At the beginning of the school year, it is incredibly important for children to get comfortable with their classmates. Learning about each other is a great way for children to make friends with people that share common interests to themselves.

I found Chrissy Metz to be inspiring before I read her memoir. Now, I feel like she's a literal hero for anyone who simply wants to live life as they are and not accept anyone else's standards for what beautiful, strong and successful is. And she manages to be kind and humble while doing it. I have binge watched every This Is Us episode there is. There is something special about that series, and there is something special about this book as well. Listening to Metz share her life story was informative and touching. Did you know she is from Gainesville, Florida? I had no idea she lived so close to me! I also didn’t know that she married (and later divorced) a man she met online, or that her stepfather verbally and physically abused her. It’s because of her life challenges, and difficulties that she is able to deliver a compelling book that is the story of how Chrissy Metz grew up and ultimately became Kate Pearson. Her tips on self-confidence and self-esteem are nice, like icing on a cake. She reminds us to be appreciative of who we are, find our gifts, and pursue our dreams. Only a strong, courageous and loving woman can be so positive given her past experiences. Chrissy Metz is amazing! Let the kids create their portraits. Mirrors can be a lot of help for this activity. Offer the kids a variety of materials to make their portraits – from plain coloring supplies to scrap paper or yarn for the hair. This was trying to be inspirational and a self help book, but all of the platitudes were cheesy and surface level, and nothing about the book made me feel like she was especially wise or someone to take advice from.I loved the parts when she talked about working with kids, and how their rules are important for us adults (maybe even more than for the kids). It starts with "Be a Good Friend", give them a turn, invite someone that you don't know to talk or play at the playground and not use the approach of guilty-until-proven-innocent to people. We miss a lot of awesome people if we make them prove their worth to us before opening up. If we all accepted newcomers to our lives and then got to decide if they live up to our openhearted expectation. There are other great ones, like "Do Your Best Work" and "Use Your Listening Ears" Presentation: The ending image is a great touch when they show an empty suitcase and prompt the reader to think about what they would take if they had to leave. It was a great feature in wrapping up a story while promoting a deeper thinking about the book. It puts the reader into the book and has them think about what they would do. An interesting view of a childhood in which there is a constant awareness that one is a burden, a mistake and a nuisance. Developing strong, long-lasting friendships is incredibly important for children's social and emotional development. These types of relationships help to develop attributes such as self-esteem, confidence, altruism and empathy. They also set the foundations for healthy relationships in later life.

My copy was hit by a freak rainstorm when I left it out on the veranda one evening. It swelled to double the size and when the sun-dried approach failed to work, I went for the more radical bake-in-the-oven strategy. This left me with a crinkle-cooked book, which is therefore currently lying under a hundredweight of art books and encyclopaedias. Given the significance of baking and household chores in Janice Galloway's work generally I found this a nice irony. i read this memoir and i recommend it to all lovers of novels and memoirs, especially scottish ones. We were born in August 1971 in a theatre, not an operating theatre but a lecture theatre so that the student nurses and doctors could observe a multiple birth. Somehow, she survives to not only succeed in the business of her dreams, but to thrive. It wasn't easy. She honestly documents her struggles, both mentally and physically. She continues to have relationship troubles. But Chrissy never lets it dim her optimism that things can get better and that she can improve, no matter where she finds herself. Chrissy is strong and outstanding woman. As usual, I never heard about her before her book, since I am rarely watching anything. I was very happy to find out who she is, reading about her past, and her rising to be a successful person, in a larger size than our media embraces.Chrissy Metz grew up in a large family, one that always seemed to be moving, and growing. Her father disappeared one day, leaving her mother to work a series of menial jobs and his children to learn to live with the threat of hunger and the electricity being cut off. When her mother remarried, Chrissy hoped for “normal” but instead experienced a form of mental pain that seemed crafted just for her. The boys who showed her attention did so with strings attached as well, and Chrissy accepted it, because for her, love always came with conditions.