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A Rainy Day: Science Experiments

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A rainy day is perfect for science experiments and reading books about rain. We recently read several rainy day books and several rainy day. (We have had over ten days of rain.)  You will find some of the other books with a rain theme that we read shared on the Who Likes the Rain? (Exploring the Elements) We like rain at my house. JDaniel loves Continue Reading

20 Learning Benefits of 20 Questions

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  Last summer while on a very long car drive with my sister in Georgia to see my sister in New York, our kids got antsy. They didn’t want to look at books. They didn’t want to play on their iPads or watch movies on them. My sister was driving and I knew our sons would soon be driving her crazy. “Why don’t we play 20 questions?” I announced. Continue Reading

Kids Meals – Summer Sunshine Bento

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Kids Meals - Summer Sunshine Bento

We have had glimpses of summer sunshine here in South Carolina. Most morning have been warm and sunny. The afternoons have been filled with summer storms that dump buckets of rain and then pass on. Sometimes there are more than one of these storms that pass through in a day. While JDaniel loves to get outside and play in the rain, it is the Continue Reading

Gnome or Fairy Home – Read.Explore.Learn.

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Building a Gnome Home -Recycled Materials Activity

The Fairy Ball (Bella)is a book we read  a long time about about a little rabbit that finds her way to fairy ball.  JDaniel and I really enjoy reading about how Bella ended up a the ball in search of chain of flowers she had made that disappeared and headed off to find it. Recently we came across a fairy house in the garden in front of a B and B my Continue Reading

Cake Recipes- Patriotic Cake

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Baking with Kids is a lot of fun. Baking a Patriotic Cake was really fun for JDaniel and I.  JDaniel loves to stir and lick the batter from the bowl. I love to decorate. The only drawback to baking this super easy patriotic cake recipe was that we were never going to get to eat it. The cake was going to be part of a silent auction at church that Continue Reading

25 Patriotic Activities for Kids

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25 Patriotic Activities for Kids

    Patriotic activities are some of my favorite to come up with.  There have been posts written for Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, President's Day and the 4th of July that all have red, white and blue theme. I thought I would share 25 of my favorite patriotic activities for kids.   Crafts    Pasta Printing onto a Continue Reading

Dig Into Construction Sites- Play Dough Fun

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  This summer I have been co-hosting a Dig Into... themed link up. In May there was a Dig Into Gardening link up.This month Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails, Royal Baloo,Growing Book By Book, and I are co-hosting a Dig Into Construction Sites link up. I am focusing on play dough fun. My son has always loved to dig in the dirt Continue Reading

4th of July Healthy Lunch Ideas in a Bento

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Summer time lunches at my house are filled with fresh fruits, fresh veggies and fun! Thankfully my son loves all of those things in his lunch! Thankfully he is open to my healthy lunch ideas!  I made his this 4th of July bento meal and he couldn't wait until lunch to eat it.That's right he ate his 4th of July bento way before lunch. I created this Continue Reading

4th of July Butterfly Count Activities for Kids

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I didn't realize that there were locations around the United States that hold an annual butterfly site count on of the 4th of July at until we read the book Butterfly Count by Sneed Collard III (2002-03-01). Butterfly Count is the story of a little girl named Amy and how she and her mom participate in a butterfly count. Amy and her mother find a Continue Reading

Park Hop- Cedar Falls Park

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Park Hop Cedar Falls Park South Carolina

    My friend Bethany runs a blog called Kidding Around Greenville. She brings to my attention all kinds of wonderful activities and events that are happening in Greenville, South Carolina that I might have missed otherwise. The latest thing she has shared is an opportunity offered by our local parks. The Park and Recreation Continue Reading

10 Fourth of July Books for Kids

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10 Fourth of July Books for Kids

Children can learn more about the symbols associated with the 4th of July and ways families celebrate the 4th with this wonderful collection of books.  When you have finished reading them you might enjoy, creating a creating a threaded necklace, patriotic confetti eggs, or a cardboard tube flag. 4th of July Books for Kids One Nation Under Continue Reading

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