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(Tags) Rainy Day Activities Let Your Children Enjoy!

By Garrett36 Pierson36

 Most children do not like rainy days because they cannot go out and play with their friends. It is essential for parents to know different rainy day activities that can keep their children busy and productive.

Here are some rainy day activities that can be enjoyed by both parents and children:

- Clean the toy cabinet. Gather your children and let them clean one drawer or shelf each. Sorting through these toys may able to let you find old toys, which can still be played. Select old pieces that can be thrown away as well as those things that can be sold.

- Recording sounds. Get a tape recorder and ask your kids to record everyday sounds and make a special project from it. Let them work on their imagination or suggest sounds to be recorded such as running water, someone opening the door or ringing the bell, or a dog’s bark. This is one of the rainy day activities that can make the children think about ordinary things in a different way. You can let them invite their classmates and friends to do the whole project together.

- Creating a story tape. Provide a tape recorder and some blank cassette tapes for your children and ask them to find stories that they enjoy and have them make their own story tape. Every child has the chance to read for a while or they can even take part of certain characters. Also, tell them to provide appropriate noises. This activity requires practice, which can make your kids giggle and have a lot of fun.

- Another great idea for rainy day activities is doing jigsaw puzzle. Let your children play jigsaw puzzle with their friends. You can borrow these puzzles from your local library or just purchase them from thrift stores or garage sales.

- Create a card house. If your children do not know any card games, it is best to build a card house instead. You can help them at first by balancing 2 cards next to each other, making them stand up in a reversed V shape and have your children do the rest of the activity.

- Balancing. This is a great activity that can help develop balance while having fun. Have your kids walk the length of a room with book placed on their head. This activity can bring laughter to the whole house.

- Making an indoor den is one of the rainy day activities that you can enjoy with your children. Find some few tablecloths and blankets in order to create an indoor den. Cover blankets and tablecloths between chairs and sofas or knot the ends to the door handles and cupboard knobs. After creating the den, provide your kids with special snacks, activity books and coloring books, play some music in the background and enjoy an indoor camping.

- Let your children play online games. The internet is filled with activities to do and during the rainy season, allow your kids to enjoy online games. However, make sure to set up a time limit for your children when playing online games because it could be quite addicting.

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Obama: To Make Scholarships Available to Single Mothers

By Fred Jackson

 Having to take care of their families on their own, single, working mothers have perhaps the toughest job of all. For many moms higher education is only a wish or a goal that has to be put on hold in order to take care of other responsibilities. President Obama, together with his new administration, is, however, encouraging moms to make their education a priority. Obama scholarships are giving working mothers a great chance to improve their futures.

Obama is urging working moms in particular to participate in his Scholarships for Moms program, whilst still encouraging people of all ages to seek higher education. Building on The Scholarships for Moms program, is the federal government’s long-standing offer of Pell grants. Applied for through FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), Pell grants are the most commonly applied for forms of aid for students going to college. To encourage more mothers to return to school, the Obama administration is making some changes now.

For the Scholarships for Moms program, the biggest incentive is in the amount of money that is being offered. $4000 per student is the maximum amount awarded through Pell grants, but that amount is increased to $5,000 for mothers who apply to the program. The purpose of these grants is to allow working moms to return to school and earn a degree. In turn, that will allow them to better provide for their families now as well as in the future. In addition, the administration hopes that equipping mothers to earn more money as working professionals will also be a stimulus to the economy. Moms can receive an education without worrying about the costs of school or having to pay back money for a loan.

Another great incentive for moms in considering this program is that it applies to enrollment in almost any type of higher education institution. Both four-year universities as well as smaller community colleges, are covered. You can choose to go to a private school or a public one. For busy moms where staying on campus isn’t an option, online course study is offered. Basically the government’s Scholarships for Moms program is a comprehensive attempt to get mothers who are keen back into the classroom.

With the Obama scholarship, the worry of returning to school is removed. Working moms can earn a degree in almost any area of interest. This means that they can be fully equipped to provide for their families. Higher education no longer has to be an unfulfilled wish or an unobtainable goal. The Scholarships for Moms program is designed to help create a brighter future for mothers and their children.

So what’s holding you back? Take advantage of a $100,000 scholarship drawing. Registration is free if you visit http://www.scholarshipsformomsfinder.info/

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