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How to Be Consistent in Your Business in an Unpredictable World

This is a guest post from Sarah K. Peck of Startup Parent. “You’ve got to be consistent!” rave many productivity experts. “You won’t be successful unless you’re consistent.” So much of the advice given to content creators and business owners beats the drum of consistency: show up regularly, commit, and stay consistent. This advice, at face value, has some merit. So much of business building and content creation is about the long game, and the payoff to creating valuable products and building relationships with key people in your industry is about staying the course. I’ve successfully built and worked with several companies and founders, and we’ve built those businesses, products, and audiences through steady, recurring, predictable work. Consistency can be...

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Kids 5-11 appear safely protected by small doses of COVID vaccine, Pfizer says

Enlarge / Vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: SOPA images) Small doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 appeared to produce strong antibody responses and comparable side effects to those seen in older age groups, according to the first top-line results from a Phase 2/3 clinical trial released by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech early Monday. The trial data involved 2,268 children ages 5 to 11 years, and these children were given a series of two 10-microgram doses of the vaccine, 21 days apart. The dosage is just a third of the 30-microgram doses given to people ages 12 and above. One month after the second dose, researchers measured the children's levels of antibodies...

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Errupting Halloween Pumpkin Volcano Science Experiments

You’ve got to try this outrageously fun errupting Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin volcano project! Kids will go nuts seeing the halloween science experiments errupt out of the carved pumpkin face! Using pumpkin activities to teach pumpkin science is a great way to get kids excited about science and learning! I highly recommend these pumpkin science experiments with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, […] The post Errupting Halloween Pumpkin Volcano Science Experiments appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

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How to build the classroom of the future

NOTE FOR 2021 READERS: This is the 18th in a series of award-winning open letters to the next century, now just one generation away. Kids born this year in the U.S., and nearly 50 other countries, are expected to live to 2100 and beyond. Dear 22nd Century examines likely scenarios for their future, and how we can make the best one happen. Dear 22nd century: So, how was school today? Of all the areas where we could measure progress between the 2020s and the 2100s, none seems more up in the air right now than education. The pandemic forced us into history’s largest experiment in remote learning, from kindergarten through college — and beyond, as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)...

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Fall/Autumn Activities, Crafts and Food Roundup

This Fall/Autumn Activities, Crafts and Food Roundup is a showcase for all my favourite Autumn things to do with kids and as a family. One of the things I love best about where I live is the distinct change in seasons and being able to celebrate what those seasons bring and mean. Autumn here is a riot of colours, smells and feelings. Woodsmoke from fires and bonfires leaves as beautiful as flowers and crisp apples ripe for cooking and eating. I have split this fall/autumn roundup into Activities, Crafts and Food. There is something for all ages and it is a great way to round up all the fun fall things. Jump into Autumn with over 75 simple ideas for...

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