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January 7, 2009

6 Social Networking Communities for Moms

Social Networking and building community is very important nowadays, especially in the blogsphere. Having an online support community does wonders if you need some advice, some where to seek information, reassurance and build up friendships.

Here are some communities which I have joined over the past year which I have been actively participating in.

For Mom Interaction

1) Mom Bloggers Club

This site has 2700 members at last count and a very active forum section whereby one can join discussions, read or post articles and interact with all the other mommies on board. I have met many new friends through it.

2) twitter moms: the influential moms network

This is a fun network which I joined which is a branch off from another social network which I am deeply connected to :

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For those who do not already know my twitter handle is @dominiquegoh

Do check out my twitter profile 🙂

For enriching my soul and spirituality

4) 29-Day Giving Challenge

I joined the 29-Day Giving challenge once but was not able to complete it within the stipulated 29 days. I do intend to give it one more try though this year. It is not easy to constantly give on a daily basis to others without seeking reciprocal feelings or actions. Reading through member’s blog posts it not only gives me ideas of what gifts I can give others but also how beneficial it is to give to others .

5) Greenlight Community

The 3000+ strong community aims to help foster better relationships with others, how to communicate with others and much more.

For the Domestic Goddess Within

6) Blissfully Domestic Living

This community network is a spin-off from the highly popular online parenting blog- Blissfully Domestic. Created by Mrs Fussypants herself, Allison really rawks!! Did you know that her Blissfully Domestic was nominated for 2008 weblogs award as a finalist.

I too did create my own social networking community – Savy Hip Parenting but have yet to really launch it and get more interaction of it. I intend to use it to build up a forum for the upcomming book club that I intend to launch later this month.

December 8, 2008

Learning to read(Part 2) – the A-Z way

Dominique Recommendations reading contest

Last week a girlfriend of mine asked me about how materials to teach her 3yr old to read. She was asking about readers and if there were any other cheaper alternatives to it. It set me about doing some research on online resources .

In this post I would like to touch on the Freebies offered by Reading A-Z.

This is a wonderful site with 30 free PDF e-books which include readers, books oh phonics, vocabulary and phonics. There are also worksheets related to some of the books which parents could use as a follow up assessment of your child’s understanding of the story he had just read. It is great for homeschooling and parents who wish to supplement your kids existing reading collection.

For this festive season I will be giving away to two lucky readers a compilation of 26 alphabet books by Reading A-Z .

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The giveaway starts today and the winner will be drawn on the 15th of December via random.org.