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5 Things Kids Need to Put in a Thank You Note

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5 Things Kids Need to Put in a Thank You Note- Some of these are things you include in all notes. Others are only thank you note related.

Right after Christmas or his birthday, I try to sit JDaniel down and have him write a thank you note to each person that has sent him a gift. Sitting down to write isn't his favorite thing. He tends to rush through the task. That leads to him skipping important things he needed to put in the thank you note. This year I have devised a checklist Continue Reading

New Year’s Ball Drop STEM Challenge

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STEM Activity- New Year's Ball Drop: What fun it is to see what materials will help our homemade New Year's Ball drop fastest.

We had such fun trying to get Rudolph to fly fast in the Christmas STEM challenge.  I decided that we needed to test out a variety of types of string to find out which one would help our homemade New Year's ball drop fast. Beyond using a variety of types of string we also used a different way to have our New Year's ball move along the string. By Continue Reading

Breakfast Ideas Kids Will Love

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Whether you decide to serve one of these wonderful breakfast recipes for breakfast, brunch, or dinner, I know you  kids will love them. At my house my guys love sticky or cheesy or fruit filled breakfast foods. These breakfast ideas each have one or more of them. My husband leans toward the cheesy or fruit filled. My son loves all Continue Reading

Christmas Food- Fruit Tree Snack

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Christmas Food- Fruit Tree Snack What fun it is to create and eat a tree filled with yummy winter fruits.

I love to make fun snacks for my son. Recently I made a Christmas tree that features Christmas food items I know he enjoys. This fruit tree snack was so easy to make and only needs two fruits to make. I bet JDaniel could replicate it with very little help from me. The trickiest part of creating this Christmas food featured snack is getting to Continue Reading

Hot Chocolate Recipe Ideas for Families

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Hot Chocolate Recipes for Families - You will have the best time exploring each and every recipe in this collection.

My son loves hot chocolate so much that he put it on his Christmas list. I have never really made hot chocolate for him from scratch. We have always bought mixes to make hot chocolate. While I do plan on giving him a box of hot chocolate mix in his stocking, I thought it would be fun to find a hot chocolate recipe that he might enjoy on Christmas Continue Reading

Make Rudolph Fly Fast STEM Challege

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Make Rudolph Fly Fast STEM Challenge- After constructing a flying reindeer, it is time conduct a science experiment to see how to make him fly fast.

  We have all heard that reindeer fly! Some of us may have even seen them fly on T.V. or in a movie.  What fun it was recently to make a Rudolph we had constructed fly! This STEM challenge had us focused on distance and angles. Let me walk you through how we made our Rudolph and then how we worked through the STEM challenge. Making Continue Reading

Practice Gross Motor Skills Every Month of the Year

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There is one gross motor action card for each month of the year in this set of cards. Each month's action focuses on a holiday or event that happen during that month. There are so many ways you could use these Practice Gross Motor Skills Every Month of the Year Activity (The set has been update and now looks a little different.) Ways to Us the Continue Reading

Star Wars Food Creations for Kids

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21 Star Wars Food Ideas- They would make fun meals, snacks, party food or movie viewing treats.

These Star Wars food creations are sure inspire you make them for the Star Wars fans in your life.  I have included bento inspired lunches and snacks that feature Star Wars food. Some of these will be easy to replicate. Others were just too amazing not to share with you. They will be harder to replicate. Star Wars Food Creations Bento Continue Reading

Kid Made Creations from Star Wars Movies

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Children just love the Star Wars Movies. Whether it is the older movies or the new ones. Here is a collection of wonderful Star Wars creations kids can make that feature objects and characters from the Star Wars Movies. Some may require preparation on your part. Others will be able to be completed all on their own. General Star Wars Continue Reading

New Year’s Counting Game Printable

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New Year's Counting Game Printable- Printable numbers and party celebration counters can be used in fun year ending or year beginning games.

This New Year's counting game set of printable numbers and party hat counters is part of a holiday number series. The other counting game sets are Gingerbread Counting Numbers, Peppermint Counting Numbers, and Thanksgiving Turkey Numbers. Each of these counting game sets can be used in a number of ways. Let me share with you some of the ways I Continue Reading

New Years Eve Games and Activities

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52 New Years Eve Games and Activities- What fun your children will have celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next with these wonderful activities.

New Years Eve is such fun to celebrate with kids! We have celebrated it at noon on New Years Eve! We have celebrated in via a countdown to New Years starting the week before. Sometimes we have celebrated it on the first day of the new year. No matter when you celebrate it with your kids I think they will love the New Years Eve games and activities Continue Reading

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