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Sedation Dentistry: Trying It Out
I have an ugly history with dentistry. When I was a young child, I barely brushed my teeth. My mother would ask, “Did you brush your teeth?” I would lie, “Yup.” And then I ended up with 7 cavities. During one of the fillings, I experienced excruciating nerve pain. The dentist kept giving me more shots of Novocain, but the pain persisted. And now I hate the dentist and go once every seven years. That’s why I’m trying sedation dentistry. Have you heard of it?
Sedation dentistry is where they use anesthesia to help calm any anxiety you might have about dental work. Remember that horrible filling that caused … Read More
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Picture Books about Diverse Family Structures
Every month, Montessori For All selects an anti-bias, anti-racist book for our teachers to read to their communities. First we select one for 3-6 year-olds, then one for 1st-3rd graders, and finally one for 4th-6th graders. Therefore, if you would like to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive links to book guides with discussion questions, vocabulary words, and extension activities to be used in the classroom or at home, you can sign up here. This month we are focusing on diverse family structures. Further, you can find books about peace/justice/empathy here or immigration and refugees here.
Picture Books about Diverse Family Structures: 3-6 year-olds
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West Texas with Kids: Our Recent RV Vacation
For our recent Fall Break, our family rented an RV and traveled to Big Bend National Park. West Texas with kids is really fun!
We had been talking about renting an RV for years and finally got around to doing it. I think we took so long to move forward because RVing doesn’t align to our “formula” for our favorite kinds of vacations. For example, our summer vacation to Upstate New York fit our formula precisely.
However, RVing was on our Bucket List (just like going on a cruise for the first time this year was also on my list). And while we will not be doing it again … Read More