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If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you’d like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t,
If you think you’ll lose,
You’re lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a person’s will,
It’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster hand;
But sooner or later
The person who wins
Is the one who thinks “I can.”

-Author Unknown

A group of old friends from high school and I were discussing this poem on Facebook a couple of weeks ago.  This poem was recited by us many times during our band years.  Ok, no laughing…yes, I was a band geek.  We were cool band people though, lol!  I thought I would share it with all of you because everyone can use a little pick me up from time to time.  Reading this poem is still a great motivator for me.  Enjoy!

I was given a copy of Coursing Around to review earlier this month. This sidewalk chalk activity book is a great way to encourage physical fitness in children and even parents.  The book contains fifteen fun-filled workouts designed for children. Each workout, called a “course” has its own drawing to show you how to draw it on your driveway (using sidewalk chalk). My children had a ball drawing the courses before we began working out. We decided to draw more than one course on our driveway which allowed for extended fun. Included in the book are illustrated instructions for the exercises used on the courses.

Overall I think this book is a good resource. I have made obstacle courses using sidewalk chalk in the past, but my children had a lot of fun looking through the book to pick which ones they wanted to create. The course plans make it easy to add more physical activity to your day in a fun way.  The courses are designed to be a child-size workout and are good for parents as well. I would suggest checking this out if you are looking for a good way to add some fun physical activity to your homeschool routine.

Disclosure: I received a copy of the book to review. No additional compensation was received for this review. The opinions stated in the post are my own.

We could have everyone send the post cards and/or other goodies to me and I could mail out one package to each participant

OR

Everyone would be responsible for sending the items to each participant

I personally like the idea of everyone sending the post cards and/or other goodies to me and then I could mail out one package to each participant.  This will reduce the number of people with access to contact info to just one (me) which might make people more comfortable with participating.  Yes, I think that does mean I just volunteered myself for some work, lol!

Hop over to the Facebook page and vote on the poll to let me know which way you think we should structure the exchange.

All you need is some paper, paint, paint brush and a sharpie to make these cute little guys.

Help your little one paint their hand.  My daughter decided to make two hand prints on the page.

She decided to make the monsters different colors…pink and green…Ok, not the scariest colors, but they are cool for monsters

Now it is time to let the hand prints dry for a little bit.  Great time to wash up and have a snack.

After the hand prints have dried your child can add faces using a marker.  You then have some adorable monsters ready for Halloween.  Have a great Halloween!