New Playground!!!

Hey guys,

My daughter Makenzie, school Theodore Jones is in a contest to win a new playground.  The winning school is determined by the amount of votes each school gets.
Guess what??? You don't have to buy ANYTHING.
All you have to do is TEXT: 87pbf to 95248 for the next 21 days and she and her friends could win a new playground.

I'll keep you guys updated on which day it is, I'll probably be posting this for the next 21 days so we can win! Super excited!
Thanks in advance for all that participates.

Kevin Doe! from Sierra Leone, Let your kids strive to be like this! they can do it!

Move Over Mozart: 15-Year-Old Inventor Kevin Doe Wows at MIT - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/move-over-mozart-15-old-inventor-kevin-doe-215621312.html via @YahooNews

Power of Dreams: Damage Control

Power of Dreams: Damage Control:      I'm writing this blog just to send some encouraging words to some of my friends.  You cannot accept anything less than what you aren't ...

Damage Control

     I'm writing this blog just to send some encouraging words to some of my friends.  You cannot accept anything less than what you aren't willing to do for yourself. If you are wanting to be happy, positive, intriguing then you have to be around someone who will give you just that.  If you are willing to be second place to someone, then more power to you.
     On the other hand, if you have people in your life that are not a positive influence and they cause more damage than replenishing your mind with positivity then sometimes you have to keep them at bay.
You can't let anyone control your mind and heart, when deep feelings are involved they can blind you. They can blind you into thinking well this is okay, he/she didn't do anything that bad to make me feel less.  What will you accept and not accept? When is it not accessible to take up for yourself.  No one can hear you unless you speak loud and clear.
      If you trying to live your life remember, you always have people that are looking up to you and when they come with those questions for advice; what advice will you have prepared to tell them.  No one is perfect, but when is it going to be your time; when is it going to be your time to shine? If you are about his/her well being besides yours, it's time to turn that around.
It doesn't matter what type of relationship your in friendship, marriage, long term relationship, or your a mistress of some sort. You have to demand respect from someone if you want it.  And never let someone trick your mind into thinking your less than, they can say something to you but you can't say anything to them.  Your feelings do matter, you haven't done anything wrong accept for love, so don't let the other person control something that they can't have ***your mind.  If someone has to drag you down with them and making you feel bad, or treating you badly because your not tending to their needs. All these games on putting the blame on you can be over can end if you want it to be I can understant it can be hard, but when you start noticing that your more forgiving of a situation between you all then we might have a problem.  You never want to feel like your seconds, if you mean a lot to that person, then your needs will be met automatically...no waiting no asking.
      You are a wonderful person inside and out, you have to start believing in that to be able to move forward. Don't let anyone come in at the weakest point in your life, let someone come in at the strongest point in your life so you won't take any bullshit! Enough is Enough!

Power of Faith

What were we put on this earth to do? What was your purpose in life? Every second of every moment we were meant to be in, no matter what you believe in.  Some people use there gifts for good others for bad, some people achieve and some fail.  Teaching is the craft that are creator gave us the gift to have.  Life throws us shit... And at the time you don't understand why this is going on, once you realise it's not for us to understand your faith in yourself grows a little bit better.  If you love what you do, stick with it, it will not go unseen. A friend once told me, it will always gets worse before it gets better, at the time I was like... gee... what a ass hole thing to say, but he was right. You want feel sorry for yourself and consume yourself with thinking how are you gonna get out of this mess, but you can't stay there too long, you will start missing opportunities.     What I'm trying to say is... Fight! for something or stand up for something you believe in.  And the most importance of all is help, lend a helping hand, you may not have nothing, God always provide something that you can bless other people with.  Just don't sit and go to work everyday, how boring is that? if you are searching for fulfilment you have to do something about. If you are then don't give in and don't give up.  Xoxo suga  

Kindergarten

Getting your kids ready for kindergarten is like getting your kids ready for college. If the kiddos didn't go to an official per-school like mine did it can be even harder. You want your children to be able to have fun and be a kid, but you also know the worries of schools and all the information the brain receives it can b overwhelming if they are not prepared. Nobody wants a mono-tone teacher where you have bombarded information handed to them, we all know kids have a short-tension span and they half-way listen to us parents anyway. So about 30 minutes a day spurts here and there and they won't even know they are learning. Here are some helpful tips so that you can do for your kids to make learning fun! All doctors say no more than an hour of tv a day. I mean really? If you have your kids in daycare then I'm sure they teach them (well they are supposed to) if you keep your kids at home it can be a little challenging. If you let your kids watch tv, you can asked thm what they learned after watching the tv; we all know there are lots of educational tv shows so choose one. This will check out there comhprehension skills and listening skills, this means parents you will have to actually watch it too. Please remember do not let the tv be the teacher! In learning activities do things they actually like doing, for instense if your daughter likes princess don't try to learn with dora the explorer. When you are learning numbers, along with seeing the numbers you can have objects they can actually touch and feel. Make up your own songs, if your teaching something new like tieing their shoes, make it special and unique to where they can understand. I assume all kids love music, even using there favorite tune and making up the words will work great! Don't underestimate a child's memory they are sponges and will absorb everything. Dr. Seuss iss just a must recommend if you are trying to teach your children how to read, leap frog is awesome too and any book you get, see if they have a cd to go with the book, it will be a great guide. They can hear the words as they read(they'll need your assistance with this part) One more thing if your a serious about spending extra time in helping your kids learn then positive reinforces are key! We need to let them know they are doing the right thing and that they are doing it correctly. They are just kids so candy, a trip to the park can jus be some of the things you reward them with. These are just some of the things I do with my kiddos, you can also go to this website to make sure you have your kids ready for kindergarten I took the test and your little can too see what you score Great site! Hope you enjoyed I will start video blogs real soon. And take the time out to help a neighbor kids get ready for kindergarten too! All kids are our future. Suga❤

Power of Dreams

Power of Dreams

Albert Einstein ounce said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge" (www.quotationspage.com) our brains are able to imagine all type of courages things. Chasing our children's dreams with our children can set them up for success, but neglecting or pressuring the dreams can leave them lost for when they get older.

                 One thing that you can do is be “real” with your kids, don't sugar coat the outcomes of failure.  As adults sometimes we forget how we got to the place we are in life and don't want to tell those struggling stories to our kids; we don't want them to struggle like we did (if some of us ever did). 

                Therefore we must nurture all of their crafts and interest; parents must tap into their child’s talents of all kinds.  We are coming to a time where you can be anything with a good support system and having a long life of passion.

  We need to get our children involved in the community, find out what they like whether it's: sports, dance, computers, or music.  This will open up other doors in life and present opportunities. Just because they like dance does not mean they want to have dancing as a profession, this only opens doors and boost confidence. As parents we don't know everything, but your only need is to encourage them and guide through tough times.

  Low income families and single parent homes may have a hard time with doing what is just stated above; having no extracurricular activities, that is not catered to that economic step in society.  Let's face it, some people take care of their kids and some people don't.  There is community information in the local news paper and local colleges in your town.  Taking that extra step in finding tutors and/or trainers to help our children move to the next step;  it gets rough, parents have to make decisions that leave them crying at night on how they will be able to make next month rent or how they will prepare the next meal.  Parents that sacrifice themselves of a meal so they can have enough for their children; that part right there is hard enough already, and so attention on the children begin to drift away because your focused on providing for your family. 

                On the other hand you do have some parents that can afford extracurricular activities, but choose not to.   If you go out to clubs (for my younger parents), buy the latest shoes, have a 500.00 purse or have titanium golf clubs then you can afford for your children to take on anything that would help their growth. 

                 Seeing this go on in the community is tough, we have got to be able to take care of our neighbors.  If we see children struggling eats help them, they are our tomorrow.  They are going to be our next generation of doctors and teachers, so as adults we should be inspired to make that happen.  A report in Washington DC, reports that 1.2 million students drop out each year; what is happening? Why are teachers and parents comfortable with this?  “Wake Up”! Spike Lee would say, we cannot be okay with this problem continued to exist. The national average is on 71%, which is good, but we need to be great.  There are too many children that put that decision on themselves. If these children do dropout, then we need to guide them on getting a GED automatically, there is no difference as long as we get them educated. 

                 Parents, teachers, preachers, community leaders let’s take action going with our children. They want to learn.  Children want to learn what they want to learn, so let's give them the dreams to do so. The bottom line is there is a undeniable bond between parent and child whether they are blood or not.  Children are so special to the world and it's time we start treating them that way. 

                You can do this as parents; you have the will to raise a child.  You have the power.  Our children look up to us no matter how we are, what we look like, unconditional love is what they have and we can't kill it so let our children dream big!