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FREE Printable Worksheets – Match the Shapes Activity
Help your child understand and enjoy basic shapes with these Match the Shapes Activity FREE Printable Worksheets. These are four sheets in all with 10 shapes in all. Two of these sheets have different coloured shapes and two are with all shapes in the same colour. So you can proceed as per the difficulty level…
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My Chance Acquaintances: Real Queens who Fix Each Other’s Crowns
Sometimes, you have Chance Acquaintances with some women. You meet them once or maybe twice in your life. You are in a common online group and barely in touch. All you know are their names, profession and important recent milestones of their life. You have those ocassional birthday wishes exchanges on the group created long…
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Mom of a special needs child talks about acceptance and staying strong: Aparna Nayak Interview – Part 2
This post is second in the series of our conversation with Aparna Nayak, mom to a teenage daughter with special needs . If you missed the first part, please read it here. Continuing with our questions in this second part of the interview: How do you help yourself stay strong? Well, that’s a difficult one…
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World Festivals Doodle Art & Craft Contest
Love festivals, art and craft? Here’s your chance to share your doodle and craft ideas with the world!Inviting entries for WORLD FESTIVALS CRAFT & DOODLE CONTEST The contest is open to all Kids and Parents (why not, moms and dads, right?). You can pick any festival you love from any part of the world and…
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Book Review of Thirteen Moons More: Diary of a Gay Dad by Andi Webb
Being a mom of a toddler, I really enjoyed this book by Andi Webb. This is the second book by the author and is about his fatherhood journey as his babies became toddlers and preschoolers! The previous book was about the difficulties the gay couple faced in bringing the surrogate kids home. Thirteen Moons More…
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Raising a child with special needs: The story of Indian mom Aparna Nayak – Part 1
Meet Aparna Nayak, a woman who dons multiple hats while juggling between different roles of a mother, a daughter and a wife. She is a mom to a teenage daughter with special needs whose caring takes up most of her time. To unwind, she manages to listen to music, paint, and read and review books. She…
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