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Opportunities and Possibilities 
          My favorite words are possibilities, opportunities, and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and                then if you open the doors, you create possibilities. Mario Testino  
     Children are naturally curious and often get into trouble with their quests to find out what something is or how it works. Parents can encourage them to ask questions, to find out more. Parents can expand possibilities for their children by focusing on how we help each other learn and grow. By connecting with other people, ideas, experiences and places, adults can help children grow and expand their worlds so that each child can be and become their best selves. 
     Adults can aid children to see possibilities in their future. Parents can broaden the horizons for their children by exploring innovative ideas, experiences, and places with them. Parents and interested adults can model being a curious learner by creating their own questions and sharing what they learn. By talking with your children, you might even learn from them. Help them to connect to people who can help them grow. Maybe, grandparents, uncles and aunts can introduce your children to their customs, traditions, even the work they have done. Give your children the opportunities to learn from them. You can even find ways for your children to spend time with them and people in your community who are different from your family. When they engage in their communities in meaningful ways, your children gain self-respect and take pride in their communities. They could organize a “litter patrol” in your neighborhood or their own neighborhood watch. https:fpcanada.org/programs/ helps involve children 9-12 in their communities. 
     Parents can prepare children for possibilities in their future when machines and technology will take over so much of their lives. Change the ways you talk to your children. Develop the right tools and questions and be a good listener to unlock your children who already have the answers within them. Let your children take the lead in doing a project or planning a vacation. What are they interested in? Let them learn to fail but learn from their failures so they learn resilience. Help them to assess risk and reward. Give them opportunities to work with others to explore the latest ideas, to become more resourceful and determined. 
           There are possibilities all around you—magic all around you—no matter what situation you’re in. Kate Palmer  
     Give your children opportunities and explore possibilities with them as you make plans.

Strong Bodies, Strong Minds 
          Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood, memory and learning. Dr. John Ratey 
Help your children get fit mentally as they get fit physically. When we think of exercise, we think of moving our whole body, but movement of just parts of the body is important also. Exercise primes good behavior and reduces discipline problems. It creates an alert brain ready to learn. 
     Playing catch, especially with bean bags that fit children’s hands is beneficial also. Tossing the bean bag in the air with one hand and catching it with the other is good for eye-hand coordination. Children can also throw bandanas in the air in the same way. Practicing walking with the bean bag on their heads is good practice for balance. Using a bean bag to throw and knock down empty soda bottles is inside bowling. How about balancing a plastic egg on a wooden cooking spoon as children attempt to carry it across the floor? “Lawn darts” can be played inside with rolled up socks, beanbags or Nerf balls thrown into containers set up some distance away. (thephoenixcenternj.org/phoenixfamilytips) 
     If you have access to stairs, they can be used for balance and learning.
        True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. Wilhelm Von Humboldt 
     As children get ready for school, they can do a few minutes of aerobic exercise in the morning to wake up their brains. This gives them energy and helps them be more focused and score better on tests. Doing some kind of strength building in the afternoon reinforces their ability to make it through the day. Such activities or video games such as “Dance Dance Revolution” or “Just Dance” are great fun and provide super benefits for continuing to learn. 
          To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha