• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Being Tazim

Vancouver Food, Lifestyle, & Travel Blog

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Wellness
  • Lifestyle
  • Interior Design
  • Travel
  • Organization
You are here: Home / Archives for education

education

Top 5 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Back to School

by Tazim Damji

Top 5 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Back to School

While it has been a long summer, it will soon come to a close and school will be in full swing.  While it is more than likely that the kids are not excited about back to school, there are things you can do to prepare your child for back to school. ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Organization Tagged With: back to school, education

To Do List for Going Back to School as an Adult

by Tazim Damji

reading

If you have been out of school for a while, there is a lot to tick off your to-do list before the first day of classes. Going back to school as an adult doesn't have to be as challenging as you may think it is. Here are some of the most important tasks to consider before you head back to class. Earn Alternative Credits ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: education

Teach Yourself with Photography Books from DK Canada

by Tazim Damji

DK Canada Photography Books

“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” ― Ansel Adams I know at least 3 people who received (or bought for themselves)cameras this holiday season. With any new purchase, it's a good idea to get a feel for what it can do to get the full benefit of it. My best friend, for instance, has never had a DSLR camera, so isn't quite sure how to use ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: books, DK Canada, education, photography

Earthly Pleasures from DK Canada

by Tazim Damji

DK Canada Smithsonian Earth

Learning more about the Earth sure makes me appreciate all its beauty. It also makes me want to do what I can to protect it. This Earth Month I've been reading up about rivers, lakes and glaciers around the world. As well, I've read about weather patterns, oceans and waterways and the forests of the world. I didn't know what to expect with a book called Smithsonian Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide. Maybe I didn't expect the book to be quite so definitive! It really does cover a lot in ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: books, DK Canada, earth month, education

Getting Organized with this RedBubble Calendar

by Tazim Damji

red bubble calendar

Sure, I have digital calendars—on my iPad, on my cell phone, on my laptop. . .but I have to open up those programs to see what's going on on a particular day. As organized as I think I am, and with how much time I spend on my computer, I like having paper calendars to look at. I often forget what date it is, so I need to glance at a calendar on my wall to quickly be made aware. I wanted a calendar to put on my wall in my home office area of my apartment, but most calendars start in January. What ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Organization Tagged With: back to school, education

How to Organize your Home for Back to School

by Tazim Damji

back to school organization

It is that time of year again.  Summer is almost over and the kids are getting ready to go back to school.  Many parents just focus on the kid’s rooms and play rooms when it comes to getting ready for back to school.  However, back to school affects the whole house so here are some great organizing tips on how to go about organizing your home for back to school. ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Organization Tagged With: back to school, education

Top Fun and Educational Places to Visit

by Tazim Damji

fun and educational places to visit

It is almost the end of summer but there are still some spots you can visit that are not only fun and educational but help your child prepare for back to school. Check out this list of some of the top fun and educational places to visit. Theme Parks Theme parks— a place of entertainment that has food, rides and attractions.  These are great places to take kids as an end of the summer fun day.  If you want to throw in some educational value to the fun, there are places that use rides and other ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: education, summer

How Safe Do You Feel? School Zone Safety Survey Results

by Tazim Damji

This post brought to you by Insurance Hunter. All opinions are 100% mine. Throughout the lazy days of summer many drivers got comfortable not having to reduce speed in school zones—but all that changed come late August or early September when children returned to school. With school zone speed limits in effect again, and busy parents and other people increasingly distracted, parents worry about the safety of their children when dropping them off and picking them up. ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: education, tips

Back to School & Home Office—Fresh Starts

by Tazim Damji

teacher gift

The Labour Day long weekend has long been considered the 'official' end of summer and the beginning of Back to School season. Even if you or your children aren't going back to school, it still feels like a great time of year to start new things, do some future-planning and take a look at how you're progressing with your year's goals. Many of my friends who are in their 20s that have been working for a few years have decided that this year is the year to go to college, and others have made ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Organization Tagged With: education, fall, tips

Lifelong Learning Inspiration {Guest Post}

by Tazim Damji

Study Group

Learning for some is the insatiable curiosity that drives us to discover new and innovative ideas and creations. Lifetime learning can be described as a quantitative increase in knowledge over a span of time and as interpreting and understanding reality in a different way. For those considering returning to the classroom after some time spent outside the education format or for those who are finishing up the educational process there are some tried and true learning tips tested and tried to help ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: education, inspired

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

About:

Being Tazim Blog Vancouver Canada Lifestyle BlogI'm Tazim, a 40-year-old Vancouverite who is passionate about adventure, learning new things, and making connections. Content on Being Tazim ranges from smart ideas for plant-based cooking and baking to ways to enjoy life's experiences, to inspiration and information on attractions and travel destinations near and far. Read the full story here.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Footer

Let’s Connect!

Hey there! I'm Tazim and I'm a lifestyle, food, and travel writer and photographer. I inspire, motivate, and encourage my audience to explore their immediate surroundings and those further afield. I do this by sharing plant-based food recipes, ways to enhance my readers' homes and lives, and local and other attractions/travel destinations I experience. You can find my stories and adventures on my other blog Celebrate Life's Adventures Read more about me. . .

Being Tazim contains advertising banners and some contextual affiliate links. An affiliate link means I receive commission on sales of the products or services that are linked to in my posts. So, if you click on a link and make a purchase from an affiliate site, then I may make a commission from that purchase. I only work with affiliates I genuinely love and fit my brand.

Amazon Associates Disclosure

Tazim Damji is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro Theme by · Shay Bocks Genesis Framework · Built on the WordPress

Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}