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Amazing Employment : Home Depot Team Captain

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Welcome to Amazing Employment! Somthing2Offer’s newest series by Eldest. I will be interviewing people to find out about their careers and finding out what makes their careers Amazing. The age old advice that has been passed down for generations is to “explore your career options, find something you love and enjoy…” Even better find something you are passionate about and make that into a career to support yourself and your family. Being a homeschool kid I get the chance to spend extra time around lots of adults in a variety of careers. Some have chosen awesome jobs by choice and some have chosen jobs as a means to provide for their families. Follow along with me as we explore all these options through Amazing Employment!

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Meet Debi. She is the Captain of the Home Depot Children’s build. The Home Depot Kids Workshop is a program that has been going on for a while. The program allows parents to bring their children to Home Depot to build a wooden car or boat or whatever the theme is for that month. All kids get to keep their craft, receive a FREE certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron, and a commemorative pin. Workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills, tool safety and instill a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Debi has been the team captain for 3-4 years now. It take’s 3 HOURS to set up a typical workshop and an hour to take down. That’s a lot of work. She has to get up at 5:00! now that’s amazing. She has multiple helpers to help her set up and take everything down. So it takes less time to do everything. The Home Depot Kids Workshop is offered one time each month. At our local store it is the first Saturday of every month.

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Why I like Kids Workshops? I love building a new project every month. I always have fun painting my project after I build it. My mom likes that I get some of the same hands-on building experience that she had growing up when Grandpa was building their house. I had a lot of fun interviewing Debi. She is a nice and fun person. But I think what I enjoyed most out of the whole interview was getting to know her better. I always wondered how long it took to set up. So this interview was fun for me and Debi.

Q.) Have you ever done a Home Depot Build with your child?

It’s Almost Summer Reading Time

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Am I the only one that dreams of the glorious adventures to be had during Summer reading time? I consider myself a reader although not very avid anymore. I guess you could say that 4 children can take up a lot of the “spare reading” time. But this Summer I want to read each day just like I expect my children to do.

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I am a big time planner and get all giddy doing so, but sometimes fail to execute. This Summer I vow to follow through and shake things up a bit. For example my children have never participated in Storytime at the library. (Long detailed/complicated nasty story I will spare the details!) During the Summer I noticed more relaxed “rules” for Storytime which may just allow us to participate with all 4 children! Of course the older ones may be bored but the little guys will love it! (updated… my younger boys did enjoy a session of storytime at our local library when the librarians offered an older kids group!)

I have a few tricks up my sleeve to help us reach some Summer reading goals. I will share some ideas I plan to implement to make Summer Reading fun and worthwhile!

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101 Color & Sing Bible Stories Review

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I recently joined the Tyndale Blog Network in order to review and promote more quality Christian resources. I browsed their current review selections and choose 101 Color & Sing Bible Stories by Stephen Elkin. I loved the idea of songs and coloring pages to reinforce Bible Stories. I plan to use this as part of Big Red’s Preschool Curriculum. I also plan to share with other friends who have children ages 1-5.

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I have some other books created by Stephen Elkin so I have some definite expectations for 101 Color & Sing Bible Stories. The recommended age for this book is 2-4 years old. First off I’ve got to admit I am somewhat a sucker for cute Bible story books, since our youngest two are still young enough to use and appreciate fun Bible stories. I love how the cover is sturdy and the size isn’t too big for young ones to enjoy. The 101 Color & Sing Bible Stories book is extra special since it comes with two dvd’s filled with songs and coloring pages. I think that the coloring pages help to extend the use of this Bible storybook well into the preschool years.

Want a sneak peak inside? Look over the 1st Chapter!
101 Color & Sing Bible Stories, hardcover padded - By: Stephen Elkins<br /><br /><br /><br />
Product Description:

Preschoolers will get excited about this introductory Bible storybook (with 2 CD-ROMs) that encourages them to color and sing—two favorite pastimes of little children—as part of the Bible story-telling experience. Each of the 101 Bible stories includes a coloring page to print and color. The coloring sheets include a key Bible verse that can be colored along with the picture—a great way to help kids memorize Bible verses! In addition to coloring pages, the CDs include 101 memorable Scripture songs that relate to the stories. The Bible song track number is referenced on the story page for easy access.

Stephen ElkinsStephen Elkins is a Grammy Award–nominated record producer and a multimillion-selling children’s author and songwriter. He is owner and founder of Wonder Workshop, a multifaceted Christian media company specializing in the creation of juvenile books, audio products, and DVDs. Stephen has produced recordings featuring Christian personalities TobyMac, Rebecca St. James, Michael Tait of dcTalk, Steve Green, Max Lucado, Twila Paris, and many other notable musicians. He also wrote and produced the Joni Eareckson Tada song “The God I Love,” which is used in conjunction with her book of the same title and is now the theme song for her nationally syndicated television show. Stephen lives in Nashville with his wife, Cindy.

 

Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of the book for review purposes from Tyndale House. I was not compensated for my opinion and my views are all my own or my children’s.
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Take Your Child to Work Day

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Did you know that April 24 is Take Your Child to Work Day? It actually started as Take Your Daughter to Work Day? Yep, many parents have been able to facilitate this little known holiday that involves showing their child what happens at work all day.

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Just so happens that my hubby has taken his whole family to work one day! We came to work a few hours later then he arrived so he could prepare a couple projects for us to help with. This also gave him time to check email, help desk tickets, and get through an immediate requests. He works as Technology Coordinator of a small K-12 school so we went when school was out.

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Our children were very excited to see “daddy’s office” in real-life and get a tour of the entire building at our leisure. The kids could play in the hallway and make almost as much noise as they wanted! We tried to keep it to a dull roar in case some teacher’s were around doing work.

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On another “no-school” day, Princess accompanied her dad to work to help with a special project. The school was given some gently used laptops that needed updating so daddy set to work setting her up with a table full of laptops to update. (No worries she had done this a couple times at home and was under direct supervision!)

Princess said, “I had fun helping my dad re-set passwords on the laptops.”

Do you or your spouse work? Have you ever thought about bringing your child to work? If not, why not?