Archives: 2009 August

Preschoolers are an interesting age group. Their little minds are sharp and quick in learning, but their attention spans are short! If you want your preschooler to remember any learned activity and pieces of information, you need to re-emphasize them frequently. This is true with teaching colors to preschoolers as well.
Teaching your child the colors of the rainbow is an important [...]

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Here are a dozen play-time ‘recipes’ to help keep your children entertained this summer.  Learn how to make homespun goop, papier mâché, cinnamon ornaments, soap crayons and much more. Pull out this article and stick it to your fridge – it will be one of your best weapons against the ‘boredom’ gremlins!
Washable window paintsA selection [...]

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A lot of parents wonder if it is possible to take on homeschooling under a budget. So, how to start homeschooling on a right note and yet within your budget? The truth of the matter is, this is indeed highly possible, and hundreds of homeschoolers are indeed doing this with a budget of roughly $600 [...]

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Culture plays a large role in  many things - from what we eat to how we dress - and it even has an effect on the minutae of life - like whether or not drawing will enter into a child’s repertoire of behavior.
For example, studies have shown that  Taiwanese-American and Chinese-American parents tend to plan [...]

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Fed up with forking out for the latest piece of over-hyped plastic? Answer “What can we do now Mum?” by making and creating activities from items you already have around the house or that cost nothing at all.
1.    Shops. Save all your empty grocery cartons for a week or so and you’ll soon have a [...]

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Are you fed up with paying top-dollar for the latest piece of over-hyped plastic? Answer “What can we do now Mum?” by making and creating activities from items you already have around the house or that cost nothing at all.

Shops. Save all your empty grocery cartons for a week or so and you’ll soon have [...]

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There is a bedtime story written for busy parents to tell their children. It’s called The Dream Horse.
It begins with a little boy named Billy waking up from a nap on a Saturday afternoon. He’s dressed like a cowboy. He’s very happy. When he goes into the kitchen for a drink his mother asks why [...]

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