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Summer Recipes for Family Fun

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Summer Recipes for Family Fun

  These wonderful summer recipes for family fun will be terrific to pull out when your children need something new to do. They would  be great boredom busters or to explore during family time too. Each was shared on last week's Sunday Showcase by some of you. Now all you have to decide is which summer recipes for fun your family would love Continue Reading

Easy Recipes- Sidewalk Chalk Paint

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Easy Recipes for Sidewalk Chalk Paint

  Sidewalk chalk paint is simple to make. It is one of those easy recipes with only a few ingredients. Once the paint is made, it will last for a long time. We made small batches of a variety of colors and have had it for over a week. Let me walk you through a few easy recipes for sidewalk chalk paint and then show you three ways that we Continue Reading

Kids Building with Drinking Cups and 365 Penguins

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  Play Dr. Mom sent us the book 365 Penguins (Reissue), some craft supplies, and over 400 drinking cups as a part of The Educators' Spin On It's Love Books Summer Exchange. After only a few minutes of looking at the book, it became on of our favorites. The book contains a lot of humor, fun pictures and a cute story. Play Dr. Mom had Continue Reading

American Flag Cardboard Tube Craft

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This American flag cardboard tube craft is easy for kids to put together. It would be great make to celebrate a variety of patriotic events and holidays. We have it on  displayin our kitchen, but I think it would look great anywhere you would like to display it. What do you need to create this American flag craft? Paper towel tubes Continue Reading

78 4th of July Activities- The Sunday Showcase

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78 4th of July Activities

These are my favorite 4th of July activities for kids! They include craft, science fun, math and more. You are going to love them too. Come check them out! Buggy and Buddy has the most wonderful 4th of July wands. They would be great to take to a parade, decorate a table or just enjoy playing with. 3 Dinosaurs mixes fine motor fun with crafting Continue Reading

Preschool Worksheets- I Spy Numbers Hunt

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Preschool Worksheets- I Spy Numbers

Preschool worksheets can go way beyond rote practice. These I Spy Number Hunt preschool worksheets can be used to have children search for numbers in their homes, classrooms and beyond. Learning to read and identify numbers are the basic concepts we worked on in this number hunt. Oh! We created a number magnifying glass to aid in the hunt. I have Continue Reading

Frozen Olaf -Icy Sensory Bin

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Frozen Olaf- Icy Sensory Bin

Last week I shared with you a Frozen Olaf cup craft for kids and you absolutely loved it! I decided to share another Frozen Olaf idea with you that features a sensory bin filled with Frozen Olaf himself and some really cool glass pebbles. Hope you love it too! The goal of this sensory bin was to create a fun bin (hence having Frozen Olaf in it) Continue Reading

Living with Cancer- Cherishing Moments

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Living With Cancer- Cherishing Moments

  In March after spending seven weeks in the hospital recovering from liver and kidney failure along gall bladder drainage issues followed by several month in rehab my mom had to make a huge decision. While in the hospital she was found to have pancreatic cancer, now after all that recovering time she had to decide what to do Continue Reading

Kids Write- Summer Journal Prompts

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Kids Write- Capturing Summer Memories- Free Summer Journal Prompts Printable

There is something special about reading the words kids write in their journals.  When you read through a  journal entry you can see what they are  hearing as spell words, what they understand about sentence structure, and what is need to work on. This post contains several tips for helping kids write during the summer and a printable list on Continue Reading

Cool Games- Button Golf

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Cool Games- Button Golf

  As far as cool games go, JDaniel thinks this is one of the coolest. After playing the basic version on the game for awhile and some versions of his own, he announced that we need to keep this game for a long time. I just love it when I find a learning activity that he really likes. Button golf and the cool games JDaniel came up with to Continue Reading

Cool Experiments for Kids-The Sunday Showcase

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Cool Experiments- The Sunday Showcase

The Kid Bloggers Network of bloggers is a really tight network. Recently Crayon Box Chronicles had a very special little girl who is fighting to live. You can learn more about Savannah by visiting a Facebook page that has been set up for her. While her mom is with her in the hospital, I thought it would be great if we supported her by visiting and Continue Reading

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