westcoast finds
Cool Sites!
CanIGetTheRecipe.com
LearnNowBC.ca
From local Vancouver mom, cook and editor Carrie Snell, CanIGetTheRecipe.com features fabulous, healthy recipes from local chefs, foodies, cookbooks, restaurants and readers like you! All recipes are family-friendly, and come complete with shopping lists.
The LearnNowBC.ca web portal, created by the Virtual School Society, is a single point of entry to information about distributed (online) learning in British Columbia for students K to 12, parents and educators. This one-stop educational portal provides access to choices and free services for learners of all ages.
Nourished.ca Started by a local mom, this website offers holistic nutritional advice and counselling services, creating personalized nutritional plans that don’t just make you healthy, they make you happy!
Cool Reads! Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-Proof Girls in the Early Grades
Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life
By Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert Little Girls Can Be Mean is a parent’s, counselor’s, and educator’s go-to guide for helping young girls deal with, stand up to, and resolve friendship struggles, relation aggression, social cruelty, and bullying in elementary school—written in a hopeful and helpful tone. The book is written with all girls in mind, from various backgrounds and personalities. This is the book caregivers or educators of young girls should read before they pick up Queen Bees & Wannabes, Odd Girl Out, and Reviving Ophelia. SRP $14.99
by Karen Maezen Miller It’s easy to think that meaning, fulfillment, and bliss are “out there,” somewhere outside of our daily routine. But, in Hand Wash Cold, wife, mother, author, and Zen Priest Karen Maezen Miller reveals the ancient wisdom that we too easily overlook— the care instructions that come tucked inside our ordinary lives. Like the laundry tag sewn inside a precious garment, she encourages us to pay attention to ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. SRP $14.95
ReadersChoice 2nd Annual
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Enter for your chance to WIN an ULTIMATE FAMILY PASS, good for one whole year for a family of four!
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Go online to www.westcoastfamilies.com for full details on all prizes and to cast your vote! Voting is open from May 1, 2010 until September 15, 2010. Contest results and prize winners will be announced in the November/December 2010 issue. All prizes will be awarded by December 2010, and will be good for up to one year from date of issue.
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