Curious?

What tools/conversations do you have with your children to spark's their curiosity? On the heels of our January meeting, the following blog post from Focus on the Family fits right in!

Titled 'Boost Curiosity and Thinking Skills: Curiosity is key to your child's desire to learn.' The post starts out with the statement "as long as kids stay curious, they are motivated to learn." Read on for some practical tips as well as gentle reminders to stay tuned into what our kid's are asking us.

January 2014 Meeting Recap

Back for the new year! We were graced with the wisdom and humor of Anita Ramsey, a reading specialist for Mesa Public Schools at our January meeting. She reminded us to:

- Talk with your child as you are walking or driving
- Engage your child in "looking" and "listening"
- Become aware of "reading" opportunities
- Point to the words as you are reading them
- Keep books in the car
- Label items on and off the page
- Put the phone down

Anita also left us with the great resource and reminder to use the public library resource page: www.mpsaz.org/library
user name: mps4
password: search

If you missed, get ready, mom2mom has some great activities planned for 2014! We hope to see you at the next gathering!

Upcoming Events
MNO - Dessert Night @ Cheryl Washburn's February 6th @ 7 PM.

February Meeting - February 20th @ 9:30 am

Playdate @ Summit Park - March 6th @ 9:30 am

March Meeting - March 13th @ 9:30 am

MNO - Happy Feet Pedicures @ 6:00 pm

April Meeting - April 17th @ 9:30 am

May Meeting - May 15th @ 9:30 am

Questions, comments, concerns? Leave us a comment and we will get back to you!

Who Wants a More Organized Home?!

Ahhh, Organization. For some, we may thrive on the word, for the other half of us, we may dread the process. However, we know we all benefit from a more organized life and home. Therein, enters the 52 Week Challenge To An Organized Home. 

On the web site, you will find a break down of each week, a PDF document you can print out, and also a place to enter your email to subscribe. It can be hard to remember to check back to a web site each week, the site breaks it down easily by emailing you each week's challenge.

Who is game? Leave us a comment if you are participating!

Hope Women's Center

At our next mom2mom meeting, January 16th 2014, we will be collecting toilet paper for Hope Women's Center.

Hope Women's Center offers mentoring, Biblical counseling, education, pregnancy testing, and girls nights out for the community. With locations in Apache Junction, Coolidge, and Phoenix, all services are free. It is a "community of people who are committed to loving and serving our neighbors by providing resources and referrals for the vulnerable women and teen girls and their families living in the East Valley, Phoenix, and Coolidge." Their website lists three ways to become a part of this dynamic ministry: Volunteer, Pray, and Invest.

For more information please visit http://hopewomenscenter.org and don't forget to grab a few extra rolls of TP to help donate! :-)