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Party for the Planet

Stations for Party for the Planet Event for Kids for Earth Day

Join the fun by attending your Party for the Planet at your local zoo! Here's how our favorite zoo hosted their event, you could set up at your home too with friends. Happy Earth Day! How will you Party for the Planet today? We had the opportunity to visit our local zoo for a Party for the Planet. It was such fun to explore the zoo with our children. Of course, even more fun since it was both of our families together on an adventure! Party for the Planet The purpose of a Party ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: After School Link Up, Butterfly, Earth Day, Eco Living, grade school, Preschool, zoo

By Kim Vij

Tips for Using the Library with Kids

Library Resources for Parents! Tips for checking out, avoiding late feeds, storing library books, book activity ideas and MORE!

The ultimate list of Library Resources for Parents. This guide includes tips for checking out, avoiding late fees, storing books, book activities, and more! Libraries are a true gift to kids (and parents). However, sometimes they require a little bit of planning to make sure your trips to the library are successful. Here are some great tips for using the library with kids from some of our favorite moms and teachers. It’s National Library Week! {April 14 to 20}. How will you ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: #afterschool, Afterschool Express, grade school, Kim, Library, Preschool

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YOGA: A Step-by-Step Guide to have your Family Moving, Laughing, and Storytelling Together!

You don't need to travel far to go on a family adventure - only to your living room! Here's a step-by-step guide to creating a fun 15-minute kids yoga experience the whole family will love. Step by Step Guide to Kids Yoga Theme. Pick a specific topic or storybook that you’d like to create your Family Yoga experience around. For example, let’s pretend that you are going to the Zoo. Brainstorm. Get out a big piece of blank paper and markers.  List all the animals, people, and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, Animals, Let's Move, yoga, zoo

By Kim Vij

Creating and Learning with Clothespins

Clothespin Crafts and Learning Games for Kids

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Kids Games Tagged With: After School Link Up, Art projects, Crafting, grade school, learning games, Preschool

By Kim Vij

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...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Author Study, Kim

By Kim Vij

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 watch Now 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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: grade school, Preschool, videos

By Kim Vij

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting

By Kim Vij

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: baby, Easter, Spring, Toddler

By Kim Vij

Julia Donaldson Activities and Videos

Julia Donaldson Books

Discover fun and educational Julia Donaldson activities and videos to engage young readers and bring beloved storybooks like The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom to life through crafts, songs, and learning ideas. We are so excited to announce that Julia Donaldson is this month's featured author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids!  Julia Donaldson Author Study Julia Donaldson is a British author, playwright, and former Children’s Laureate, best known for her much-loved ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Author Study, Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, Kim, Virtual Book Club, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Tips on Challenging Advanced Readers

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: grade school, Reading Resources

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