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Lunch Recipes for Kids- Simple Creative Ideas

January 28, 2013 By Deirdre

Many of you have commented that you don't have the time or the creativity to put together a lunch for you children the way I do. Putting to together lunch recipes for kids lunches doesn't have to be hard. It can be as simple as using a food marker to write a message on a sandwich. There are mornings that I don't have time to pull out my Continue Reading

Snowman Activities Based on Sneezy the Snowman

January 25, 2013 By Deirdre

Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright is the tale of snowman that doesn't like to be cold. He has a lot of trouble when he attempts to warm up. A drink of hot cocoa, time in hot tub, and sitting by a fire all make him melt. The children in the story have to keep making him over and over again. The links below are affiliate links. The Continue Reading

Preschool Math- Snowman Hole Punch Counting

January 23, 2013 By Deirdre

Sometimes you plan out an activity to do with your child and you layout the materials. In your mind you know that the final product will look like. Then you child sits down and says," Just a minute! I know what we should do?" That is exactly what happened with this preschool math activity. A simple craft became a preschool math activity in just a Continue Reading

Kids Lunch – Who was Martin Luther King ?

January 20, 2013 By Deirdre

JDaniel had no idea who Martin Luther King was until we checked out some books from the library. I loved getting to share that he was a man of peace that wanted all people to be known not by what they looked like, but by who they were. I think all kids should be able to answer the question "Who was Martin Luther King ?" It was too easy I told him Continue Reading

The White House Craft for Kids- Read.Explore.Learn

January 18, 2013 By Deirdre

This post contains affiliate links.This week we read The White House by Karen Latchana Kenney. It is a fun booked filled with facts about the White House for young readers. We learned that the walls of the house are sandstone and to fill the tiny holes builder's sealed them with white paint. While the book shares a lot about the White House's Continue Reading

Chili Recipe with Patriotic Colors

January 17, 2013 By Deirdre

I have been doing some searching online for Presdent Obama's favorite foods. There seems to a wide variety of opinions on what he really likes. He like popcorn, but I think it is probably the slightly buttered kind. The red,white and blue popcorn I shared yesterday may not be something he would like to have. I also read that he Continue Reading

Popcorn Recipe- Red, White and Blue Popcorn

January 16, 2013 By Deirdre

With Inauguration Day right around the corner and President's Day coming up next month, I thought it would be fun to make red, white and blue popcorn with JDaniel. We could nibble on it during the parade next week or just have it celebrate Inauguration Day. I think you will like this popcorn recipe too.JDaniel was all for it. He love popcorn and Continue Reading

Preschool Activity- Snowstorm in a Bag

January 15, 2013 By Deirdre

I mentioned yesterday that JDaniel really has wanted snow to fall here. He was blessed to have snow fall at Christmas time two years ago and again the following spring for this birthday. We haven't had snow since then. While my sister in New York has snow at least half the year, we tend to get rain.We can't seem to get snow outside, but I decided Continue Reading

Breakfast Foods- Snowman Meal

January 14, 2013 By Deirdre

Most of last week JDaniel was down with a cold. He had very little energy and his nose was running like a faucet. Colds don't tend to take him down. This was the first time in a long time he seemed really sick. I decided to try to make him feel a little better by giving him a lunch that was filled with breakfast foods. We love breakfast foods at Continue Reading

ABCs of Exploring Books with Reading Games and Crafts

January 11, 2013 By Deirdre

This post contains affiliate links. On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I shared the first two part of this series on the ABCs of Exploring Books with Reading Games and Crafts. On Monday I shared reading games and crafts that begin with the letters A-H. Tuesday I shared reading games and crafts that started with the letters I-Q. Today Continue Reading

Kids Reading- How I’m Growing a Reader

January 9, 2013 By Deirdre

I need to start by saying that I know that not everyone that was read to as a child grew up to be a reader. Reading to your kids or kids reading is so important and and there are many reasons that they may not have grown into be a reader. They could have had reading or learning challenges. They could have had vision challenges. The list could go on Continue Reading