News | Coffee with Cheryl

November 1, 2011 3 Comments

In light of some major editorial and vision differences, I am no longer involved in the group project I had a large hand in creating in September. It was a major problem for me, and for two other Editors involved with the site, so we left. It totally bummed us out.

The good news is that we haven’t given up on our vision! We’ve teamed up and are launching what is going to be a fun, all-encompassing site called Off the Deep End.

This is where you guys come in…

We need writers! Whether you have a blog or not, or think you’re any good or not, we’re willing to read some of your work and see if you’ll be a good fit for our team!

If this sounds like something you’re interested in, please get in touch with us at admin@off-the-deep-end.net as soon as possible. We’re looking for a November 14th launch date, and would like to have our writers in place by then.

Thanks!

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Following Up & In the Works…

September 21, 2011 4 Comments

I know I haven’t posted in several days, but there’s good reason! Here’s a follow up on Kindergarten, and some awesome news about what’s coming up.

Kindergarten Follow-Up

Connor’s teacher and I have worked out a system where she meets us at the door and walks him to kindergarten, while I scoot away as discreetly as possible. I always give him his hugs and kisses before we get to the building, so he doesn’t feel like I’m not saying I love him or goodbye. So far, its working like a charm! He still gripes about not wanting to go to school while we’re on our way there, so it’s not the optimum situation yet, but at least we aren’t having any meltdowns.

Awesome News

I’ve been asked to review an educational tool aimed at finding learning problems in young children and eliminating them. The program involves a once-a-week 1 hour lesson, then the rest of the weeks’ lessons are 20 minutes long. It takes 12-18 months to complete the program, depending on how quickly you work with your child. I’ll be starting on this program on Sunday, and I can’t wait to see how Connor does. I’ll be posting about the first lesson on Sunday night, and will do follow up posts every two weeks or so. Oh – there’s one more thing…I get to give one lucky person a membership to the program valued at $600! More details on the giveaway to come.

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