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How 17 Paraprofessionals Prioritize Their Own Mental Health and Self-Care

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[Image Description: The graphic is purple with A Para Pro's bright green and black logo and my First Former Buddy Club President logo from top to bottom in the bottom left corner. There is a brown desk with 4 gray legs attached to it. A mint green mug filled with steaming coffee, a pencil, an orange notebook, a pink affirmation card that says "You can do hard things" in left-aligned italicized dark red text on it, a light blue affirmation card that says, "Mistakes are how we learn" in left-aligned italicized dark blue text on it, a lavender affirmation card that says, "Be kind to yourself" on it, and a lime green affirmation card that says, "Every expert started as a beginner" on it are on top of the desk. ]     I worked as a paraeducator, specifically a Personal Care Assistant (PCA), in 4th-6th grade Life Skills Support in Lower Moreland Township School District in Hunting don Valley, Pennsylvania  where I am an alumnus in the 2024-2025 scho...
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Your culture matters

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[Image Description: The graphic taupe with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. "Your culture matters..." is in center-aligned italicized bright red text at the top of the graphic. "No matter how much oppression you face" is in left-aligned bright red text below a volcano. "No matter how you identify" is in left-aligned bright red text below a tomato can. "No matter what your skin color is" is in left-aligned bright red text below a tan skinned hand holding a dark-skinned hand. "No matter which language(s) you do and don't speak" is in left-aligned bright red text below a speech balloon. "Even when you do or don't have an accent" is in left-aligned bright red text below a silhouette of a speaking head. "No matter which foods you do and don't eat" is in left-aligned bright red text below a taco. "No matter which holidays you do and don't celebrate" is in left-a...
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45 Nursery Rhyme Song Recommendations for Infants through Kindergarten

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[Image Description: There are 4 bright pink footprint crafts on light pink construction paper with "this little piggy" in cursive writing in pink marker stapled onto a bulletin board. Each toe print has a pig drawn on it in black and pink markers. The toes are labeled in black marker in the following order: "went to the market", "stayed at home", "had roast beef", "had none", and "went wee wee wee wee all the way home." ] 1. Ba, Ba, Black Sheep🐃 2. Baby Bumble Bee🐝 3. Baby Shark🦈 4. Bingo🐕🐶 5. Daddy Finger👍👆👉👈👇✋👌 6. Dem Bones🦴 7. Down by the Bay 🌅🍉 8. Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe 👉🐅🦶🤏 9.  Frere Jacques (Where is...? version that I made up) 🦜 10. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes 👤🤷‍♀️🦵🦶 11. Here We Go Loop de Loop➰📅✨ 12. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 🌳🫐 13. Hey Diddle, Diddle🐈🎻🐄🌙🐶🥄 14. Hickory Dickory Dock 🐭 🕰️ 15. Hot Cross Buns 🍞 16. Humpty Dumpty🥚🧱 🐣 🍳🐴👑 17. If You're H...
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