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It’s September, the temperatures are cooling and I feel like I’m already behind in my crafting schedule. As quilters, a top priority becomes the need to plan and organize quilt projects in preparation for the upcoming holidays. Today, I have some clear steps and great tools to help you organize, prioritize and make a plan to get the important projects done. Steps to organize quilt projects Sew many quilts, sew little time? That is something I hear quilters say all the time. If you’re like me, you want to do all the things. I’m constantly starting something new before I’ve...

Missy Graff Ballone’s new book, Wellness for Makers: A Movement Guide for Artists is a book I’ve been waiting awhile for. It is finally out from Schiffer Publishing.Many of you know I worked as an occupational therapist for 17 years in a wide variety of settings including adult inpatient and outpatient rehab, work rehab/pain clinic, SNF, home health, and I worked for ten years in pediatrics in outpatient and schools. Ergonomics was not my specialty, but any OT has to know quite a bit about how to to adapt environments and habits for health and to adapt after injury or...

Are you one of the millions of people living with chronic back pain? Have you been told by a medical provider your pain is due to arthritis? Or there is nothing that can be done about your back pain? Cases of chronic low back pain, which is pain lasting longer than three months, tend to increase with age. The message we hear the most often is that pain is due to structural changes within the spine. But research has shown that the risk factors for developing chronic pain aren’t related to injury or tissue damage. Let’s take a look at...

Every year for the last 23 years, many writers commit to this crazy/amazing/brilliant {free} community and world-wide challenge that is NaNoWriMo. I know lots of writers who use this month to focus and get lots of writing done (Ezra Barany — my husband, thriller writer, and co-teacher in many of our programs at Barany School of Fiction; me too {Raises hand!}). Will you join in? Would you like to but don’t know where to begin? We got you. The secret for us is… we prepare. How To Prepare for NaNoWriMo We usually take the month of October to go through...

Place Value to 1,000 is an essential skill to master in 2nd grade. Your students will enjoy the freedom of Task Cards, Center Games, and Color By Numbers while learning and reviewing important skills at the same time! This Second Grade Number Names Math Resource is perfect for an informal assessment grades for 2nd Grade! Click Here to Download This Second Grade Number Names Bundle Resource For Your Classroom Today! Number Names Essential Question How do you write 3-digit numbers using words? Tips for Introducing Number Names Explain that you can also use words to write 3-digit numbers. Show examples...