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 & [...]
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 September! Create with your children 9/15 Make a Hat Day: What kind of [...]
If your child comes home from preschool looking picture perfect everyday, it is time to delve into the kinds of activities the class is doing during the day! Young children learn with all their senses and should have a variety of opportunities for exploration. There will be times when children may get a little paint on their clothes or [...]
In Today’s fast paced society where everyone is connected at all times we expect immediate answers and solutions. These demands can cause a great deal of stress for adults as well as for children. Teaching children to take the time and steps necessary to become problem solvers can alleviate stress and inappropriate responses to challenges. Here [...]
Many times as parents or teachers we want to give our children a great deal of freedom in decision making. Although freedom of choice can have benefits, it is important to remember, "Children thrive on structure," according to school psychologist Laura Marchese, at a workshop at Kangaroo Kids Child Care and Learning Center. Structure makes [...]
Kindergarten registration has begun! In most school districts, children must be 5 years old by October 1, 2012 to enroll in Kindergarten. Many parents are faced with the dilemma of determining when his or her child should begin school. Today, parents are becoming more aggressive in determining what is in the best interest of their [...]
1. Babble back to your infants2. Encourage conversation3. Teach site words – McDonalds, Lucky Charms, Barney4. Speak another language5. Encourage drawing and inventive spelling6. Script what children say about their drawings – write their story, make it into a book7. Fall in love with language, rhymes, songs and role model reading8. Label your child’s environment9. [...]
When you’re raising children, one of the most important things you, as a parent, can teach your children is how to handle their money. Children should be taught at a young age that they can't always get what they want, when they want it. This automatically means that you can, and must, say "no" to [...]
