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6 Ways to Help Your Local Children’s Hospital

Helping your local Children's Hospital Units for Community Outreach

In your community, there are local Children's Hospital Units with parents who never thought their child would be receiving treatment in a PICU program. Here are a few ways you and your community can help to support local children's hospitals for families with children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units and help to reduce their stress with a few random acts of kindness. Here's how one special mom coordinated with her community to support a local children's hospital. May she continue ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baby, Community Outreach, Pregnancy, Preschool, Random Acts of Kindness, Toddler

By Kim Vij

Llama Llama Red Pajama Alphabet Quilt Activity

Alphabet Quilt Activity for Kids inspired by Llama Llama Red Pajama

Are you working on letter sounds with your preschooler? This Llama Llama Red Pajama Alphabet Quilt Activity is a fun way to get them to match their letters and sounds and prepare for Kindergarten. Here's how to make your own Alphabet Quilt!  Llama Llama Red Pajama Alphabet Quilt One of my favorite bedtime stories is Llama Llama Red Pajama. This adorable Rhyming Book helps us remove the drama from bedtime! In the store, when tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llama immediately ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, bedtime, Book Activity, grade school, llama, Llama Llama Red Pajama, night, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Llama Llama Red Pajama Playdough Sensory Play

Llama Llama Red Pajama Playdough Sensory Fun

Discover fun and engaging ways to bring Llama Llama Red Pajama to life with your child! This post features a playful playdough sensory activity inspired by the book, along with creative book club ideas to make storytime more interactive. Explore patterns, textures, and colors while fostering a love for reading through hands-on play. Perfect for a family book night or our Virtual Book Club for Kids! One of our family's favorite picture books is Llama Llama Red Pajama.It's such a typical ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: bedtime, Kim, Llama Llama Red Pajama, night, Pajama, playdough, reading activities, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Kid Made Art Frame to Celebrate your Child’s Artwork

This kid made art frame is a fun solution for finding a way to highlight your child's artwork that celebrates their creativity and uniqueness. Here's how to make your own frame. This post contains affiliate links to amazon.  Celebrating Dot Day With the Book The Dot One of our favorite illustrators is Peter H Reynolds, his artwork can be found in numerous popular children's picture books.  One of my most favorite which highlights creativity is called The ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: After School Activities, Book Activity, Craft, Dot Day, grade school, Preschool, School Ages, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Wear a Mask… Why is this so hard to ask?

Child wearing mask in school setting to help to protect spread of COVID 19 in schools.

Resources and tips for protecting our children from COVID delta variant and why wearing a mask is so important during these times for kids. Adulting is hard... parenting is even harder, especially during this pandemic. School has officially started here in Florida and sadly I just had to withdraw my children from their beloved public schools to enroll them into an online option at the Florida Virtual School. The reason... the risks currently outweigh the benefits when it comes to their ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Parenting Tagged With: grade school, Parenting, Preschool, Toddler

By Kim Vij

The Big Book of Kids Activities

The Big Book of Kids Activities - 500 Projects That are the Bestest, Funnest Ever!

The ultimate collection of kids activities just for you! I'm so excited to share with you a new book called The Big Book of Kids Activities! The Big Book of Kids Activities Never again will you hear the all-too-common call of, “I’m bored!” with The Big Book of Kids Activities: 500 Projects That Are the Bestest, Funnest Ever, a collection of 500 crafts, games, and activities from top kids activities bloggers. Whether you’re making glow-in-the-dark slime, launching rocket ships, ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities for Kids, Preschool, Review, School Ages, Summer Learning

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101+ Easter Crafts and Easter Activities for Kids

Easter Activities for Kids

The ultimate list of Easter Activities for Kids! Explore 101+ Easter Crafts and Easter Activities for your child this spring. I LOVE the bright colors of Easter!  The colors bring so much joy to our lives and remind me of new beginnings, springtime, good weather, and fun times. I have to admit, the kids and I even like walking down the isles of Target looking at all the pretty Easter decor and crafting supplies! At home my kids adore our pretend egg hunts in the weeks ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Easter, grade school, Preschool, Spring

By Kim Vij

Helping Children Cope With Changes in Their Daily Lives

Helping Kids cope with Changes in their daily lives

Families across the globe are adapting to the changes in our daily life as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are 8 simple tips for helping children cope with changes during this time. Most schools, places of public gathering, and nonessential businesses are closed. You might catch yourself wondering, will my child be able to cope with all of this? None of this is easy, but it helps to stay focused on what is possible in order to reinforce our own sense of control and to reassure ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grade school, Parenting, Preschool, toddlers

By The Educators Spin On It

Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids

Easy Valentine Kids Crafts with heart crafts

Let your children get creative this Valentine's Day with these super cute and EASY 15 minute Valentine's Day Crafts for kids. Great for after-school crafting or as an art station at school. Easy 15 minute or Less Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids 1. Make these super cute and fuzzy Love Bug Finger Puppets 2. Brighten up any window with these Heart Sun Catchers 3. Work on fine motor skills with these Foam Sticker Hearts 4. Punch and lace with these cute DIY ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Creative Crafting, Valentine's Day

By Kim Vij

It’s Not Little Red Riding Hood Book Review

It's Not Little Red Riding Hood Book Activity with Bingo Cards

Explore fractured fairy tales with your child by reading the hilarious book called It's Not Little Red Riding Hood by Josh Funk. The story of Red Riding Hood is turned on its head as the Narrator becomes flustered and Red keeps pointing out big problems in the story. We received this book as a gift from the author and publisher. Two Lions, publishes beautifully told stories for children up to age twelve. All opinions expressed are our own in this review. In this ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Review, fairy tales, grade school, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Preschool, Review

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