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Pumpkins, pumpkins all around
Did you know that the first jack-o'-lanterns were carved out of turnips? Legend has it that Jack was a man cursed to walk the Earth forever, banned from both Heaven and Hell. The devil, the story says, gave Jack a crude lamp to light his way. The ...
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As a parent, you are your child's first teacher. You teach them about love, compassion, and trust. You offer them experiences that open up their world. You help them learn to walk, model how to talk, and give them a strong base for their future ...
Fall crafts - How about them apples?
September is apple season. If you have a child in the lower elementary grades, chances are they'll be taking a field trip to an apple orchard or cider mill sometime soon. Apples are one of the first themes many preschool teachers cover, and who ...
Give your kid a green thumb
A few weeks ago, in a fit of optimism, I shoved some some bean and peas seeds into my autumn garden. There may be time for one more crop before the first frost, and with Hurricane Ike sending rain all the way up our way, it may be wet enough too. ...
Get those kids in the kitchen!
As helicopter parents are starting to discover, doing everything for kids stunts their ability to function and leads to the development of college students who aimlessly wander through grocery stores thoughtlessly leaving carts in the middle of ...
Making playtime a priority
A study commissioned by the toy company, Hearthsong has been weighing heavily on my mind. By querying over a thousand parents of kids under the age of twelve, it was found that although 99% of those surveyed believe play was important to childhood, ...
Motivate with an inspiration board
Help get your child motivated for a great school year by helping them create an inspiration board, a gathering of clippings, quotes, photographs and treasures to provide a reminder of what is important and most of all, what is possible. To start, ...
Crafty clothing organizers
It's hard to believe, but we are mere weeks (days for some parts of the country!) away from returning to the early morning scrambling to get kids ready for school. One of the biggest time-wasters of those precious pre-dawn hours involves the ...Childhood Unplugged: Using technology creatively
The name of this column is "Childhood Unplugged", but that doesn't mean an Amish existence is the only way to get kids to flex their creative muscles! Advances in technology make it possible for even young children to accomplish amazing things with ...
Childhood Unplugged: Making crafts out of nothing at all
Welcome to the dog days of summer! For many parents, the family vacation is but a distant memory, the kids' swimming lessons over and summer camp is done, yet there are still MANY, MANY days before the blissful sound of that morning bell at ...
Childhood Unplugged: Pool Party Cakes
Nothing turns an ordinary gathering into a celebration like cake (with the notable exception of booze, but that's not a good idea for kids) and there's no reason the frosted fun needs to be saved for just birthdays and weddings. Baking and ...Childhood Unplugged: Decorated Flip Flops
A visit to a boutique will quickly enlighten those not bitten by the crafting bug how adorable utilitarian items can become with just a little creative embellishment. The humble, unofficial footwear of summer, the flip flop, is no exception. Only ...Childhood Unplugged: Pool Parties (Even for Landlubbers!)
Welcome to Childhood Unplugged, a weekly feature that will provide you with creative options to help keep your child from zoning out in front of the television or in some sort of cyber gaming world. Every month we'll give you complete directions for ...Last Minute 4th of July Kid Crafts
Happy 4th of July! Welcome to the one holiday nearly as fun for kids as Christmas, only with fewer financial obligations for parents but with the painful twist of the grand finale (fireworks!) at the very end of the day instead of first thing in the ...
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