Building puzzles together is a great family time winter activity. There are so many great puzzles to choose from. Try to choose something that even the youngest family member can join in on or work in teams. For really young children, you might just want to choose a couple of floor
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Winter is a great time to catch up on all of your reading. What better way to spend these dark and cold winter evenings than reading to your children? A less hectic schedule allows for time for more than just a quick bedtime story; it’s a great time to share
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Tips for a Successful Holiday Season Take an inventory of everything. This includes tape and pens! The last thing you need is when you finally have the time to write out cards, notes or lists to find out you’ve lost your favorite pen. Or you sit down for an afternoon
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Double Chocolate Cookies Ingredients: 1 box of devil’s food cake mix ½ cup of oil 2 eggs 1 cup of chocolate morsels Important: Do not follow the box instructions for making a cake. Mix cake mix and oil in a mixing bowl; add eggs and mix until well blended Add
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Keep It Fresh With Themes It can be a challenge to come up with ideas for fun activities to engage your child in learning. Let’s face it, some days you just don’t want to pick up another flash card! Having a theme for each month can help to keep your
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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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Keep It Fresh With Themes It can be a challenge to come up with ideas for fun activities to engage your child in learning. Let’s face it, some days you just don’t want to pick up another flash card! Having a theme for each month can help to keep your
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