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Christmas in September is Here! 100 Shoebox Campaign!

September 11, 2021 in News - Updates

In my last post I mentioned that my Educator YouTube friends & I have been gathering some of our favorite tools that we use while working with kids. Well everything is uploaded and ready to go and we are kicking off our Shoebox campaign.

We are inviting you to take part in Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Shoebox campaign. Samaritan’s Purse has been in existence for years serving young children and families in war torn countries around the world. Samaritan’s Purse is a Christian organization endeavoring to share the love of God in word & deed.

Christmas in September Kick-off Video- https://youtu.be/zxB7kjw_Gic

 

We invite to you to participate.

Just for participating we will email you all the cool teacher/parent educational tools that we have collaboratively put together.

  1. Go to Operation Christmas Child and create a box or 2 online.
  2. Take a screenshot of the Thank-You page during your check out while creating a Shoebox from the Samaritan’s Purse website. Or take a screenshot of the Thank-you email from Samaritan’s Purse after creating your shoebox.
  3. Email me one of your screenshots to dawn@thesingingnurse.com please put “Shoebox Participant” in the subject.
  4. I will email you all of our “Thanks for Participating” teacher tools.  Our Goal Page on Samaritan’s Purse is called Dawn-TheSingingNurse & Friends Here is the Goal Page Link
  5. Here is the long link in case you need it https://sampur.se/3nDmJoa
  6. Please spread the word to your family and friends Our goal is “100” shoeboxes by Thanksgiving.

I Dawn love kids and love sharing creative and fun way to learn about being healthy in body, mind & Spirit. I have contributed 3 of my health lessons, activities & songs that all have an accompanying video on Youtube.

Angie from “Making the Basics Fun” has contributed 4 of her awesome “Early Finisher” games/activity PDF’s that are appropriate for K & 1st graders.(I say they would be awesome in a binder for a road trip too) Angie is a retired teacher with loads of experience and loves sharing teacher tips. She has a Website, Podcast and resource filled YouTube channel. She also has a great sense of humor.

Connie comes with the experience of writing & speaking and is now popularly known as the fun loving Grandma Goodie. She comes to us with a heart for the kiddos and shares her sweet bible stories on her YouTube channel to give parents a short break. She is fun, her videos are creative and of great quality. I am sure your kiddos will come to love spending time with her. She releases new videos each Sunday from her “Grandma Goodie’s Bible Stories” YouTube channel.

Rose comes to us from “Sunday School Made Easy”, her YouTube channel where she brings all kinds of crafts & bible lessons to life. She releases videos regularly. Rose has the gift of encouragement and coaches new teachers. She has contributed a cute bookmark PDF of the Fruit of the Spirit.

Shonda comes to us from “Shonda’s Real Food & Drinks” YouTube channel. She is all about being the healthiest you can be by eating the real deal. She is a kind hearts teacher and has a bunch of resources to help you live a creative healthy life. She releases regularly on her platforms. She has contributed her Salad Guide PDF and a yummy Sauerkraut recipe. Shonda has a Website and a Podcast too.

Disclaimer: None of the above mentioned people are receiving any monetary compensation for being involved with the Samaritan’s Purse shoebox campaign or in our goal of collectively creating “100” shoeboxes online. We are in good faith offering our teacher/parent tools as a thank-you to you for participating. Our Teacher/Parent games, classroom tools, health lessons, songs, nutrition & bookmark PDF’s are at no cost to you. The only monetary exchange is between you and Samaritan’s Purse at the Samaritan’s Purse website on the “Dawn-TheSingingNurse & Friends” goal page. If you have any questions about the process or money exchanged as you create shoeboxes online, you should therefore contact Samaritan’s Purse directly.

Learn more about Samaritan’s Purse at: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/about-us/

 

Post #1 2021 Christmas Now! Educator Collaboration

August 22, 2021 in News - Updates, TSN outreach Projects

Hi, I want to share with you the beginnings of a Collaboration with some of my educator friends from YouTube. It should be fun for you and your kids & a blessing to some others too! You remember the wise words of the Lord when He said “It is more blessed to give than to receive”? That is what this project is all about. Take a quick look at the video below to get a little taste. And stay tuned to learn more soon! Subscribe here or subscribe to my YT channel to keep updated when we share the whole enchilada with you.

Here is the direct link to the video in case you need it! 🙂 https://youtu.be/twOPLAeGLgE

Subscribe to: Dawn Ginese-TheSingingNurse  YouTube Channel

Subscribe to: The Singing Nurse Website(receive a free hand washing activity pdf right now for starters 🙂 )

WE ARE GATHER ALL OUR FREE TEACHER/PARENT TOOLS NOW! WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US!

Here are some fun craft posts for the Christmas Season:

Huge Poster Board Christmas Tree Card

Advent Giving Tree Tutorial 

Projects Left Unfinished Saddens A Teacher During Covid19

May 24, 2020 in News - Updates, Nurturing the Child

When I left my classroom in March I didn’t think that would be the last time I would be in the classroom with all my wonderful preschoolers. I didn’t know that would be the last time I would see their smiling faces. The last time I would get to hug them. The last time we would be learning together in person. The last time I would see the excitement on their faces when they entered the classroom.
Today I walked into my classroom filled with projects left unfinished, crayons and glue sticks half-used, untold stories, empty playgrounds, missed moments and unmade memories. Packing it all up before the year is complete is sad, it is frustrating, and it is hard.
Right now this classroom is where time stands still, but it will become a classroom where time moves again. It will be a day to celebrate, share stories, create art, ask questions, and learn together. I can’t wait for the day we are all together again❤️

Sarah Smith Ginese

My daughter-in-law shared this on her Facebook wall recently. Sarah is a great mom and I know she relished spending the special time in the lock down with her own kids but this shows her heart as a teacher. 

Can you relate to Sarah? How did you cope with the Covid19 lock down? How did you juggle home, online teaching and following up with your own children learning online? Please share in the comments below. It can be funny too, I may share my teacher daughter in-laws funny stories in another post.

Thanks for all you do for Children

Be Healthy & Safe

Dawn

You may like this Post about Keeping Kids Active!

7 Resources, Healthy Living in Your Own Backyard!

April 9, 2017 in Children's Health Education, News - Updates

Updated 4/9/17 The Singing Nurse Health Tip #2

I am turning 60 this year(62 now) and want to increase my energy and better my overall health. I’ve been trying to make my activity more intense and eating more healthy. I’ve been trying to get creative with my workouts, and with summer weather here, being outdoors is so refreshing. I have come across some great resources that are fun and encouraging. If you hang out with kids, I know you like fun, and who doesn’t thrive on loads of encouragement.

Being healthy does not have to be expensive, nor does healthy living have to be boring. The main motivator though, is, “do you want it?’. Sometimes we are forced to change our choices because of health reason or a health crisis. Hopefully, if we are willing to learn and live wise, we can live well-rounded lives before a crisis ever develops.  Being stronger may even prevent injuries and keep us out of the emergency room.

So, I will share my ideas and give you the resources that I have discovered.

Resource # 1.

BodyDoOverI’ve been listening to a great Podcast called “Body Do Over”. Two guys talk back and forth about workouts, eating, weight loss plateaus and myths in the fitness world. John is the knowledgeable trainer and Matt is the eager trainee with all the questions. The podcast is lots of fun, very enthusiastic and encouraging. Kelly, a nutrition and training expert has joined the team to give a well-rounded approach to healthy eating of course, that makes you want to keep on track. There is a free quick start PDF over at BodyDoOver.com, very helpful.

Podcast BodyDoOver

 

Resource #2

Cardio Sprint Training, Dawn Ginese

Body Do Over has several days of Cardio/Sprint workouts. So I have included my deck as my workout space on those days. I set the alarm on my smartphone to start with a 5 min warm-up of walking and arm swinging, then set the alarm for every 1 minute to do intervals of brisk walking and stair climbing. So it is 5 min warm-up, 20 mins of intense walking and stairs and a 5 min cool down of walking or stretching. You can listen to your favorite music or I like to listen to the podcast over again which gives continual encouragement and motivation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource #3

Cool Healthy Apps

There are a couple apps that I like that can also help track your progress and even help you while you are away from your usual workout space.

nexerciseNexercise” is an awesome app which helps you track your workouts, it gives you badges and levels to help motivate you. Nexercise has a gift/rewards component that I have not taken part of yet. Nexercise also has a social element to which I have not taken part either, but the tracking aspect is cool to see your accomplishments.

 

workouts appWorkouts” is a cool app that includes videos that you can watch right on your smartphone. You can choose to target abs, arms, butt, cardio, legs or full workout. The free version is great, you can choose from 10, 20 or 30 min workouts. You can also set an alarm to remind you about working out. This one is fun to do with the kids, you know how they like their gadgets. 

 

 

 

Resource #4

Great YouTube channel

fitness blender FitnessBlender” has loads of great intense workouts. I like the ones with Kelli the female workout coach. Go to their website and make sure to check out the  FitnesBlender YouTube Channel. I use it on my smart TV.

Intense workouts of 30 minutes can be very effective. A 1 hour walks or other long workouts are great too. The point is to get moving. 

 

Resource #5

Below is a cool drink recipe I came up with.  It is healthy and affordable.

Yummy protein drink, Dawn Ginese, RN

Blueberry Protein Drink, Dawn Ginese

Ingredients:

1 banana or 1 cup of blueberries or both

1/4 cup almonds

1/2 cup Go Lean

1 cup plant-based milk

Add a talk glass of ice, a few shakes of cinnamon and all other ingredients in a blender for a yummy, icy, nutty sweet treat.**Note I’m learning that more protein is not necessarily better, especially animal protein. See nutrition links below.

Resource #6

fat vs muscleJust for fun I wanted to let you see an example of 5 lbs of fat vs. 5 lbs of muscle. As you can see fat takes up more space. So, your scale may not be an accurate tool to see how you are progressing towards your health goals. How your clothes are fitting and how your energy level has increased is a truer picture of better fitness.

 

 

 

 

 

Resource #7

I’ve have recently taken a nutrition course that is very informative and science based. You will be surprized at the research that has gone in to nutrition and how is effects our health. I will include few links below that will talk about diabetes 2, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and more of the top killers effected by the “Standard American Diet”

The China Study with T Colin Campbell

This is a nice overview of “The China Study” and the research aspect. This same website has lots of great recipes and personal stories of changing to a plant based diet and how it has improved health.

Chef AJ 

I love all of Chef AJ’s YouTube cooking demos. I really enjoy the ones called: The Chef and the Dietician. Together they make some yummy dishes and have some cool cooking tools to make cooking simple, healthy and fast.

Hope you have a wonderful summer with lots of R & R and peace. 

For Life & Healthy Living,

Dawn

Other posts you may like

Fun Health Lessons for Kids with music!

Healthy Family workout Health tip # 1

Subscribe for free Hand Washing ebook for kids

 

 

Happy New Year!

January 4, 2017 in Creative Adventures, News - Updates

img_4261Have an awesome New Year! My patient enjoyed creating this little candy snack tree for his nurses.

How?

  1. We covered a pizza box with paper
  2. Attached a New Years cone hat to the box with tacky glue
  3. Taped candy to the cone
  4. Taped curly ribbon in between the candy
  5. attached a piece of covered paper towel dowel
  6. cut a couple of slits at the top and inserted his picture

We hope you fill your new year with lots of fun, giving and learning. We are learning it is more blessed to give than to receive. We are thankful for the freedom to live a full life even in the midst of difficult times. We are learning that family and friends are important and we need to encourage and nurture them in any way we are gifted to do so. How are you going to celebrate your new year? What do you want to learn about. What are some of your ideas to bless others?

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Happy New Year!

Ms. Dawn

#happynewyear #thesingingnurse

Summer Fun Almost Done!

September 2, 2016 in News - Updates

Summer

I know many of your kids have started back to school, but many are trying to soak up and grasp the last moments of summer. I hope you had a great Summer filled with rest and relaxation and mostly fun and laughs with your families. Have an awesome school year, we hope you choose The Singing Nurse to help get the message out about living healthy.

For Healthy Kids and Families,

Ms. Dawn

Mom Runs to Cure SMA in NYC Half Marathon 2015

March 11, 2015 in News - Updates, TSN outreach Projects

Cure SMA NYC Half 2015

Kian and Neda

I am very proud of Kian’s mom. She’s a busy lady and twirls many plates but also makes time to get fit and give back. I have come to appreciate her determination and wit to get things done for Kian. As you can imagine having a special needs child with all the hours of arranging and setting-up, following-up and finding competent nurses for his 24 hr care over the past 8 years could have depleted her totally. But, through it all she has managed to survive with an attitude of “keeping on”. Kian’s mom is running in the NYC Half Marathon this Sunday. It is sponsored by United Airlines Run for Life. She is running to Cure SMA. Below is a short video I created as a tribute to her and to get the word out about her fundraising efforts. After viewing the video it would be so amazing if you would contribute as a way of to tell Kian’s mom you appreciate her efforts and her cause. And Below the video are some words of encouragement and challenge to all of us from my husband Mike.

Link to video for mobile users.

“In this great dance we call life, each of us experience various blessings and challenges. The normal ups and downs and stresses and strains in the common course of life are sometimes enough to cause the best of us to become overwhelmed.  But then there are those who are dealt a tough blow in life. It is not by their choosing and not according to anything they imagined in their wildest dreams. They are presented with the challenge of a special needs child. They must care for that child who could not make it through another day without the protective care of a loving mother. They are those who often must hide their deepest pain and hopefully get to it one day, but for now, theirs is a life of sacrifice, hopes and continual self encouragement to carry on for just another day. So when we think of those who are the poor of this world, that little boy or girl who did not have the opportunity to run, jump and play as other kids, our hearts are moved with compassion. If we have been so blessed as to enjoy those simple everyday ordinary things of life perhaps we will allow our compassion to turn into giving, in order to help alleviate the burdens of that lovely child. But in addition when we give in the hopes of eradicating that disease we not only give to bring a better life to those who are sick and God knows that would be reward enough itself, but we give in the hopes of alleviating the suffering and pain of the child and the family. Truly those who donate their energy and often the best years of their lives are the unsung heroes. They are the ones who also need help and healing. When we give, we give to all connected to this child with cords of love. When we give; we honor, support and help those who have embraced their assignment with guts and boldness, freely dispensing their energy in order to give the best life possible to this lovely child, even though it cost them their own very lives. Support Cure SMA! More Info!

You can read more about Kian: What is SMA?

Kian’s Tribute to mom. Kian’s Tribute to dad

Link to Cure SMA Race Team

Please leave a comment below and give a donation! The race is March 15th! Thanks in advance!

Dawn

 

My Purell Airplane Trip!

November 30, 2014 in Children's Health Education, News - Updates

purell with words

3 Things I do with Purell Hand Sanitizer.

I just wanted to send out a quick post to remind you about the cold and flu season just about to bombard all of us. I was recently away with family for the Thanksgiving Holiday and came home to the snowy bitter cold of the northeast. The snow is beautiful but best when you don’t have to go anywhere.

So what does all this have to do with airplanes etc.

3 things I do with Purell.

1.  I carry purell where ever I go. It is always hanging from my purse for quick use.

2.  My husband and I have this little ritual while traveling. We squirt the Purell on a tissue and wipe down our area in the plane: the arms and buttons of our seats, the levers, the fold down tables and the magazine pocket edges. Read Dr. Oz’s “Toxic Travel-How to Stay Healthy” post where he explains how these areas are especial germy. Really, how clean can the airlines make the planes with only 10-15 minutes in between unloading and loading passengers? Not much…so we sanitize.

3.  I make sure my husband has his own hand sanitizer.

Things to remember, refill your hand sanitizer bottles when you are at home. It would be great to leave a larger bottle in the car so you can refill before you take off on your adventures.

A bonus today is that Purell has a 30 Days of Sharing & Caring campaign going on right now. I wanted to pass it on to you because it would be a great activity to share with your children. They have a printable chart of good deeds to do like: Bake cookies, Share your lunch, Make someone laugh, Donate clothes/coats etc. Purell is also awarding weekly gifts and prizes to participants. The grand prize is $5,000.00.  You can check it out at Purell30DayHoliday.com. Get going quick because it ends Dec. 16th.

Have a Wonderful Christmas Holiday Season.

Ms. Dawn

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Free Christmas Music

December 17, 2013 in God - Faith - Hope - Love, News - Updates, The Singing Nurse Music

Merry Christmas!

Free Christmas music from The Singing Nurse for the whole family.

Tell a friend! Listen to the true meaning of Christmas. Send me a note requesting my FREE Christmas songs via my contact page and I will send you my 3 Christmas songs. Below are short lyric excerpts from each. Scroll down  to watch the Video Song.

 

Christmas tree painted 09

True Love…

“Born in a manger bitter sweet,

born for the nails in His hands and feet,

it was in His plan, to bruise Him in His side

born a man, so the world would see, His love…”

The First Time…

“How does the mother of my Lord come to me

And Mary when you entered the room

The child within lept within my womb

Oh Mary, how will you feel…”

People and Presents…

“People and Presents all around the tree

But what Lord, oh what, have You received from me

a sentimental mind, thinking only of me

wondering what gifts I’d receive

forgetting all about you…”

Blessings to you and yours, TSN, Ms. Dawn

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 True Love Music Video with vintage pictures

First posted Dec 2010 by Dawn Ginese/The Singing Nurse

Happy Valentines Parents and Kids!

February 11, 2013 in Creative Adventures, News - Updates

Hello friends,

I received this salt dough heart from my grand sons for Valentines. It looks like an easy enough project for young children. My daughter in-law is a Special Ed teacher and does all sorts of fun and easy projects with the boys. I’m sure they enjoyed mushing the flour and water, pressing the cookie cutter just right, painting it bright red and adding the sticky glue and glitter (don’t forget to add a hole probably made with a straw). And add a red ribbon and wow a sweet thoughtful Valentines for Grandma or mom or whoever needs a little sweetness in their life. 

My next Valentines nugget is for those who are in love or need some romantic reminding of all the reasons you fell in love in the first place. I was up late last night and Micheal O’Brien came on TV in a special. It was a live concert with a string quartet, guitars, you know all those instruments that make great love songs. The Song writing of Michael O’Brien is great and catchy. I love all the creative chord changes, you are not sure where you are going but you like being led there. The lyrics are heart felt and encourage you to be grateful for your love. I downloaded the album, “Something About Us” in the am. Check it out and listen here.

 

 

 Have a wonderful Valentines Day, from our home to yours.

Ms. Dawn

Other Valentine craft: Candy wrapper Valentines craft