Below are a few ideas with links to crafts and recipes you can create with your children this October! Create with your children – If you have trouble opening the hyperlink, left click the link and chose Open Hyperlink 10/1 Can you guess what the favorite cookie in the U.S. is? The CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE!!! [...]
There is continuous discussion about the overuse of screen time by young children, but this is an interesting article in Exchange Everyday by Erika Christakis to consider whether we as parents are tuned in? Continuous Partial Attention Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy, and mutual valuing.-Rollo May “Smartphones have by now been [...]
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 [...]
Family fun for a good cause! Kangaroo Kids celebrated 27 years of being leaders in education at our annual family carnival. All new this year a drone flew overhead to document the event. There were games, food and activities for the whole family complete with a special visit from Sparky and hugs from Kanga the [...]
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 [...]
