Former working mom, suddenly a SAHM - got any tips?
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I am no longer working as of a week ago and I am going to take some time off and enjoy some summer time with my two girls 5 and 2. I have always worked so it is strange right now getting used to being home and dealing with an unfortunate departure after almost 8 years at the company. Anyone have any tips? I have researched free and cheap activities in the area (Atlanta) and blogged about it and I have two SAHM pals that I have reached out to. I am planning on making my own schedule - nothing too busy but some sort of structure. Any advice is welcome!
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Hi Jenni,
I work with Educational Equity Center, an educational non-profit that develops programs and curricula to promote bias-free learning. One of our current programs, funded by the National Science Foundation, is Science: It's a Girl Thing! We're specifically targeting girls in this program because women are greatly underrepresented in the fields of science and math, which is partly due to the fact our schools and culture often have a bias against encouraging girls in these subjects.
The goal is to help girls build an interest in science and a confidence in mastering it. The program consists of free, downloadable pdf activity cards of simple and fun science experiments that you can do with your daughters. These activities would be a great way to spend time with your daughters- they are educational, fun, and use materials that you can find lying around the house. We can find these activity cards on our Facebook page at http://facebook.dj/scienceitsagirlthing, and we also Tweet about it at: www.twitter.com/girlsforscience. .
Best,
Zoe Kerrigan
EEC
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