October is National Fire Safety Month. Throughout the month of October, you will hear about your local public service departments help spread the word about fire safety! Thanks to Kevin Calvo of the North Branch Fire Company Kangaroo Kids will have an opportunity to learn how to keep themselves and their families safe if they [...]
Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this September! 9/3 Observed on the first Monday in September, Labor Day is a Federal Holiday in the U.S. celebrating the achievements of the American Workers. https://kidskonnect.com/holidays-seasons/labor-day/ 9/5 While the origins of Cheese Pizza Day are unclear, this [...]
September brings the end of lazy days, relaxed routines, and spending countless hours outdoors! September brings forth set schedules, appointments, and the constant rush, rush, rush to fit everything into our kids waking hours. It’s Back to School season and here is a great article with some tips to help us to get back into [...]
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 [...]
