Holiday flight delays

The Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest passenger airports in the country for the holiday season. Do you remember the disaster Jetblue last year? Sitting on the runway for 8 hours! JetBlue and other airlines have made changes, but there are things you can do to make your trip a little 'less stressful.

U.S. airlines, 27 million more passengers during the week before and after the holiday. This is an increase of 4% above normal (about 600,000 more passengers toDay). This inevitably means that, if you travel this season is a good chance that you will be late. What to do? Read on:

1. Get information in real-time airport delay before leaving the house. This site is brought to you by the FAA. For more information on this site by clicking on your airport.

2. Check-in, before arriving so all you have to do is leave your stuff, show your ID and your way (depending on airlineTravel with). I did it with American Airlines, JetBlue and United, although many others are on-line service - only for their site.

3. If you are delayed or canceled flights, the airlines call the 1-800 number while you are always in line with the next available flight. Are you at the bar, do not leave until he gets on another flight which is acceptable. This also means you can count on another airline to ask them to do so if they do not offer.

4. Move as much as you domay, if you pass through security. The less stuff you have, the faster it will come. Be sure to check items they bring, and can not.

5. This means that it should bring a few things to make your wait a bit 'more fun. A couple of things that you can take are: a favorite book, your laptop (many airports offer financial or hook up), puzzle books, handheld games and otherwise), or for some work by electronic means (.

6. If you have children be sure to pack extra snacks,Diapers, formula and toys, or favorite games. Diapers and formula are expensive and / or not available at the airport.

7. A warm coat is a good point, if you use it as a pillow or blanket to sleep / rest.

8. Bring patience and a sense of joy during the holiday trip and know that you are not alone inside. There are 26 million people in the same situation.

Happy Thanksgiving and a good trip!

Point to Point-Children teach counting techniques in a fun way

Point to Point puzzle, a classic that many of us remember from our childhood, still a favorite of teachers and parents hope, encourage children to work on their skills and includes the small engine. And, of course, kids love them too.

The development of motor skills is important for academic success and puzzles point-to-point working children the opportunity to practice the correct grip of a pencil to figure out how to work the sequence numbers. Besides being aFun process, point, point to offer a reward in the form of a complete image that can be colored and displayed.

Painting of points possible to work with pencil, chalk or pen. But at work dot points, as in life, mistakes can happen, and then with a pencil with an eraser to erase the frustration can be avoided, especially with small children or junior-perfectionists.

After the first one to introduce children to the bullet points, you can offer some 'supervision. Encourage children to find the next numberin the sequence. It 'best to get a straight line to pull from one point to another and do not forget to connect the end point or the image will not be complete! At the same time, do not insist that everything "just so". Children must be able to experiment and be creative, even if it means coloring outside the lines.

Dot points are many variations, and some are working with sequences of letters instead of numbers, and the magic of words. The level of skill required varies fromPreschool and up. Sometimes it is immediately clear what is the picture, while other designs will keep you informed, almost to the last line is drawn.

Highly portable, point, points, such as coloring pages are ideal for travel. Keep the kids occupied and recommend a fair amount of time. Be sure to provide a very good pencil and colored pencils.

Dot to dots are a proven favorite that there are now versions for adults, as well as on-dot-to-dot activities.The Internet makes it easy to download and print out a point-to-dot puzzle, often free.

Whether you are looking for a fun activity, or are you looking for ways to motor skills (which are small muscle movements, in coordination with the eyes), trying to build, it is easy to "connect the dots" and see for point to point puzzles and activities are a good choice for home or school.

Copyright 2008 by Kevin Savetz.