SEPTEMBER  2012

5 Money Lessons Allowances Teach Kids

It's never too early to start teaching your kids about money. An allowance will teach your chidren these 5 important money lessons.5 Money lessons allowances Teach Kids

FREE WORKSHOP

Join us for a fun and eye-opening evening with author and entrepeneur, Andrea Donsky.

Andrea is the co-author of the popular book "Unjunk Your Junk Food".

Andrea will show us how to properly navigate through a grocery store, read a food label, and equip us with a list of the scary seven worst ingredients found in all packaged foods.  Sample some better tasting. better for you junk food alternatives that your family can enjoy.

(They are kid approved, we promise!)

Register now for this free workshop Monday November 19 at 7:30 PM.

Location:  537 Lawrence Ave., W.

Email by October 20th to secure a spot!

 Please note our new email address is: info@behaviourmatters.ca

  

Greetings!  

Does summer break feel like it happened a long time ago?

Now that everyone is back into the routine of school and extra curricular activities, you might be thinking of putting your child into a social skills program.

Why Does My Child Need A Social Skills Group?

Our groups provide a safe place for children to learn and practice new strategies, and get feedback from their peers about how successfully they do. If your child has low self confidence, difficulties with social skills and peer relationships, gets bullied or teased, is often isolated, and has poor impulse control your child can benefit from our skills based approach.

Skills They Will Learn:

• Being a group member:  Cooperation, turn-taking, listening, sharing, following directions, accepting and giving positive feedback.
• Dealing with teasing and bullying:  Through the use of role-play, children learn a variety of strategies to use in teasing and bullying situations.
• How to tell a friend you are mad:  Children learn to express themselves in a straightforward and non-attacking manner.  Using "I" messages.
• Listening:  Eye-contact, facial expressions, tone of voice, nodding, asking questions and making comments, waiting their turn.

The following tips can help working moms maintain some sanity and stress relief in their daily lives.

• set boundaries
• stay connected
• take care of yourself
• get plenty of sleep
• eat healthy food
• have some of your own "down time"
• enjoy positive feedback (hugs from kids)
• exercise or meditation
• hobbies
• plan ahead and be organized

Here is a recipe for a wonderful soothing treat for the bath.

2 cups of epsom salt

1 cup of sea salt

1.5 cups of finely pulverized oatmeal

half ounce of lavender essential oil

Measure out the salts and mix them together,

making sure to break up any clumps.

A large, wide, stainless steel bowl works best for blending the salts.

Grind the oatmeal finely in a food processor or spice grinder.

Add to salts and mix well.

Add the essential oil.

Mix everything together well.

Scoop the salts into an airtight container.

Add the oatmeal and salts to briskly running water
 

Enjoy a soothing soak!!