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By Kim Vij

A week of just being a Kid: Afterschool Express

It was so nice just to have my daughter home this week from school for Thanksgiving!  It gave her lots of opportunities for playtime with her younger sister who will be turning two next weekend.  I think with our busy schedules sometimes I forget she’s just six and needs just as much play as ever with the schedule she has at school in first grade. 

After School Playtime

This week they had a baby nursury with the baby dolls and even an airplane trip with them.  There were lots of handprint turkey created too! It’s fun to see them begin to interact with each other more and crafting together has become a fun time.   

After School Adventures

Local Living History Farm
It was a lot of fun to join Amanda and her children at a local living farm where the kids had so much fun learning about life long ago.  I think holiday breaks are a great time to go on adventures with kids.  Do you have anything special planned for the winter break? 

After School Reading

Tomie dePaula is our new Virtual Book Club for Kids author for November. He has so many books, it’s been so much fun.  We spent some time reading the Strega Nona Books and then also with his Christmas Books.  We’ll be sharing some of our Christmas crafts next week!

We had a chance to head to the library and spend some more time there than usual. Do you visit the library with your kids often during the school year? It’s such a great resource! If you’re looking for some afterschool fun with books you should check out the 40+ Activities for Tomie dePaola that is growing every day on our blog hop! Jan Brett is next month! She’s a great author for the holidays!

You may also enjoy these activities with your child…

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Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Momand Kiddo says

    December 2, 2012 at 6:30 am

    With all that has been going on I have been a little bit of a stranger to After School! One of New Kid's favorite books right now is Strega Nona's Harvest. It's amazing how many books he has written.

  2. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 25, 2012 at 10:54 am

    What a wonderful week you had! We didn't get the full week off, but I enjoyed having my kids at home as well.

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