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Creating and Learning with Clothespins

There are numerous activities for kids with clothespins! Here are our top picks for clothespin activities for kids, including a fun way to dye clothespins.Clothespins Activities for Kids Using simple items around the house with your child can be a budget-friendly way to build imagination in your child. Using clothespins this week we discovered there are a variety of ways to use them that help foster imagination and creativity.This past week we Reused our Egg Dye to create Rainbow Seashells which ... Read more...

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Q & A with Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal Answer Your Question and shares behind the scenes with beloved books. One of my favorite things that has happened through blogging is learning and connecting with authors as part of our Virtual Book Club for Kids.  The past few months I've been corresponding with Amy Krouse Rosenthal who was one of our featured authors this past fall. There were over 60 Activities using Books by Amy in our Amy Krouse Rosenthal Virtual Book Club for Kids.  On our site we ... Read more...

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Reading Tips for Kids: Q & A Session

Reading Tips for Kids We've created 10 Reading Videos just for you to support your readers at home this past month of National Reading Month!  Did you have a favorite Google+ Hangout that you watched in our Read with KBN Series?Here's all of our Reading Video Topics to watchNow it's time for our Spring Into Reading Wrap Up including a Q & A Session with a few Kid Bloggers and certified Teachers!  To watch the event live tonight at 10:00 pm EDT you can RSVP on the Google+ Event ... Read more...

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Finding a Princess in Every Girl

Finding ways as a parent to teach self-esteem and inner beauty to your child can be challenging. We're sharing as part of our Parenting with Purpose series one mom's perspective on how she's teaching self-esteem and inner beauty to her daughters. A Story of Self-Esteem and Inner Beauty "Mommy, am I a Princess?" - she asked."Of course you are. Every girl is a princess. Even I am!" - I replied."Noooo! You are not a Princess. You are a Queen. And you have long hair. I don't have long hair and I ... Read more...

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Last Minute Easter Activities for Babies and Toddlers

Looking for last minute ideas for Easter? Easter can be such a fun time when you have a little one at home. Here are some quick and easy activities for your baby or toddlers for Easter. Grab a few items from around the house and you can create your own Easter Themed Playdate too. Take a look below we're sharing a few of our favorite hands on activities with kids for Easter for Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers and even School Aged Kids.Easter Activities for Toddlers and Babies!There are so many fun ... Read more...

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Learning to Read Color Words with the RAINBOW!

Use color words and lids for a hands-on rainbow activity for kids.  Here's how to play. Rainbows are so much fun to make, eat, play, find, and learn with. We had a tot-school with a theme of rainbows and I was trying to decide what to bring when I thought of my Baby Food Pouch lids.  These things are amazing and so colorful that I knew my rainbow activity must make use of them!!! ( I will never buy Counting Bears manipulatives again)Learning to Read Color Words with the ... Read more...

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Julia Donaldson Activities and Videos {Virtual Book Club for Kids}

  We are so excited to announce that Julia Donaldson is this month's featured author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids!  Julia has written a number of books including The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, What the Ladybird Heard, Where's My Mom, Superwurm, The Princess and the Wizard, Paperdolls, Stickman, Tiddler, One Ted Fall Out of Bed and MANY MANY more!       One unique fact about Julia is that she is from the United Kingdom.  We've shared ... Read more...

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Tips on Challenging Advanced Readers

Do you have a little reader at your home that you just can't seem to keep enough books around for? Over the years we've had a few readers like this in our homes and we thought it might be fun to sit and chat about ways we keep them challenged. Plus a few tips for what to do at school.Here's your chance to sit in on one of our continuing conversations about what we're doing with our 6-year-olds with reading.The best part is you can show up in your jammies, we'll never know. Grab a pen and ... Read more...

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St. Patrick’s Day Activities for After School Fun with Kids

Looking for St. Patrick's Day Activities for After School fun with Kids? We've gather some of our leprechaun inspired favorites to get your started.St. Patrick's Day can be fun with your elementary or even preschool child with this featured activities.  A few activities even sneak in a little learning too for St. Patrick's Day.Click now for 100+ Activities for After SchoolAre you looking for a few last minute ideas for St. Patrick's Day with your kids to do after school? We discovered some ... Read more...

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How to Play with a 2 Month Old

I LOVE when babies turn 2 months old. I think it is my very favorite stage of infancy. They are cooing and smiling up a storm and really starting to explore the world around them, but not moving yet!!!!  And you can PLAY with them!!!  Even as an educator and an experienced parent, I still forget all the developmental stages and things to work on, so I try to read up on my kids development at the beginning of each month. This helps me to plan ways I can interact with my baby ... Read more...

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