Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this August! 8/3 According to the Watermelon Board, watermelon is considered both a fruit and a vegetable. Like fruit, watermelon has seeds & juicy sweet flesh. A watermelon is also considered a gourd related to cucumbers and pumpkins [...]
Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this July! 7/1 Appearing during medieval times in Germany, gingersnap cookies are flavored with ginger, cloves & allspice. July 1st, is National Gingersnap Day. Do you have a favorite gingersnap recipe you like to make? Do you enjoy [...]
Here are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this June! Have fun! 6/1 National Doughnut Day: In 1917, during WWI, The Salvation Army began a mission to provide spiritual and emotional support for the U.S. Troops. Volunteers set up huts to hand out clothes, supplies & [...]
Here are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this May! 5/1 Screen Free Week Turn off the TV, computer, ipads and cell phones and enjoy a screen free week with your family 5/1 National Mother Goose Day & May Day: On Mother Goose Day, revisit your [...]
The Week of the Young Child™ is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The purpose of the Week of the Young Child™ is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that [...]
Creative Connections for February Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this February! If you have trouble opening the hyperlink, left click the link and chose Open Hyperlink 2/2 Groundhogs Day Will the groundhog see his shadow? When will winter end? 2/3 National Carrot Cake Day Finally, [...]
Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this January! Create with your children – If you have trouble opening the hyperlink, left click the link and chose Open Hyperlink 1/6 National Bean Day commemorates the death of geneticist Gregor Mendel who experimented with breeding pea plants, which [...]
Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this December! Create with your children 12/8 National Brownie Day: Each year on December 8, brownie lovers across the nation enjoy one of their favorite baked goods on National Brownie Day. 12/12 Hanukkah Which is called The Festival [...]
Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this November! November is American Indian Heritage Month. American Indian Heritage Month began in 1990 when then President George H.W. Bush approved a resolution designating November as a time to recognize our country’s native heritage. Create with your [...]
Children love creating! Whether it be arts and crafts, music, dramatic play or cooking, children LOVE creating things as well as showing them off! Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this October! Create with your children 10/11 Teddy Bear Day: Bring your Teddy bear [...]
