Today’s guest was Mrs. Jacalyn S. Leavitt, Chair of the Internet Keep Safe Coalition and former First Lady of Utah, as well as the wife of the Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, the former Governor of Utah. We learned a lot about internet safety, cyber bullying, and internet addiction. Jackie also treated us to a story about Faux Paws, a young cat learning all about the internet. To learn more about these important issues and get some great tips on how to deal with them go to http://www.ikeepsafe.org. You can also find a copy of all the Faux Paws stories on their site.

 

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Today was our mother’s day special, complete with the history of Mother’s day, famous mothers, a story about an army mom, mother’s day craft, and a lullaby.

 

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Materials:

• Pictures created by your children
• Cardboard
• Scissors
• Hole Punch
• Metal Fasteners, Yarn, Twine (Whatever you would like to bind your book with)
• Crayons, glue, glitter, paint, markers (To decorate your book cover)

1. Gather all the pictures created by your children from the fridge or other places of honor. Get your child to help you put them in order (To tell a story) You can write the story on the back of the pictures or leave it blank so it can be a different story every time you read it.
2. Make sure all the pictures are roughly the same size, cut down ones that are too large and for ones that are too small, paste to a larger piece of paper.
3. Cut 2 pieces of cardboard to the same size as your pictures.
4. Punch a minimum of 2 holes along one side of all papers and the cardboard, taking care the holes are in the same spot on each.
5. Fasten or bind your book together with the material you chose, metal fasteners, yarn, twine, etc.
6. To make your book open easier, take the scissors and score a line from top to bottom about a half inch to an inch from your binding. Make sure not to score it too hard, just enough so it will bend easily.
7. Decorate your cover. Remember to write story and/or pictures by your child.

The Puddle People would like to invite you to write a letter about YOUR mother, or Mother-in-Law, to be read and aired on THE PUDDLE PEOPLE HOUR, blog talk radio. www.blogtalkradio.com/puddlepeoplehour

The Puddle People Hour is a forum for our talk radio show, and we would love for you to send us a letter about “Why you think your Mom is special” and then invite your MOM to listen in and hear what YOU have to say about her! It will be a special treat for her.

If it’s inconvenient to listen in on that special day (May 10th)because your busy taking her out to lunch, or traveling to see her…you can also download it to your ipod…we do record the show and you can go on site to listen again as well.

Date: Airtime – 1:00 EST Saturday, May 10, 2008.

Do something inexpensive, yet very special for your Mom. Write to us about her, and tell us why she is so special to you and then let her hear it over and over on the air the first time or via ipod downloads.

Send your letter to: thewritingeditor@yahoo.com

Today’s Guest:

Nicole and Maddy host the ever popular Parents and Kids Talk Radio on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parentsandkids

Today we talked about Earth Day! Wow! There were so many things to learn about this very important subject. We also talked about Ecological Footprints and gave some ideas on how to lower it.

 

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Recycling for Art

Coming up with materials for art projects doesn’t have to be expensive. Chances are you throw away things everyday that could be put to a better use and save on the landfills. For instance, pop bottle lids.
We recycle every week here and one of the rules is the pop bottle lids need to be removed. I was just throwing these things away, not even thinking of them because they were so small. When in reality there are a great deal of things you can do with these. Have you ever created your own wind chime? The pop bottle lids do make an interesting sound when they click together. How about putting them in plastic containers for musical shakers? This gives a deeper sound than rice or dried beans.
Half of the things that you put in the garbage or recycling bins are potential musical instruments or craft materials. Here is a brief list:

• Egg crates
• Newspaper or scrap paper
• Bottles of every shape and size
• Cereal boxes
• Milk cartons
• Bottle lids
• Tin cans
• The metal ends of frozen juice cans
• Magazines
• Old puzzles
• Broken jewelery
• Glass jars
• Spice bottles
• Old, scratched cd’s and dvd’s
• Old light bulbs
• Old board games
• Mismatched or holey socks
• Scrap material

And that’s just the beginning! Before you throw something away, stop a minute to think, could I use this at a later time? Use your imagination, or better yet, use the imagination of your child. You would be surprised at how much fun a child can have thinking up new ways to use old stuff.
While you’re at it, think about the stuff you can’t reuse. How about starting a compost heap with your child? You can teach them a lot about nature and maybe start a small garden with them in the process. This also teaches them responsibility, fine motor skills, respect for nature, and gives them the satisfaction of doing something on their own. It’s also a great way to strengthen the bond between you and your child. By the time you are finished recycling for art and composting your garbage output will diminish dramatically!

Excerpt from The Mother’s Survival Kit, written and illustrated by Pam Sargant

http://ww2.earthday.net/ - Earth Day Site

www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/gallery/life_sciences/footprint_mx_2005.swf - Calculate your Ecological Footprint

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint - Explanation of your ecological footprint

http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/resources/TenThings.htm - Ten Things That You Can do to Decrease Your Environmental Footprint

http://www.pktalkradio.blogspot.com/ - Parents and Kids Talk Radio Blog

http://soapboxmom.com/ - Soap Box Mom