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Activities for Children – Learning with Paper Bag Bears

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Activities with Children - Learning with Paper Bag Bears

What a Wonderful World  was a in a recent collection of books I was sent from Tiger Tales. It is wonderful tale told by a mother bear to her cub. She shares with them that we need to be thankful for each and everything placed on Earth for us to share. This book is filled with thanks to God the simply wonderful world we live in. The illustrations Continue Reading

Nature for Kids – Observing Spring with Your Senses

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Nature for Kids Observing Spring with Your Senses

  Just before the pollen took hold of our region of the United States JDaniel and I explored the nature trail in his Nana's retirement community. It was such fun to take in all the spring had on display on that pretty trail for us to view and take in. We decided to make this a nature for kids learning activity by looks for signs of Continue Reading

3rd Annual Tissue Box Challenge

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I look forward to seeing what each of you will come up with for the Tissue Box Challenge. This year Maggie of Red Ted Art and Lisa of Two Bears Farm will the be the judges of the challenge. Both of these ladies are awesomely creative. I will be sitting on the sidelines gathering prizes, pinning your creations on Pinterest and sharing them on Continue Reading

20+ Earth Day Activities for Kids

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Many of us celebrate Earth Day everyday.  It is such a wonderful time to look for ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle things that we will be keeping at home or giving to others. Here are some of the Earth Day activities we have done. We craft with recycled materials, pick up trash we have found on the ground in parks, and use Earth friendly Continue Reading

Earth Day for Kids – Earth Day Pancake Lunch

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Earth Day is coming up in a few weeks and the Earth Day related Tissue Box Challenge starts here tomorrow. I decided that JDaniel needed to have an Earth Day breakfast for lunch in a bento. He just had to have one. I had a hard time deciding how to make the Earth as main dish. I even asked the members of a bento bloggers Facebook group for their Continue Reading

Footwear Learning Activities- Read.Explore.Learn.

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Footwear Learning Activities- Read.Explore.Learn.

When I was packing for our Spring Break Trip, I found that shoes were what I needed to think about the most. We needed sneakers or hiking boots for hiking. My sister Shell had planned a messy caving activity that would require shoes that could be super messy. The trip included attending Shell church for Easter Sunday. JDaniel doesn't have dress Continue Reading

Kids Art Project- Plastic Container Jellyfish

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Plastic Jug Jelly Fish Kids Art Project

  JDaniel has decided that gelatinous creatures are his favorite animal. We have both poured over pictures of them in library books. I think it is the ones that are found in the deep sea that he loves best. They have bio-luminescence which he think is the coolest thing. I decided to make a kids art project that focused on jellyfish. (I Continue Reading

15 Tips for Hiking with Kids

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Tips for Hiking with Kids

  We spent part of our Spring Break staying in a cabin in Cloudland Canyon State Park with my family. There were several hiking trails right below our cabin. On Easter Sunday we explored two trails that lead to waterfalls. Both were beautiful. On our way back my sisters both commented that we hadn't headed out for the hike well Continue Reading

Healthy Snack for Kids : Butterfly Bento

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Healthy Snack for Kids - Butterflies in a Bento

We visited the Tennessee Aquarium while we were away for Spring Break. At the top of the new aquarium building was a butterfly garden. JDaniel had a wonderful time chasing them around. He also enjoyed seeking them out under leaves and behind trees. It was amazing to see the wide variety of butter flies they had living there. In honor of our visit Continue Reading

Motherhood Fail- Easter Treats Found Early

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I was busy making dinner last Monday night when I felt JDaniel tugging at the back of my shirt."Mom! The bunny hid the Annie's Bunnies cookies and fruit chews in the lower cabinet early.!"  "What are you talking about?" I replied trying to concentrate on the ground turkey I was trying to brown. "The Easter Bunny brought my treats early!" JDaniel Continue Reading

Easter Bunny Salad With Leftover Easter Eggs

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Easter Bunny Salad With Leftover Easter Eggs

  We love to dye Easter eggs at our house and we showcase them in bowl on the kitchen table for a short time. I love to look at them, but I want to make sure we eat the boiled eggs that are in them. One way I have found to use them is in salads. I made JDaniel and I both Easter Bunny Salad Bento. They were filled with delicious salads Continue Reading

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