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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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1602, 2022

Female Friendships are Intense, Complicated, and Usually Pivot Around Lots of Communication

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-17T11:29:35-08:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Communication, Friendship, Teacher Resilience|

1502, 2022

Is Social and Physical Distancing Affecting Friendships and Social Skills? Yes, for Both Children and Adults

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-16T11:46:16-08:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Friendship, Physical Distancing, Social Distancing, Social Skills, Teacher Resilience|

1402, 2022

Valentine’s Day? Embrace Love Found in Our Families, Friends, Partners, and Communities

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-15T12:36:06-08:00February 14th, 2022|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Community, Friendship, Love, Teacher Resilience, Valentine's Day|

1102, 2022

Conflict Teaches Lessons! Are We Able to Forgive, Maybe Forget and Move Forward?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-14T22:45:13-08:00February 11th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Conflict, Forgetting, Forgiving, Teacher Resilience|

1002, 2022

Do You Listen Passively? Do You Interrogate or Ask Non-threatening Questions?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-11T11:59:24-08:00February 10th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Listening, Power of Questions, Teacher Resilience|

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Addiction

Art

BC

Canada

102, 2021

Introducing Children to Coding – Part One: Security

By Scott Demeules|2021-02-08T13:41:28-08:00February 1st, 2021|Categories: Canada, Family, Home Schooling, Leadership, Parenting|Tags: Encryption, Internet Security, Misinformation, Scott Demeules, Signal, WhatsApp|

1611, 2020

A Week of Gratitude!

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-11-16T15:14:36-08:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: Canada, Remembrance Day, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset|

Christmas

Climate Change

Covid

112, 2020

A Third of the Way Meeting my Video Goal! Woo Woo! We Along with Everyone Else Stabilized After the Tightening of Restrictions

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-11-30T13:40:00-08:00December 1st, 2020|Categories: Covid, Grandparents, Positive & Purposeful, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors|

2411, 2020

Trying to Stay in the Zone of Mindfulness and Relaxation while Faced with Decisions

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-11-23T12:00:13-08:00November 24th, 2020|Categories: Covid, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors|

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Entrepreneurship

Extraordinary Ordinary People

Faith

Family

2210, 2021

Rain? Be Creative! Don’t Worry About Making a Mess and Think Outside of the Box

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-10-18T11:40:09-07:00October 22nd, 2021|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Students|Tags: Dad, Mom, Rainy Days|

2110, 2021

Writing Resilience in the Face of Driving Rain

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-10-18T10:42:29-07:00October 21st, 2021|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Students, Writing|Tags: Conference Writing, Dad, Mom, Rainy Days, Sharing Stories|

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Grandparents

2202, 2022

When Does Our Canadian Right to Speak Out Rob the Rights of Our Canadian Friends?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-23T08:24:22-08:00February 22nd, 2022|Categories: Canada, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Communication, Rights, Teacher Resilience|

1802, 2022

The Best of Friends Are Often Found in Strong Cross-Generational Family Relationships

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-23T08:25:04-08:00February 18th, 2022|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Friendship, Relationships|

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Home Schooling

1102, 2022

Conflict Teaches Lessons! Are We Able to Forgive, Maybe Forget and Move Forward?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-14T22:45:13-08:00February 11th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Conflict, Forgetting, Forgiving, Teacher Resilience|

1002, 2022

Do You Listen Passively? Do You Interrogate or Ask Non-threatening Questions?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-11T11:59:24-08:00February 10th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Listening, Power of Questions, Teacher Resilience|

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Leadership

Life Lessons

2406, 2022

Is an Autism Diagnosis a Disability or a Gift? How Does Autism Touch my Life?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-07-07T12:32:47-07:00June 24th, 2022|Categories: Canada, Extraordinary Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, Family, Life Lessons, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset|Tags: Teresa Hedley, What's Not Allowed|

803, 2022

International Women’s Day is a Time to Embrace Gender Neutrality

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-03-09T09:53:50-08:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Life Lessons, MC's Stories, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Gender Neutrality, International Womens Day|

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Literacy

2202, 2022

When Does Our Canadian Right to Speak Out Rob the Rights of Our Canadian Friends?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-23T08:24:22-08:00February 22nd, 2022|Categories: Canada, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Communication, Rights, Teacher Resilience|

1802, 2022

The Best of Friends Are Often Found in Strong Cross-Generational Family Relationships

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-23T08:25:04-08:00February 18th, 2022|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Friendship, Relationships|

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Math

MC's Stories

Micro Macro Perspectives

MC's Poetry

2004, 2020

Can You Walk it Out?

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-08-30T13:08:42-07:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Poetry, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset|

1804, 2020

Thoughts from 2008 …. Hmmm rather fitting for today… Were You Having Similar Thoughts?

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-08-26T17:29:35-07:00April 18th, 2020|Categories: Poetry|

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Music

Nutrition

Parenting

2702, 2022

Honesty: the Greatest Virtue that Anchors All Other Virtues? Or Is It?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-03-07T23:43:52-08:00February 27th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Honesty|

2502, 2022

Are Kindergarteners Leaders? Wee Ones Are Wiser and More Mature than Many Realize!

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-03-01T09:50:23-08:00February 25th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Teacher Resilience|

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Positive & Purposeful

Remembrance Day

Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset

903, 2022

Red and Blue Yarn and the Nest at the Barn, a Story Inspired by Love, Service, and Ravens

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-03-10T14:58:43-08:00March 9th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, MC's Stories, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Love, Ravens, Yarn|

803, 2022

International Women’s Day is a Time to Embrace Gender Neutrality

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-03-09T09:53:50-08:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Life Lessons, MC's Stories, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Gender Neutrality, International Womens Day|

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Seniors

712, 2020

Surrender to Simplicity, Sunshine and Serenity

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-12-06T11:51:41-08:00December 7th, 2020|Categories: Covid, Grandparents, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Seniors|

612, 2020

The Value of Pet Ownership, Especially for Seniors

By Fairy Dazzle|2020-12-06T19:04:25-08:00December 6th, 2020|Categories: Grandparents, Seniors|

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Social Skills

Students

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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Teachers

1802, 2022

The Best of Friends Are Often Found in Strong Cross-Generational Family Relationships

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-23T08:25:04-08:00February 18th, 2022|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Friendship, Relationships|

1702, 2022

Are Male Friendships Less Emotional, Action-Driven, Less Intense, and Simple Than Those of Females?

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-02-20T15:56:32-08:00February 17th, 2022|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Teachers|Tags: Communication, Friendship, Teacher Resilience|

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Teens

William Glasser

Work-Life Balance

809, 2021

Happy New School Year! Buckle up!

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-09-08T13:57:43-07:00September 8th, 2021|Categories: Family, Grandparents, Home Schooling, Parenting, Resilience, Optimism, Gratitude: Growth Mindset, Students, Teachers, Work-Life Balance|Tags: Dad, Grandfather, Grandmother, Mom|

Writing

312, 2021

Grandparents Are Gifts to Be Appreciated and Loved When Here. Their Memories and Stories Comfort and Blanket Us When Gone

By Fairy Dazzle|2021-12-10T17:45:10-08:00December 3rd, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, MC's Stories, Parenting, Teachers, Writing|Tags: Academic Achievement, Bedtime Stories, Loyalty Grandparent-Grandchild Bond, Picture Books, Rich Vocabulary, Teaching Ideas, Writing Story|

212, 2021

Is Your Child’s Best Friend Their Grandparent? Celebrate this Sacred Bond During the Holidays

By Fairy Dazzle|2022-01-25T15:03:47-08:00December 2nd, 2021|Categories: Grandparents, Home Schooling, Literacy, MC's Stories, Parenting, Teachers, Writing|Tags: Academic Achievement, Bedtime Stories, Picture Books, Rich Vocabulary, Teaching Ideas, Writing Story|

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