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Welcome to Dazzle’s blog. She welcomes parents, teachers, grandparents, and anyone who is interested in pondering and investigating many various topics.

Each blog begins with reflections, followed by suggestions, a challenge and additional worthwhile links that Dazzle has found in her ‘digging’ through the tremendous number of resources on the internet.

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1101, 2021

Let’s all Take 5, Stretch, Shake, Stabilize and Seeing the Glass Half Full NOT Half Empty … We have choices how we frame and choose to perceive the world.

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-01-11T12:08:52-08:00January 11th, 2021|Categories: Covid, Grandparents, Positive & Purposeful, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors|Tags: Adversity, Friendship, Gratitude, Life Lessons|

201, 2021

This Week’s Rain: A Baptismal Metaphor

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-01-02T12:08:09-08:00January 2nd, 2021|Categories: Covid, Faith, Positive & Purposeful, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset|

2712, 2020

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Mark’s Onesie Says it ALL… Is 2020 a Year of Positive Elf Magic or the Negative Sass and Spice of the Grinch? It’s All About Perspective!

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-12-27T11:38:14-08:00December 27th, 2020|Categories: Christmas, Covid, Grandparents, Positive & Purposeful, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors|

2112, 2020

Celebrating the Journey in Achieving Goals… Smart Goals

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-12-21T12:40:28-08:00December 21st, 2020|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Parenting, Positive & Purposeful, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors|

1312, 2020

Renaming the Project: Pandemic, Positive and Purposeful Play …Coping Seniors

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-12-13T12:58:20-08:00December 13th, 2020|Categories: Covid, Grandparents, Parenting, Positive & Purposeful, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors, William Glasser|

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Addiction

Art

BC

Canada

Christmas

Climate Change

Covid

Entrepreneurship

Extraordinary Ordinary People

Faith

Family

Grandparents

911, 2021

UGH! The Elephant in the Room: MC, Many of Your Books Are Challenging to Read!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-11-10T13:08:54-08:00November 9th, 2021|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Teachers|Tags: Academic Achievement, Challenging Picture Books, Leveled Picture Books, Phonemic Awareness, Picture Books, Reading Out Loud to Children, Rich Vocabulary|

811, 2021

Build Mouth Muscles! Tell a Teasing Tummy Tickling Tongue Twister …celebrate International Tongue Twister Day!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-11-09T10:21:48-08:00November 8th, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Teachers|Tags: Articulation, Auditory Awareness, International Tongue Twister Day, Letters & Sounds, Phonemic Awareness, Tongue Twister|

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Home Schooling

1409, 2021

Breakfast: is for Champions…. Don’t start the day ‘hangry’!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-09-09T08:54:24-07:00September 14th, 2021|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Nutrition, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Students, Teachers, Teens, Work-Life Balance|Tags: Breakfast, Dad, Grandfather, Grandmother, Mom|

1309, 2021

Yes, You Are What You Eat! … So Take the Time to Think About the Quality of What You Consume

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-09-17T12:23:40-07:00September 13th, 2021|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Nutrition, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors, Students, Teachers, Work-Life Balance|Tags: Dinnertime, Food is Fuel, Healthy Eating, Meal Prep|

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Leadership

Life Lessons

Literacy

1605, 2020

COVID 19 : Do You Want to Wand It Be Gone? Have a listen to one of my latest stories: Wand IT Be Gone! A story that wands problems and anxieties with the wave of a wand and a will of optimism.

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-09-04T11:44:11-07:00May 16th, 2020|Categories: Home Schooling, Literacy, MC's Stories, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset|

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Math

MC's Stories

Micro Macro Perspectives

MC's Poetry

Music

Nutrition

Parenting

1611, 2021

The Fracturing of Fairy Tales Brings New Spins on Old Classics!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-11-22T14:26:38-08:00November 16th, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, MC's Stories, Parenting, Teachers|Tags: Academic Achievement, Leveled Picture Books, Picture Books, Rich Vocabulary, Writing Story|

1511, 2021

Do You Love How the Art of Story Mimics Life and Life Mimics the Art of Story?

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-11-22T14:26:49-08:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, MC's Stories, Parenting, Teachers|Tags: Academic Achievement, Leveled Picture Books, Picture Books, Rich Vocabulary, Writing Story|

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Positive & Purposeful

Remembrance Day

Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset

1510, 2021

Make the Thanksgiving Hangover Thanksgiving Reflection

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-10-27T12:40:57-07:00October 15th, 2021|Categories: Family, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers, Work-Life Balance|Tags: Dad, Family Holidays, Journaling, Journaling Lesson Plan, Mom, Traditions|

1410, 2021

Rejoice, It’s Fall!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-10-27T12:40:29-07:00October 14th, 2021|Categories: Family, Nutrition, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Work-Life Balance|Tags: Autumn, Benefits of Leftovers, Dad, Fall Activities, Fall Food, Meal Prep, Mom|

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Seniors

Social Skills

Students

Teachers

811, 2021

Build Mouth Muscles! Tell a Teasing Tummy Tickling Tongue Twister …celebrate International Tongue Twister Day!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-11-09T10:21:48-08:00November 8th, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Teachers|Tags: Articulation, Auditory Awareness, International Tongue Twister Day, Letters & Sounds, Phonemic Awareness, Tongue Twister|

411, 2021

Design and/or Inspiration… Chicken or the Egg… Does One Come Before the Other?

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-11-05T09:59:15-07:00November 4th, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Parenting, Teachers|Tags: Bruce Mau, Dan Pink, Design Responsibility, Great Leadership Reset Forum, Right-Brain Thinking, Service|

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Teens

William Glasser

Work-Life Balance

Writing