John and the boys traveled to the Bay Area this past weekend to attend a San Jose Sharks game with John’s brother, Thomas. The Sharks are an ice hockey team and Thomas has season tickets. Nice. All four of them had a blast. Apparently it was a nail biter near the end. And those are the best games. When the boys got home yesterday afternoon, they were both wearing Shark jerseys. Uncle Thomas had bought them for the boys. He…
I’ve been doing a little work with a group of foster kids ages 17-19. One of my goals has been to get them to see that their daily actions can influence their future. So at one of our last group meetings we talked about goal setting. I had them write down their goals for one-, five-, ten-, and twently-years. That begs the question…what are you doing right now to reach those goals? But this most recent meeting was about their…
I was in Ryan’s room this morning looking for his graphing calculator (that’s my next blog entry!), when I discovered a piece of paper that, apparently Ryan needs to fill out. It was titled, Whitney High Track and Field Goal Sheet. Very cool. His track coaches are making the athletes think about and write down their goals for the season. The first goal was pre-determined by the coaches: to have fun. Nice. Then, athletes need to write their individual goals and…
I was in Beverly’s the other day buying scraps of fabric for the Money Jars I will be having kids make at an upcoming book signing. I totally lucked out on the fabric scraps! The day before, I had gone in to purchase the fabric and was told that I could save a lot of money by waiting until the next day where I could fill a bag with as much fabric scrap as I wanted for only $2. So,…
I hung out in a second grade classroom last week to talk about saving money and then have the students make their own Money Jar. It was a fun lesson and the Money Jars turned out unbelievable. Kids and their creativity never ceases to amaze me. While we were discussing money issues, I asked the students how they got money. Of course, the usual answers came up…allowance, chores, birthday money. Then one little guy raised his hand and volunteered, “You have to spend…