Dreams, Dirt & Grace- Business, Homeschooling, Simple Living & Parenting Hacks for Moms

234: Incorporating Gratitude into your Life with a Simple Keepsake Activity of Gratitude for your Ohana

Here's a way to continue to share gratitude in your family during this season.

 

Activity:

1. Give each person enough post-it notes for each member of the family

2. Write down something they're grateful for about each person.

3. If kids can't write, be their recorder (have them talk and write it down for them).

4. Start with One family member at a time and each person shares why they're grateful for that person

 

 

Make a keepsake:

1. Grab a blank note book & place all the post-its into it. Add to it each time you do this activity

2. Make a collage out of it

3. keep it in a jar & add to it each time

 

Variations:

1. Do it over a certain number of days

2. once a week for the month

3. Add it to part of your Kids Journaling

 

-Kawai

 

 

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233: Should you Follow or Not Follow the Suggested Reading Age/Grade Level on Books?

Do you have a struggling Reader and those "suggested Reading Levels" are causing more confusion rather than clarity?

 

In this episode you'll learn a way to choose books that will BETTER support your child's reading progress and Tips on what to do for your struggling reader.

 

 

-Kawai

 

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232: Why You’re (Probably) Not Showing Love to the One that Needs it the Most

God said that we need to Love our neighbor like how we Love ourselves. 

So the question is, "Are you Showing yourself the same amount of Love that you Pour into Others?"

If you're being hard on yourself, getting upset for not completing tasks, feeling overwhelm creep in... then this episode is to help you to STOP heading down that path.

Let's feed YOUR Soul today...

-Kawai

 

 

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231: Don’t let Traditional School Dim your Kid’s Light

 

Do you notice a shift in your child's behavior since they've been in traditional school?

Have you've been considering Homeschooling?

In this episode you'll learn a few questions to ask your child and a new way to look at homeschooling for your child.

 

-Kawai

 

 

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230: When you Feel like you’re Failing at Patience

Here's what may be missing:

1. Jesus in your daily decisions

2. Communicating Where you are At Emotionally

3. Checking in with Yourself

 

 

-Kawai

 

 

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229: You’re (probably) Not Praising Your Kids Enough- & How You’re Praising can Lead to Something Greater in Your Kids Confidence

Are you Praising your kids with an Auto-response?

Did you know your kids can see through your unauthentic Praises?

What questions can you ask to Develop their Own Confidence?

What else can Your say when Praising them?

 

-Kawai

 

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228: 3 Tips on Saving Money WHILE Celebrating Halloween All Month Long.

 

1. 2 Activities for the Price of 1: Paint pumpkins > display > then Carve them

2. Split into 2 Huaka'i : Pumpkin Patch for Activities & Buy your pumpkins at the local Nursery- Support 2 Small Businesses instead of 1!

3. Fill your Calendar with FREE TRUNK of TREATS & Fall Festivities

 

 

-Kawai

 

 

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227: 2 Halloween Crafts You Can Turn into Keepsakes

1. Footprint Ghost/ candy corn Canvas

2. Here's an Example of the Canvas we Used https://www.michaels.com/product/cre-canvas-panel-8x8-5pk-10634869?cm_mmc=PLASearch-_-google-_-MICH_Shopping_US_N_Kids_N_PMAX_BOPIS_N-_-&Kenshoo_ida=&kpid=go_cmp-18514200221_adg-_ad-__dev-c_ext-_prd-10634869&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1aOpBhCOARIsACXYv-cW1gwVmcawAnXa8GQmXxxzcq2AA9WxFFIrVJNZAKXOvNdPF0hm5hoaAml2EALw_wcB

3. Salt dough ghouls, cats or hats

4. Find the recipe I used here: https://unsophisticook.com/salt-dough-recipe/

5. BONUS: Updates on Halloween Garland from Ep: 130

6. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homeschooling-entrepreneur-mom-kid-entrepreneurship/id1575109247?i=1000583424311

 

-Kawai

 

 

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226: Why the Library is One of Our Regular Fieldtrips... I Mean FAVORITE Huaka’i!

Are you utilizing your Library to it's fullest potential?

Listen in on How we are utilizing the Library in our Homeschool & What Life Skills they're getting out of it!

 

-Kawai

 

 

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225: Power Tip: 5 Lazy Dinner Hacks for the Productive Moms

 

1. Include Fast 3 for an Quick Meal

2. Make Extra of a Big Pot Meal, Freeze them & Re-heat

3. Soups & Sandwiches 

4. Make Extra Pre-cooked Meats, Freeze them & Re-heat 

5. Have an Appetizer Dinner

 

 

 

-Kawai

 

 

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