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Fun do-it-yourself projects for back to school StatePoint Back to school shopping can seem tedious and boring for some students. But you can help your young ones get motivated for a new school year by getting them more involved in the experience. Going back to school and getting back into the daily grind can seem stifling. Personalizing and accessorizing school supplies, lockers and work spaces can be a simple antidote. With that in mind, here are a few tips and DIY ideas to get kids pumped about the new school year:
Notebooks Why settle for the same plain notebooks everyone else has? Liven up math, history and English by decorating a notebook for each subject with its own unique design and color concept. Doing so isn’t just fun, it can help students find their stuff quickly during the rush between classes. One easy way to decorate notebooks and reinforce them at the same time against wear and tear is with duct tape. Lay down a solid color
duct tape along the cover of your notebook in rows, then use a crafting knife to cut along the sides, making the edges sharp and clean. After that, lay a few horizontal, diagonal or vertical stripes of patterned duct tape down over the base in fun patterns to make it your own. Don’t forget to label each notebook with your name and subject!
Workspaces A student’s work space should be a place that inspires him or her to do great work and be creative. But that can seem impossible when the space is colorless and uninspiring. To get your kids excited about homework, let them play a role in choosing where they do it and then allow them to decorate that area. A place for friendly reminders and to-do lists above the desk can be a helpful study aid that keeps kids on task. However, rather than hanging a conventional chalkboard, create a portable version with 3M’s new Scotch Chalkboard Tape or Dry Erase Tape, which acts just like a regular chalkboard or dry erase surface, but
is applied like tape and removes cleanly and easily from surfaces.
Be Creative You provide the binders, notebooks, pencils and the crafting supplies and let kids
provide the imagination. And now, kids can share their crafting talent not just with their classmates, but also with the world by entering 3M’s “Tape On” contest where they can submit their own back to school creations using duct
tape for an opportunity to win prizes. Feeling inspired? Channel that creativity by submitting your own back to school project. Visit www.go.3M. com/tapeoncontest for more information on how to enter
Atkins’ workshop takes children around world
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By W. Winston Skinner winston@newnan.com
With music and movement, the children on the upper floor of the Carnegie Library traveled around the world. Actress, singer and dance i n st r uc tor Joa n n a Pa ng Atkins led them on their musical tour. Atkins conducted two classes in international dance on recently – about 25 younger children in the morning and ages 8-12 in the afternoon. During the morning session, Atkins used music, dance, costumes, props – and some plain old teaching – to introduce the group to Japan, Scotland and Kenya. Atk ins usua lly spends several days at a school – teaching children dances and information about the culture of a country. At the end of her time at a school, the students are prepared to present a program – with dance and melodies – on the nation studied. Her program at the Carnegie was a light version of what she usually does. Atkins opened the morning session with Japan. She recalled “performing Japanese and Chinese dances” and being fascinated by “the different traditions, the different cultures.” She enjoyed “learning about the music and – because I am a dancer – learning about the dances,” she said. She used fans and drums to illustrate different types of Japanese dance. One of the dances uses beautiful fans, and she said “the most important thing” about that dance is “the head following the fan.” A group of boys wore tied headscarves and enthusiastically beat taiko drums as Atkins led them. “What’s different about taiko drumming is the arms go way up in the air,” she explained. Atkins asked the group
and to see the official contest rules. Don’t let back to school shopping be a chore. This year, get the kids off to a great start by making school -- and all the supplies that come with it -- personal, stylish and fun.
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Dancer Falyn Mapel, right, assists Joanna Pang Atkins in leading the youngsters in the Highland fling.
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– which included children from Breakaway Childcare – about the sister city relationship between Ayr, Scotland, and Newnan and the county connection between Ayrshire, Scotland, and Coweta County. “We’re going to travel to Scotland,” she said. She talked about how tartans represent family groups – clans – in Scotland. The Highland f ling, originally a dance for men signalling a victory in battle – was demonstrated. “We are going to leave Scotland. We’re going to Africa. Africa is a huge continent. In Africa, there are many, many different countries,” Atkins said. Atkins has traveled to Kenya with her husband, film producer Dick Atkins. “He was doing a documentary on the lions and the rhinos,” she said. “We had a fantastic experience.” T hey met members of the Masai tribe, and they
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Pudding-powered snacks Pair wholesome, delicious pudding with ingredients from your own pantry or fridge Family Features
Christiana Sanders wears authentic Masai dress – including a neckpiece given to Joanna Pang Atkins by a Masai woman.
What do you reach for around 3 in the afternoon? Something salty? Something crunchy? Something creamy, smooth and sweet? These days, more snackers are looking for something wholesome and satisfying to get them through the afternoon. Here’s one snacking choice you may not have thought of: pudding. When pudding is made right, it’s made with real ingredients like milk and eggs, cooked slowly until it’s creamy and delicious. While cooking up your own pudding is a fun and satisfying weekend or evening project, when you need a quick afternoon
snack, that’s probably not in the cards. Fortunately, there are still some companies making pudding just the way you would at home, slowly simmered to perfection. This is great news for people who want a smooth and creamy snack they can feel good about. There’s a good reason why simple, com forting pudding was a favorite childhood snack and is still a wholesome snack choice today.
Simple Ideas for a Delicious Snack Pudding is perfect straight out of the refrigerator, of
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