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Where is Waldo? Has a Birthday

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July 31st will be Waldo's 25th birthday.( I remember when the Where is Waldo book first came out.) Our local bookstore Fiction Addiction has been hosting a Where is Waldo? hunt to celebrate this big birthday all month. Twelve locally owned business hid Waldo in the stores for those interested in the hunt to find. Each time you found Waldo you were Continue Reading

Olympics for Kids- A Fun Book and a Bento Lunch

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I like to welcome the Olympic Bento Bloggers and Olympic Hoppers to Read.Explore.Learn.! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing ways you have learned with and explored books. This Continue Reading

Olympic Values: Week One- Respect

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Olympics for Kids- 12 Olympic Related Activities and Meals

  In doing some research on the Olympic I came across the Olympic Values. I had never heard for them before. I had heard of the Olympic Motto, but never the values.What are they? respect – fair play; knowing one’s own limits; and taking care of one’s health and the environment excellence – how to give the best of oneself, on the field Continue Reading

Taking Time to Play- At Home with Ali

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  It is beyond wonderful to have At Home with Ali taking time to play here to today. She hosts a wonderful blog that focuses on being creative with your children. After reading the post below, I would love for you to check out her post on a little construction site. It will inspire you to create and make you want to get down in the sand and Continue Reading

Olympics for Kids- Olympic Symbols Bento Snack

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    I am so excited about the Olympics in London! I guess you have been able to figure that out. Last Monday I featured Fruit Filled Olympic Rings for a breakfast meal and this week I have created an Olympic themed snack Bento.JDaniel and I have been talking about the Olympic symbols and what they mean. He was so excited to see some Continue Reading

Olympics for Kids: Olympic Torch Painting Projects

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  We have been exploring the symbols of the Olympics at our house this week.We started with the Fruit Filled Olympic Ring last Monday. Then we moved on the Olympic Torch. We did two painting project using the Olympic torch. The first paint project involved using flame shaped sponges to create different colored flickers of flame on orange Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Green Earth #readforgood

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I am participating in the MeMe Tales #readforgood Readathon 2012 this summer. During the Readathon, anyone who signs up on the MeMeTales site is given access to the books being featured for free. Each week the books follow a theme. The theme this week is Green Earth. The books being spotlighted this week are Let's Go Chipper and What Does It Mean Continue Reading

Outside Play- Water: Old MacDonald’s Beach Trip

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    It has been so hot this summer here in South Carolina. We have spent a lot of time exploring and playing with water. It has been a lot of fun, but we keeping doing the same things over and over again.  Today I want to share with you a way your children can take the animals of Old MacDonald on a field trip to the beach. I thought Continue Reading

Olympics for Kids- Fruit Filled Olympic Rings

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Olympics for Kids- Fruit Filled Olympic Rings

With the Olympics starting in a few weeks I thought it would be fun to create a set of fruit filled Olympic style rings for JDaniel to have for breakfast. Each Olympic ring would feature a different kind of fruit. JDaniel loves fruit and so I knew he would love these rings. He has gotten more particular about some of the food groups he used to Continue Reading

Two Meals from Chipper the Squirrel #readforgood

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Chipper's Garden Lasagna

This week's theme on MeMeTales: Readathon 2012 is Green Earth. One of the free books offered this week is Let's Go Chipper featuring Chipper the Squirrel. I had a great time making two meals based on Chipper this weekend! They were supposed to be a part of my Read.Explore.Learn. post for Friday, but I couldn't wait to share them with Continue Reading

Olympics for Kids: Color Sorting

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  With the Olympics right around the corner it is the perfect time to use the symbols of the Olympics to create Olympics for kids activities that allow children to review or explore learning concepts. The Olympic symbol of interlocking rings of red, blue, green, black and yellow is a wonderful tool for practicing color identification. Continue Reading

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