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    • Parenting and tutoring tales

      Posted on May 16th, 2012

      Written by Meredith Jacob

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      good things, mother's day

      Mother’s Day 2012

        This year’s mother’s day was a little uneventful, but it did have its good moments. Good things: 1.  sleeping in until 8:45 2.  reading for an hour and a half without any interruptions (I was reading Bloom by Kelle Hampton) 3.  going for a walk with all three kids and David and ending up at [...]

    • Parenting and tutoring tales

      Posted on September 12th, 2011

      Written by Meredith Jacob

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      52 family time ideas, Aim for the Stars Tutoring, Family Values, kids' friends bad influence, Meredith Jacob, parenting

      Family Values: When Your Kids’ Friends are a Bad Influence

      This weekend, my older two kids followed along with two neighborhood kids in some activities that were not OK.  They basically went around harassing other neighbors because they were bored.  My kids have never behaved like this before.  They are certainly not little angels.  My 5 year old, Braydon, is far from it.  He is [...]

    • Adventures in Down syndrome, Parenting and tutoring tales

      Posted on July 2nd, 2011

      Written by Meredith Jacob

      Tags

      ACLU lawsuit, Aim for the Stars Tutoring, Down syndrome, Meredith Jacob, school choice, school choice scholarships, vouchers

      School Choice and Vouchers

      School choice is a very hot topic in the current educational and economic climate.  The state of Colorado has a proposed cut for public school funding of $322 million dollars for the 2011-2012 school year.  In March of this year, the Douglas County school district passed the school-choice scholarship program (also known as vouchers) in [...]

    • Parenting and tutoring tales

      Posted on June 26th, 2011

      Written by Meredith Jacob

      Tags

      Aim for the Stars Tutoring, Girls Gone Green, Meredith Jacob, networking, start up business

      3 Kids, 2 Businesses, 1 Year

      This last year has been a year of many changes for me.  Last May, I decided that being a stay at home mom to three young children (one of whom has special needs) didn’t seem to keep me busy enough (I’m being sarcastic here) so I thought I would start a business from home.  Thanks [...]

    • Parenting and tutoring tales

      Posted on June 19th, 2011

      Written by Meredith Jacob

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      Aim for the Stars Tutoring, avoid learning loss, Girls Gone Green, math learning sites, Meredith Jacob, science programs for kids, summer activities for kids, summer bridge activities, summer learning activities for kids, summer reading program

      Summer Activities for Kids to Avoid Learning Loss

      The kids have thrown the contents of their backpacks into to the trash, told you, “I’m bored” about 50 times, eaten everything in the house, and summer only began two days ago.  Summer has hardly begun and the problems are already here.  What are you going to do with these kids ALL SUMMER LONG and are [...]

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