Free Printable Lesson Plans--Math, Money, Banking, Shopping

If you're teaching your kids about money are working on budgeting yourself, here are activities to help. Money is one of the best subjects to explore when teaching math skills. Units on money math are essential for improving scores on high stakes testing as well. Here are some of the many benefits of instruction in money math:
Coin counting teaches adding and multiplying skills.

Making change teaches subtraction skills.

Calculating sales discounts teaches fractions, decimals and percents.

Profit and loss explains integers

Income and expenses teaches algebra formulas

For printable lesson plans on money click here Free Printable Lesson Plans: Math, Money, Banking, Shopping 

How I'm Keeping My Organization New Year's Resolutions - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com

If you're like me, making New Year's resolutions is the easy part. I think up a few goals on New Year's Eve, throw salt over my shoulder and toast my success. I'm great for the first few weeks of January, but by MLK Jr. Day, I've pretty much forgotten them. Here are ways I'm not only making but keeping my 2012 New Year's resolutions. Since most of my resolutions involve money, I'll focus on those. I'm also working on increased personal organization, so scheduling and multitasker tips figure heavily in this list, too. Read more at First Person: How I'm Keeping My Financial New Year's Resolutions

Strategies for Coping with Holiday Stress-Induced Relationship Problems

Strategies for Coping with Holiday Stress-Induced Relationship Problems It's one of life's enigmas; the winter holiday season, which is supposed to bring the greatest joy, sometimes causes more feelings of depression and anxiety. Relationships and marriages , says family therapist Rachel Sussman, often suffer holiday-related setbacks. Here's a look at holiday relationship issues, with some first-hand advice about ways to cope. Read on...

When to Quit Multitasking and Take a Break

Back Pain: Therapeutic Tips and Techniques Sometime, we multitask, organize, schedule and just plain do too darn much. It's important to know when to slow down and practice a little self-care. You can't pour from an empty cup. One of the loudest biofeedback warning signals that you've overdone it is back pain. Back pain has got to be one of the most difficult pain to manage, too. Other bodily aches are more localized. You can elevate your feet or adjust your arms to alleviate pain in those areas. The back comprises about half of the body. When back pain sets in, it's all-encompassing.

I have an on-going relationship with back pain. There are several factors that contribute to my back pain. I was born with congenital hips and wore a brace for the first year of my life. I have scoliosis or curvature of the spine. I have a spina bifida or unformed disk in my lower back. I also have several slipped or herniated disks. I haven't seen a physician or caregiver for my back for about eight years now, and I believe that arthritis has begun to take hold in my neck and lower back. I don't want to spend the money to prove or disprove my theory. I'm also eerily OCD, Type A, etc. Here are ways that I've found to slow down, relax and heal. Read more

How to Balance Family, Work, Play, Relationships and Life!

How do you balance work and family? How do you keep up with kids, relationships, love life, career, household finances and still remain relatively sane? I've held down a job, homeschooled four kids and survived to tell the tale. Here are some tips that work for me. Read more...

How to Keep from Going Nuts When Guests Stay Overnight

The holidays represent different things for different people. For many people, the holidays mean parties, entertaining and house guests, which means extra work and preparation. Can you be a good hostess and set boundaries for house guests? Absolutely. Use this guide anytime you have house guests. Read on...

Free Printable Calendars, Organizers, Planners for Kids

One of the best ways to teach a child to be organized is to help them follow a daily calendar or schedule. Here are free printable 2011 monthly and weekly One of the best ways to teach a child to be organized is to help them follow a daily calendar or schedule. Here are free printable 2011 monthly and weekly calendars, personal organizers and schedules for kids. Many are coloring page calendars, too. Free printable coloring page calendars make great math and time lesson plans for elementary and special needs students. Click here.