Articles for category: Parenting

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Projects for Kids: Flower Diorama

This flower diorama project was done with 4th and 5th graders with medium help from an adult. The finished project will have between one and three flowers sitting on top of a shoe box with the flower’s roots extending into the box itself. This helps children see the parts of the flower and can be ...

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Best Beach Ball Invitations

Having a themed party? Whether it’s a birthday party or just a laid back affair, you may have found that it can be difficult to find the right supplies needed for the party in your hometown, such as invitations. That’s why you should take your shopping need online where you can usually find just what ...

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Basic Life Skills Children Should Learn

As a teacher who has taught Special Education to mentally handicapped teenage and adult learners, I have been surprised to see how many young people were never taught the basic life saving skills that they may one day need. While parents think that they will always be there for their children, children of special needs ...

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The Best Mother’s Day Crafts for Preschoolers

Are you looking for the perfect Mother’s Day craft for preschoolers? Look no further as I have taken my two favorite Mother’s Day craft s that my kids have made, I took pictures and am going to tell you how to make them. My kids attend an in home day care that I absolutely love ...

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Great Fishing Books for Children

Getting children to read can be a great challenge. If you can find books that incorporate activities or sports that your children are interested in, it can be much easier to keep them reading. Fishing is one of those activities that most children like. So, if you can find books about fishing, your children will ...

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How to Make an Indoor Children’s Soccer Goal

If you have little children, it is good for their minds and bodies to be stimulated. A good way to do this is to have small activities in the house that they can participate in while you are doing house chores so you can observe them to know they are playing safely, but they can ...

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Funny Quotes for Dad on Father’s Day

Are you sick of looking up Father’s Day quotes and running across the same sappy statements over an over? Not sure about you, but some of this mush, I can’t imagine penning in a card to my father. (And honestly, so much of it sounds more like a lecture on what dad’s should be. How ...

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Three Great Brands of Baby Shoes that Actually Stay On

Does your baby do the infamous “cricket chirp” and rub their feet together whenever they have shoes on? One shoe plops off, then the next. Or have you ever found yourself wandering around in the grocery store with your baby sitting in the cart only to glance down at their feet 10 minutes later to ...

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How to Remedy Extreme Diaper Rashes

If you have a baby, you know firsthand what it’s like to care for diaper rash. While rashes are easily treated by the typical name-brand creams such as Desitin and Butt Paste, there are many intense rashes that aren’t. My first child was born with a bowel condition that resulted in several surgeries. Following his ...

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Building a Real Boat Sandbox

If you have an old v-bottom or flat bottom boat from 10 to 14 feet in length, but that is no longer safe to be used in the water or has too many patches, think about making it into a sandbox for your children. It is the perfect size and will be happily used by ...