National Gallery of Art- NGA Kids Art ZoneThis is a wonderful website for children to explore creating art. I tried the Swatchbox which is a drawing program. Then I went to the 3-D Twirler it allowed me to move the object around, resize it and change its color. The final area I looked at was the Collage Machine. I felt very Matisse as I added Continue Reading
http://www.hotelscombined.com/Charity.aspx very kindly donate to your charity of choice if you mention their link on your blog...... so let's all go ahead and do that...... because every dollar for a good cause is a dollar for a good cause! This was taken from a blog entry on Mariann Johansen-Ellis' Blog. Continue Reading
I was fortunate to get to spend the weekend with my in-laws this past weekend. Last night at dinner everyone reached out to hold hands to say grace even JDaniel. He has never done that before. He has seen us pray before meals all his life and usually chooses to fuss during grace. Last night he put one hand in mine and one in his grandfathers. It Continue Reading
You have heard of burning a candle at both ends. (Many of you probably feel that way at one time or another.)This tip calls for sharpening a crayon at both ends. Young children have enough trouble holding a crayon. If you sharpen both ends of the crayon, there isn’t a wrong end for them to color with. Continue Reading
I found a great article called 10 Parenting Tips To Help Teach Your Child To Share located on the More 4 Kids website. Here are there tips:
•Tell your toddler that not sharing may mean his friends will not want to share with him either.
•If your toddler doesn’t want to share, explain why it’s important to share.
•Take the toys in question Continue Reading
I have had the opportunity to watch two of JDaniel’s playgroup buddies share food with him. Jake brought over gold fish to JDaniel a few weeks ago. He actually walked over and handed him a gold fish without trying to take it back. He is such a sweetie! Morgyn is another sweetie. She has learned the way to JDaniel’s heart. Morgyn placed two noodles Continue Reading
Droplet and the WatercycleThis is a cool interactive activity on the water cycle for school age children. My student loved to work on it when they finished their other tasks.US EPA- Thirsten Water Cycle:This is a wonderful interactive picture of how the water cycle works.Water Cycle in ActionThis would be a great tool for teacher at school or at Continue Reading
We took JDaniel to the YMCA this summer to participate in the infant-parent class. It was only four classes, but he had a lot of fun. We learned activities we can do in the water with him. The instructor was a wonderful lady who reviewed what we learned during previous classes and taught us new activities too. We worked on blowing bubbles, Continue Reading
JDaniel is doing what we do and saying what we say more and more each day. Earlier in the summer I got him a watering can at Target in the dollar area. He loves to water the plants along with me. My husband planted a small tree for his 6 month birthday. JDaniel loves to toddle across the yard and take care of his tree. We are trying to let him help Continue Reading
Thanks for stopping in. Please enter both the giveaways that are running.The winner of the personalized print gets to choose the print of their choice. It could be "In the Swim" or any of the others of the PinkPawsArt Etsy site of equal or lesser value.The necklace is beautiful and would be a great addition to any one's jewelry box.If you are not Continue Reading