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Activities for Children, Tips on · 11M ago

It’s all the fun of camp at your house this summer! Space Explorers Camp!

The FINAL space shuttle launch is July 8th!  Let’s help our kids remember this historic event and prevent summer brain-drain at the same time! Space Explorer Camps promote critical thinking through active reading, effective writing, and inquiry learning. It’s all the FUN of camp at YOUR HOUSE ...
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

1000 Hours of Lap-time before Kindergarten

It takes 1000 hours of “lap-time” for young children to have the readiness skills in place to learn to read. –National Institute for Children’s Health and Development “Lap-time” means one-on-one interaction between a parent or caregiver and a child where meaningful language interactions take p...
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

Read to ‘em, 20 Minutes a day

Read to your children Twenty minutes a day; You have the time, And so do they. Read while the laundry is in the machine; Read while dinner cooks; Tuck a child in the crook of your arm And reach for the library books. Hide the remote, Let the computer games cool, For one day your [...]
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

Usborne’s Cyber Monday Sale, Customer Specials and Christmas books for kids!

Give the gift of knowledge… give Usborne and Kane Miller books to the children you care about.  It’s easy with these great specials! Cyber Monday Sale - Click to see all the specials!!   Animal Stencil Bookwas $12.99, today only $6.50Each double page contains a beautifully illustrated scene with two...
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

Carving the Pefect Pumpkin

Pumpkin Carving Tips, also includes jack o lantern revival tips, baked pumpkin seed recipe and more! Halloween Activities – history of trick or treating, online activities, Halloween printables Halloween Games and Activities – online games, coloring program with Halloween pics, puzzles, ...
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

ksl.com – ‘Book parties’ help families get excited to read

Reading and Usborne books are in the news!  Check out this great piece about Usborne Books and More home shows!  Want one in your area?  Just let me know and I’d be happy to hook you up with a great consultant.  It’s also a good option that you could become a consultant too! ksl.com R...
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

Apple Crisp Recipe

Apple Crisp Recipe apples – pealed, cored and sliced – enough to fill up the pan – we use a glass rectangular pan (or peaches or cherries) Drizzle the apples with: 2 T lemon juice Sprinkle with 2 T brown sugar and a bit of cinnamon and a little nutmeg. In a bowl, use a [...]
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Activities for Children, Tips on · 1Y ago

VERY simple fairy wands to make

Here is a very simple fairy wand to make.  These could be used for a fun little activity when your children need a bonus activity – make them with your kids and they’ll have fun flitting around the house with their wands while you finish up supper.  They’d be simple to make at a pr...
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