Scholastic and Kumon have teamed up to encourage the development of your child's math and reading skills. Your child can earn up to 5 FREE Scholastic books by completing activity sheets. Click on the following link to be taken to the Scholastic LEARN AND EARN Center for more program details and to download your child's activity sheets. ...
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The Merry Olive (Etsy) Personalized Tub Mirror #Giveaway
The talented mama behind The Merry Olive on Etsy has created a wonderful tub toy that every child is sure to love! Each Tub Time Fun Mirror is made to order with personalization included in the purchase price ($18)! About Tub Time Fun Mirrors (taken from The Merry Olive’s Etsy shop page): When my son was about two and really starting to have fun in the tub, I searched for an unbreakable, easy to mount tub mirror so he could laugh at ...
Green Toys Fire Truck (Review)
Green Toys is one impressively green company! Their products are made out of recycled materials and even packaged in minimal sized packaging that is 100% recyclable. Every aspect of their operation is as Earth-friendly as can be, plus everything is 100% Made in the USA. When I look at their toys, I am amazed to think that every single one of them used to be a plastic milk jug! Talk about creative recycling – Green Toys has got it all ...
How To Creatively Recycle Your Crayons
Don’t toss out your broken, stubby crayons! There is an easy way to make old crayons into brand new ones that your children will want to color with once again – and I’m going to tell you how to do it. What You’ll Need: Silicone molds (make sure they are oven safe to at least 200 degrees) Crayons – peel off the wrapper. TIP: Use an Exacto knife to cut down the seam of the crayon and the paper should easily remove itself. Directions: ...
Make Your Own Bubbles Solution: 2 Simple Recipes
My kids will spend hours outside blowing bubbles in the summertime. Although bubble solutions can be fairly cheap to buy, when you go through gallons of it like we do every summer, it can add up. (If your children are like mine, we have frequent “accidents” where entire bottles have been lost in a single spill!) Did you know you can make your own bubbles solution? However, all bubbles solution recipes are not created equally. Believe me, I ...
The Green Mother Goose: Saving The World One Rhyme at a Time (Book Review)
The traditional Mother Goose rhymes have gone green! My children love for me to read and recite Mother Goose rhymes, and in this book, our favorite characters teach us things we can do to take care of our Earth. For example, Old Mother Hubbard uses cloth shopping bags, Little Jack Horner changes lightbulbs in the corner – to compact fluorescents, and in the green version of “This Little Piggy,” the last little piggy squeals, “Re-re-recycle!” ...
Little Duck Organics (Review)
You know good things are going to be inside a package that has a colorful sticker on the outside that says “Quack! Quack! Your snacks are here!” My Little Duck Organics snacks had arrived! Little Duck Organics is a company dedicated to making baby and toddler food that is natural, organic, healthy, and unprocessed. Not to mention YUMMY! My family received a care package full of a variety of the Tiny Fruits: Blueberry Apple, Strawberry ...
Just Call Me Miss Manners
My oldest son is in Cub Scouts and tomorrow night has to present a poster listing five important manners. Well, you know who is really doing the grunt work behind this little project (me!). I sat down tonight to think of five manners he and his friends could learn about and work on. It was hard to narrow the list down to a top five! There are so many manners that our children really need to master in order to set themselves apart from their ...
Kids Konserve Earth Day Challenge (& promo code)
As a parent, I am always looking for opportunities to teach my children about the importance of taking care of our Earth. The Kids Konserve company and their products strive to teach kids the importance of remembering to REUSE. During Earth Week (April 18-22), schools can register (CLICK HERE) to compete with other classrooms across the country in the "Reduce Your Lunch Waste Classroom Challenge." Winners will receive a Kids Konserve Snak Pak ...
