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Summer Fun at Playschool

With summer right around the corner, I bet many mommies and daddies out there are looking for fun and exciting things for their kids to do all summer. I remember that when I was a little girl, my mom would always find a summer activity for me, be it art classes, sports or theater.

This summer, Playschool will be hosting once again it’s SUMMER FUN program. The kids can expect a lot of fun and games and cool activities from water fun (um, that’s if the high pressure pumps and water services in the area do not have any interruptions or problems like last time!), nature walks and outdoor activities.

For inquiries call 823-5702

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Today’s Random Snappy: Psychic Rewards

Yes, I know I always say psychic rewards won’t pay the bills, but they sure can warm my heart Yesterday I picked up a letter from a dear friend and student. While he may have been my student in class, he definitely has taught me much, much more than I would have ever expected.

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PsychConsult Summer Workshops 2011

Just sharing with you dear readers

Here is a list of summer workshops that the clinic I am part of, PsycConsult Inc.,  will be holding over the summer. I’d give you the link to our website, but right now we’re in some sort of a transition, what with trying to find the best web hosting package for our company and while we’re trying to decide whether to get one of those managed hosting deals or what not.  I’m technically trying to figure things out, but there’s really so much I don’t understand yet about the whole process (what with me not understanding how these servers work, what colocation is and even how to back things up manually in a CPanel. Haha). If you can explain this to me, I’d greatly appreciate that.

Anyway, I’m rambling. Lemme get back to the point: here is a schedule of workshops you can check out:

• For therapists, counselors, teachers and other professionals:
  • A Writeshop on Psychological Report Writing, May 6-7, 2011, 8am-5pm
  • Suicide Risk in Psychotherapy: Assessment and Response, May 21, 2011, 8am-5pm
• For children and adolescents
  • Social Skills Workshop (for children/adolescents ages 8-16), April 26-29 and May 2-5, 9am-11am
• For adults
  • Expressive Pottery (for individuals 18 years old and up), may 9-13, 5:30-8:30 pm

I hope you can join in on any of those workshops. As for me, maybe I can find one that can teach me the ropes in this whole IT world that I try to live in…yes, please define HTML, CSS and all those other foreign sounding codes to me!!!

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Not All Fun and Games

For the most part, people think the internet, especially for the younger generations, is all a waste of time. I would strongly disagree. Although, yes, I will readily admit that too many a time, it does end up being a distraction and a bad habit for the kids. However, the benefits behind it is so much greater. Just the other day I was discussing with a fellow teacher about how the internet and technology has totally changed the face of the learning environment. She was sharing how the kids now are making investigative projects with a review of related literature that can rival one that is made by undergraduates of our time. For example, if one were to do an investigative project behind, lets say, how insurance companies work, they can simply type in some keywords like life insurance online and then have a whole array of resources to look into. They can also type in online inquiries so they can see how costs are divided for premiums and so on and so forth. Back in the day when this was not available, they would actually have to interview insurance agents and the like to get input, and that can be a little difficult. Of course, it should be pointed out that data may be skewed and not too accurate through the information superhighway (errr…as a radio DJ said the other day: misinformation superhighway haha), so they should still be careful.

Another valuable use of the internet, in my opinion, is for teaching kids how to write essays and the like. I know of this little kiddie blogger, who is actually a daughter of a local blogger herself, who writes the cutest reviews on her blog, and she is all of six years old. She has written reviews about her favorite things, such as books, food and toys. And yes: as far as I know she is the one managing and handling the blog. I can tell because of the way it is written, which really reflects a child’s thoughts and candor. It’s entertaining to actually read her blog.

As a teacher of young kids, I can see the infinite potential of this whole blogging world for them. As children, after all, we were once encouraged to keep journals and diaries, right? Just a reminder, however, it is important to be cautious with the kind of information being shared by these kiddie bloggers. In my opinion, as long as mommy and daddy monitor the blogging behavior, it can be a good thing. In fact, for me, I would prefer that kids had blogs rather than got into Facebook or what not…which believe me, even with age restrictions, still happens a lot.

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Today’s Random Snappy: Caught in the Middle

10 days and I find myself caught in the middle…I know I have to let go to soar, but right now, the fear of the unknown, the losing of the identity…it’s getting to me.