Holiday Shopping Tips Unless you have your heart set on one particular item, skip standing in line for the store to open. Instead, plan to arrive after the first wave of crowds have swarmed in and left; like 10AM. A bonus is a lot of stores extend their door buster
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Do you have children who love to help you in the kitchen but their definition of help is different from yours? One helpful hint is to let them each pick one dish that they would like to help make. Allow them in the kitchen one at a time to help
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As parents, at Thanksgiving we are busy trying to decide who is hosting the dinner and worrying about what dish we should contribute. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that your kids may need to be reminded about the story of the Pilgrims and be told the meaning
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Our Picks For Books and Movies If you get tired of reading the same books over and over, introduce some holiday books to help mix things up a bit. It also allows children to learn the history of Thanksgiving without feeling like they are learning. It’s also fun to include
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“Tyler,” his mom called. “It’s time to leave for your kindergarten picnic. Hurry up and get into the car.” “Oh no,” he thought. “It can’t be time to leave already!” He had been dreading this day ever since his mom told him about the ‘Kindergarten Get Acquainted’ picnic invitation that
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“This looks like a good spot, doesn’t it, Tyler?” his mom asked. “I guess so.” he shrugged in response. His mom placed their brightly colored blanket, which they usually take to the beach, down next to a lady and her daughter. The little girl looked like she had been crying.
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“Okay, Tyler, are you ready? Say ‘cheese’!” his mom said as she took his picture. Today was Tyler’s first day of kindergarten. He was very excited. It seemed like it was taking forever for the bus to get to his house. Earlier, his mom had told him that the bus
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“Now that everyone is here, I would like each one of you to tell everyone at your table what your name is,” Miss Nell told the class. “I’m Brian and you must be cry baby,” he said to Aleisha. “Yeah, only babies cry for their mommies,” Katie added. Katie and
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“Miss Nell?” Miranda raised her hand and said, “I think I should be the helper everyday. I’m really good at helping.” Miss Nell answered her by saying, “I’m sure that you are but everyone needs to have a turn.” Everyone was sitting on the circle time rug and Miss Nell
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Tyler quickly discovered that he didn’t need to worry, Miss Nell immediately took charge. “Everything will be all right.” she told them as she walked confidently across the classroom. “Please put down what you’re working on and quickly and carefully line up at the door.” As she walked by Aleisha,
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