Inspired By Marva Collins (Back2Blogging Day 4-Writer's Workshop)

This post is Day 4 of The SITS Back To Blogging challenge as well as Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop.--post about a woman who inspires you.

Marva Collins Inspired Me

A long time go I saw "The Marva Collins Way" on TV and was so impressed by her teaching style that I took notes and kept them in my purse! She taught school in Chicago and became frustrated with the school system, so opened her own school which became successful.

Here is the list of notes I took from watching the movie which I try to apply when teaching Sunday School where applicable.

1. Give praise and positive reinforcement.
2. Have high expectations.
3. Always keep things fresh even if you taught the material before.
4. No homework = no grade.
5. Give short homework assignments every day.
6. Give prompt feedback.
7. Give personal attention--say something nice before correcting errors.
8. Use class time effectively.
9. Don't give up--every child will learn in this class.

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We Wish You A Merry SITSmas!

This year, thanks to Mountain Woman at Red Pine Mountain, I discovered the fabulous Sisterhood of the blogosphere at The Secret's In The Sauce. Gerard and I wish you all a Merry SITSmas!

Especially since I decided not to spend hours just making Entrecard drops, I have listed the following great blogs I found at SITS to my blogroll:

Greedy Girls Guide relating to fitness.

Mama's Losin' It written by Mama Kat who hosts Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop and gives several prompts for posts each Wednesday.

Shell In Your Pocket written by a mom who has some great traditions and ideas pertaining to family.

Controlling My Chaos written by a control freak.

I'm Living Proof that God Has a Sense of Humor written by a very funny mom of two sets of twins. (My Favorite new blog)

Yaya Stuff written by a lover of orange with a great sense of humor who is trying to adopt and shares her experiences.

Infertile Myrtle whose blog is filled with a variety of interesting topics and beautiful pictures.

Looking For Something Deeper written by a minister's wife on a variety of topics.

A Spiritual Connection
written by a therapist who loves to encourage women by sharing tips on being a good wife.

I appreciate all the SITStas who have visited my blog and had hoped to have 100 followers by the end of this year. Maybe if you are not yet a follower, you would consider it and help make my wish come true!

SITS is all about supporting other bloggers with positive comments--click here to read more SITSmas cards in this holiday lovefest with comments galore!

5 Things I Learned This Week-Part 32

Help For Team Managers

At Your Fun Family there is a post about a cool website available where you can manage your sports team. It's called www.teamsnap.com but the only catch is, it's not free except for a 30-day free trial.

The Secret Is In The Sauce

This week I was referred to look into SITS by Mountain Woman. SITS is a site that promotes commenting on blogs. It's a great way to find new blogs and bring more traffic to your blog. Each day you just leave a comment to "check in" and then there is a featured blog which has links to three of their best posts. The idea is to visit these blogs and leave a comment. If you've been seeing comments with "Happy SITS day" or "Visiting from SITS" or "Congrats on your SITS day" or something similar, this is what that refers to. It's just another community of bloggers who visit and comment on each others blogs. Why not check it out?

Kirk Cameron

I just finished reading Kirk Cameron's autobiography, Still Growing and learned a whole lot about him that I didn't know, such as:

• He was an atheist but became a Christian.


• He married an actress and has six kids.


• He and his wife run a camp each summer for families with special need kids to have fun.


• In his recent movie, "Fireproof," the producers respected his conviction about not kissing any woman other than his wife su let her substitute in for the big kiss at the end of the movie.

Saving Money

To cut down on your cost for textbooks, you can rent them! There are several sites that you can try and one even plants a tree when you rent a book from them! Check out the post I found about this at Robynn's Ravings.

Cats love

At Meow Diaries I found a whole list of ways cats show they love you. I am pleased to report my cats do all these things: blink at me, show me their belly, let me groom them, knead and rub against me. Glad to know I am loved!