, 12:15 pm
Space is limited for most people in cities and urban areas. There is not enough room for a traditional vegetable garden. One of the first Advantages of Vegetable Gardening in Containers is that it gives you the opportunity to grow your own vegetables with very limited space.  Vegetables can be grow...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - May 19, 2010, 11:58 am
Your normally happy-go-lucky child who was curious about everything, eager to learn new things and enjoyed you reading to him suddenly has become moody, wants nothing to do with books and doesn’t want to go to school. As a concerned parent you ask your child what is wrong. As a typical response th...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - May 17, 2010, 3:56 pm
You see it in the news every day; reports on children not keeping up with their peers when in comes to reading. Many parents are intimidated by the idea of teaching their children how to read. These same parents are often frustrated and don’t always know where to turn when in comes to finding help
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 26, 2010, 11:47 am
As with any task you undertake having a well laid out plan is imperative to its success. When Planning the Layout for a Raised Bed Vegetable Garden there are many factors to consider. Let’s take a look at what you should keep in mind while planning your raised bed vegetable garden so that you may
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 22, 2010, 3:01 am
It’s been a bit since I have written a formal Thankful Thursday post. You see it is gardening time around Grammie and Poppy’s house so this time of year spare moments are reserved for getting our Traditional Vegetable Garden ready for the season. Which brings me back to the story that I ...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 19, 2010, 10:58 am
Container Vegetable Gardening has become appealing to many who just don’t have the space or time it takes to grow vegetables in a traditional vegetable garden but still want to start a garden and reap the healthy benefits that growing your own vegetables can provide. Just as the name implies y...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 16, 2010, 3:01 am
Like most people you may be limited on space but still want to grow your own vegetables. One method many people are using is called Raised Bed Gardening. I spoke about this way of growing vegetables in my previous post titled Different Vegetable Garden Designs. This approach to vegetable gardening i...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 15, 2010, 5:35 pm
Spring has arrived and as our nearly two year old grandson would put it, “Yea! Yea! Outside, OUTSIDE!” I will finally get to start getting my vegetable garden ready. I am just as excited as he is about being able to go out in the fresh air and sunshine only my “playtime” is all about
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 14, 2010, 10:50 am
The calendar says that Spring has finally arrived. Now as soon as the weather begins to cooperate it will be time to lay out our garden. I know I am growing impatient to start our vegetable garden this season. I can hardly wait to get my hands in the soil again. There is something almost
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Apr 1, 2010, 7:24 pm
Today’s Thankful Thursday post will be a bit different. Instead of being listed in the Gratitude and Personal Growth category I am placing this post in our Family Fun Activities section. It is not because I am not grateful; on the contrary, the tile itself tells you that I am very Thankful for Fam...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Mar 30, 2010, 8:49 pm
Take a minute or two to remember when you were young. Like vacations you went on or some activity that you did with your family. As you are bringing up those memories think about and focus on what was the most important part to you. If it was a vacation that you were thinking about what
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Mar 25, 2010, 11:58 am
You may have noticed that last week I missed making my Thankful Thursday post for gratitude. It was not that I didn’t have anything to feel grateful about. On the contrary, I have many moments of thankfulness in my life. Last week was really a little experiment I tried that I like to call Giving
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Mar 23, 2010, 5:37 pm
You may not have heard of the Discover Intensive Phonics Program before because until recently it was only available in schools. I am familiar with the school version as it was used in school system in which I formerly taught. I can tell you first hand that my learning disabled students definitely i...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Mar 22, 2010, 12:11 pm
Parents are constantly looking for ways to help their children improve their reading skills. Studies have shown that when children are interested in a topic their attention span lasts longer. Finding a source for reading that will capture your child’s attention is a big challenge for most parents ...
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Christine Gayle posted an article on Women's Home Activities - Mar 17, 2010, 12:23 pm
You may be asking Why Do I Talk So Much About Learning Phonics? As a former teacher I am a big proponent of teaching phonics because I know that this learning method is the basis that children need to become successful readers. Allow me to give you this illustration to emphasis my point in the matte...
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