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Fun Birthday Party Theme Ideas
Birthdays! A joyous occasion to be celebrated every year!
There's a reason kids love birthdays and it's not just because
they get lots of presents. Ok, yeah, maybe it is but there's
more to it than that. Most of the birthday gifts are forgotten a
few months, if not days, after the big event and yet the
memories of the birthday parties can last a lifetime.
Tips for
Teaching Your Children to Read
Those of
us who are avid readers know how it feels to finish a book, put it down, and
search feverishly for the next gripping story that will take us away from
reality, even if for just a short time before it becomes time to start
dinner or get the laundry out of the dryer. The love of reading can be
fostered in our children very early on, even before the child is born.
Talking to Your
Kids about Puberty
Times sure have changed since many of us were going through those tender
pubescent years. Certain subjects were simply taboo! Nobody discussed them
except at slumber parties or late night during Girl Scout camping trips, and not
without a lot of giggling and embarrassment.
Healthier Living With
the Help of Your Toddler
Coca-Cola is my weakness. So are mashed potatoes with lots of butter, casseroles
with tons of cheese, Betty Crocker brownies, and well, I could go on and on. I
have always been a lover of food, not necessarily junk food, but food in
general. I enjoy cooking, and I really enjoy eating what I cook.
Get Caught Reading
Get
Caught Reading is a nationwide campaign to remind people of all ages how
much fun it is to read. Get Caught Reading is the brainchild of former
Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Association of American Publishers, the industry association representing
book publishers.
Having Fun Organizing Your Kid’s Rooms
I have to say that I LOVE organizing kids rooms. Yes, they do take more time
than most other areas. Yes, they do just get messy again and again, since they
are in fact kids living in there. But it's just so fun.
How, you might be asking do I have "fun" cleaning and organizing a kid’s room?
Teaching Toddlers To Do Household Chores
I never set out to give my toddlers chores to do. You might be thinking, "That's
too young! Toddlers can't do chores!" That's what I thought too, that is until I
was constantly tripping over my boys while trying to do my own household chores.
How Role Playing Moral Dilemmas
Turns Family Meetings into Family Fun
Kids love to role-play. When kids role-play moral dilemmas, they prepare to meet
life's challenges. If you'd like to help your kids develop strong moral
backbones, consider discussing dilemmas like the one below in your family
meetings.
Defeating the Homework
Blues
Is it a
struggle and a challenge getting your kids to complete their daily homework?
Do you get frustrated and dread homework time? If you answered yes to either
of these questions, this article is for you. This article contains
insightful solutions to your daily homework blues.
Stress-Free Travel with Your
Kids
If you can take a little time for preparation and put some
ideas together, you can fend off most of the boredom and
restlessness before even getting in the car. It just
takes some pre-planning. And really, we're experts at that by
simple virtue of the fact that we're moms, right?
Five Fun Math Tips for Parents to
Celebrate Five Seasons of Cyberchase
We all know there is a need for kids in the U.S. to improve in
math so we can compete in a technological world. To address
this, we need to show kids ways that math is a fun and useful
part of their lives. Just as we read with them to make them
better readers, we can also do math with kids to make them
better mathematicians. To celebrate CYBERCHASE’s 5th season,
here are 5 tips that show you how.
Avoiding
The Kindergarten Meltdown (YOU, not Your Child!)
Each year at this time the media are full of authors, experts,
doctors and clinicians doing what they do best: scaring the
pants off a new crop of parents whose 5 year olds are entering
academia.
What
Are Your Kids Reading?
Responsible parenting is very much on everyone’s mind these
days. Everywhere you look there are articles being written
about it, television shows and videos which aim to alert
parents to potential dangers facing their children, and
websites and home pages filled with useful and helpful tips.
The concerned parent has never had as many tools or as much
information available to them to protect their children.
Teaching
Tips on Reading Skills for Kids
Getting kids to learn how to enjoy reading, can be quite
stressful and frustrating for a parent. Here are some tips to
utilize that seem to work well for those reluctant readers.
Teach
Your Kids Listening Skills (the REAL ABC's)
"Michelle, why are you still coloring your face with the
red marker?" asked Mrs. Johnson. "We are lining up
to go to lunch, didn't you hear the instructions?"
How Can I Improve My
Child's Eating Habits?
As a mother of five
small children, my eyes have really been opened to what we're putting
in our bodies on a daily basis. Without even thinking about it,
millions of Americans everyday are loading up their systems with sugar
and other refined foods that go through so much processing that, by
the time they hit our mouths, they're barely recognizable as having
started out as anything consumable.
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