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2	abcteach A quality educational site offering FREE printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms, book report forms, ideas, lessons and much more. Great for new teachers, student teachers , homeschooling and teachers who like creative ways to teach. Check out the NEW! abcTeach it! A Must See!.	635	1864
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5	ABC Kid Genius free software for Alphabet,Numbers,Counting,Reading and Spelling using sound,pictures and video fun.	352	670
6	The Educators Network We pride ourselves in providing you with the most user-friendly sites for teachers on the internet.	343	626
7	States and Capitals 50states.com - Homework help resource for state report assignments. State flags, songs, symbols.	285	409
8	chessKIDS academy Interactive chess course for kids, chess resources for teachers & parents	275	177
9	RHL School - Free Teaching Resources FREE READY TO USE MATERIALS - You'll be glad you stopped by to see what makes these free worksheets so special! Check out: "A Tribute to Parents," "Diversity," and much more.	251	767
10	A Kid's Heart Free printable worksheets, clip art, coloring pages, puzzles, and other activities. Includes resources for PreSchool, Christian education and Holidays: Shapes, Colors, Alphabet, PreMath, Spring, Summer, and 4th of July.	218	1068
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24	A+ Resumes for Teachers Specializing in teachers, educators, principals and other faculty positions.	97	151
25	The Teacher's Guide A guide to resources for lesson plans, thematic units, book activities, teacher freebies, children's	91	348
26	EFL ESL Lesson Worksheets Downloadable, photo-reproducible EFL / ESL English lessons for all ages to supplement any text.	83	413
27	ESL KidStuff Over 800 original flashcards, hundreds of printable worksheets, games and more! All FREE to download!	67	255
28	Boggle's World TEACHER'S RESOURCE ROOM Free, Funny, And Effective resources for teaching children's ESL/EFL - Gorilla's scratching their bums and spaceships shooting asteroids. An a+ site for teachers. Amazing flashcards.	62	180
29	LessonPlanz.com - The Lesson Plans Search Engine Search or browse this quality index of 3,000+ hand-selected lesson plans & resources for all grades. Includes printables and worksheets, songs and poems, webquests, units, lessons and themes.	60	275
30	Teaching and learning English A site for teachers of ESL providing lesson plans, funtional word sets, grammar, sample lessons, tes	60	273
31	Teach English! Courses, games, tests... Resources to learn/teach English - for ESL/EFL learners/teachers:courses, documents, games, exercises, tests, interactive pages, videos, cliparts, plays...	53	193
32	FREE printable worksheets. Puzzle maker to download. Discovery Educational Software. Software for K-12, primary and secondary school subjects: maths, English, science, foreign languages, efl, ICT, music, religions, history, etc. Bilingual English/French, English/German and English/Spanish talking dictionaries.	51	200
33	Alphabet Soup Thematic and holiday units, games, parent and teacher resources, crafts and humor!	48	255
34	Achievement Award Certificates Hundreds of award certificates ready to print and present from the web. Choose your certificates and it will load as a PDF onto which you can enter the student's name and reason for the award. There are certificates for all ages and events.	48	203
35	childcareland Wonderful Early Childhood Resources - Specializing In File Folder Games!	47	97
36	Humpherlinks - Children's Freeware Resource for sites and software on Activities, Advice, Art, Educational, Entertainment, Games, Reference, Miscellaneous, Utilities, News, Information, Nature, Health and Safety, Internet Safety and much more.	43	97
37	Print-A-Poster.com Come and Get 200 Free 5"x7" Printable Posters. This is a Fantastic Free Resource for Teachers! You'll find lots of Educational designs found nowhere else. These Freebies will really help brighten your classroom and stimulate class discussion. This is a "must-see" site!	39	356
38	PrimaryGames.com Site for teachers, parents, and kids featuring educational games, coloring pages, interactive e-books, holiday activities, musical postcards, crafts, stationery, puzzles, certificates and more!	37	180
39	Lesson Plan Search Browse through this search engine that contains thousands of lesson plans.	36	144
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18	GAMEQUARIUM: The site that swims with learning fun! 1500 online, interactive learning games and activities indexed by subject , topic, and theme. The underwater atmosphere encourages students to return for more learning fun. Have fun with the fish!	538	1471
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Bereavement means "the loss of something valued." Grieving is a process of adjusting to that loss and is universally recognized across all cultures. The process of grieving usually occurs when the loss involves a death, but it can also be applied to other situations, including the breakup of a relationship or divorce, loss of a job, or coming to terms with the loss of health through an illness or disability. Research into comparative levels of stress connected with important life events shows that the death of a spouse is regarded as the most stressful event. Grieving is more difficult if the death is sudden or violent, or if the relationship was very close or one in which one or both partners were very dependent. When you experience a serious loss of someone close, you can experience the following four recognized stages of grief, each of which is accompanied by a range of different emotions:

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Stage Two: Protest At this stage, it is normal to protest that the loss cannot be real, even though you are being confronted with evidence that it is. As you struggle between denying and eventually accepting the reality of what has happened, you experience waves of strong and powerful feelings, such as anger, guilt, sadness, fear, yearning, and searching.

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When you lose someone close to you, it is natural to experience a wide range of emotions that correspond with a number of recognized stages of grief. The emotions you feel vary from person to person, and you will not always move through these stages in a logical progression. Some people might experience them in rapid sucession; other more haphazardly over a period of months.

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Stage Three: Disorganization This is the stage when the reality of the loss is only too real. You are likely to experience overwhelming feelings of bleakness, despair, apathy, anxiety, and confusion. You may feel that this depression could go on forever and that there is no way out.
Stage Four: Reorganization You begin to rebuild your life and acquire a greater balance. At last you are able to choose to remember happier times. Gradually you return to previous functioning, but often with changed values and new meaning in life.

Face The Pain
Grieving, though painful, is a natural process that must be acknowledged and worked through. Some people will wrongly try to avoid that pain by keeping themselves very busy or burying themselves in work. Other people might defend themselves against

the pain by saying to themselves, "I have to be strong for everybody else" or "It's no use crying." The period of grieving cannot be hurried and may vary from days to weeks, months, or even years. Even when you feel you are over it, you must be prepared for occasional setbacks, perhaps when you hear a particular piece of music, smell a certain scent, or remember a shared anniversary.

It is understandable to want to spend time alone, but it does not help to become too isolated. Talking and listening are important throughout all stages of grief, but it is quite usual for friends and acquaintances to feel embarrassed and not know what to say. When you are ready, approach your friends and say, "I need to talk" or "I need some practical help." There will be days when you prefer not to talk about it. When this happens, it is best just to be honest and explain your feelings to other people.

Come to Terms With Your Grief
1. Accept The Loss It is natural to protect yourself from the full impact of the loss by holding on to the deceased's belongings. Although it may take time, being able to release those possessions is a positive sign of acceptance and reorganization.

2. Feel The Pain Recognize and experience your emotions. Crying helps, since it allows painful feelings to be expressed.
3. Talk About It Talking about the loss and reminiscing helps you to accept the situation. Expressing regrets, fears, and anger is helpful. Do not take the attitude that "it doesn't help to rake it up."

4. Take One Day At a Time Do not try to sort out everything at once. Grieving takes as long as it takes - there are no fixed time limits and it cannot be hurried.
5. Take Care Of Yourself Get plenty of rest, eat well, take time to retreat, and time to talk. Try not to become isolated but seek out social support.

6. Adapt To Change This may mean taking on a new role, learning new skills, or learning how to live on your own.

7. Let GoWhen you are ready, let go. This does not mean forget.

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