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The Spotlight on Vitamin DWith benefits that go well beyond that of bone health, Vitamin D plays a vital role in our overall health. This article highlights these benefits and includes ways to help you increase your vitamin D intake.
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Handmade SoapHandmade Honey Oatmeal Soap using the re-batching method is a fun, easy to create craft that makes a wonderful holiday gift! -
Organizing the Family CarCheck out these tips and suggestions for organizing your family car ... You'll be ready to roll down the windows and step on the gas in no time!
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Fun and Simple Ways to Bond with Your BabyFrom board books and lullabies to solid foods and preschool ... babies grow so fast! How can you make the most of your time together?
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Broom PaintingCalling all witches... and housewives too! Are you a creative person who likes to paint things? If so, here's a project designed especially for you...inspired by the season---broom painting! -
Creating a Lemonade Stand and Kid Business FunIf you find your child wanting to earn a little extra cash this summer-think lemons! An old-fashioned lemonade stand will not only put a few extra dollars in your child's piggy bank, it can serve as a tasty lesson in kid business fun.
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Tips for Owl Spotting in the CityFrom nesting boxes, to "owl prowls," if you-- like many others (since ancient times) are fascinated by these astonishing creatures, then there are a few things you should know in order to attract or spot an owl.
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Fun Craft and Gift Ideas for ButtonsButtons are everywhere! From button-down shirts to beautiful skirts, buttons serve many purposes. Besides their usefulness in keeping things together, these colorful, round objects are great for a variety of other exciting ideas.
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Throwing the Ultimate Kids Birthday PartyA party is what comes to mind when you think of a bunch of children getting together for fun, food and fantasy. If you add music and presents to that list, you can turn an ordinary party into a birthday bash!
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Terrific Gift Ideas for TeachersLet your children's teachers know how much they're appreciated with a handmade, heartfelt gift that will expose your children to another kind of learning-the kind that comes from inside.
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Save Money on Back-to-School Clothes with Homemade FringeKid's grow like weeds, often leaving behind perfectly good jeans that are entirely too short, but in otherwise new condition. Why not take those old jeans and turn them into something brand new and extra special?
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Reading Picture Books - It's Never Too Early to StartThe rewards of reading picture books to young children are countless. Yet many young parents, so busy with feeding, rocking and diapering their babies, sometimes find it challenging to share picture books with their infants and toddlers.
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Helping Kids Get Involved in the KitchenWhether you're having pizza delivered to your doorstep or preparing a Thanksgiving feast, why not let the kids help out?
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Getting the Kids Involved in Sending Out Holiday Cards and LettersAlthough e-mails and technology have taken the place of snail mail-the human desire to reach out to our relatives during the holidays is precisely what sends us running to the post office with stacks of red and green envelopes each year.
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Polymer Clay - A Colorful Way to Create Hours of Craft Making FunWhat can be easily molded, rolled, sliced and baked and then transformed into beautiful beads, baubles or buttons? To millions of kids and crafters alike, the answer is clay..
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How to Create the Classroom LibraryAn organized and well designed classroom library enables the teacher to observe, support, and celebrate learning while meeting the learning needs of each and every child..
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How to Avoid School Morning MadnessTips for keeping those weekday mornings organized and on-time!
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Sweet Baby Shower IdeasThere's no sweeter celebration of friendship and love than a baby shower. Whether the guest of honor is expecting her first, second or even third child, a shower is a wonderful way for friends and family to express their support and love before the baby is born.
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The Butterfly -- Metamorphism, Camouflage, Mimicry and MigrationDespite their beauty and people's obvious affection for butterflies, many humans take their beauty for granted and know very little about these fascinating, flying bugs. Where do they come from and how do they survive?
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Spiders and Their WebsAlthough many spiders are famous for their web spinning abilities; their extravagant silk webs, their many eyes, and their all around creepiness, has long made them popular-only as symbols of scare. Spiders are helpful creatures to have hanging around.
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Family Museum Trips: Before, During and AfterWhere can you meet over sixty types of lizards? Or peer through a glass case filled with ancient artifacts, gems, or moon sand? Where else, but a museum?
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A Parent's Guide to Growing a Good ReaderMuch the same as a seed that needs water, light and careful tending to before it can transform itself into a beautiful flower--a budding young reader needs print, modeling and encouragement before he or she can bloom into a fluent reader.
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From Tadpole to Frog - the Perfect Plan for a Family Learning AdventureDid you know an American Bull Frog can jump 17 feet? Frogs are amazing creatures; transforming themselves from wiggly tadpoles to four legged, croaking, hopping amphibians, and if they are handled with respect, tadpoles make a terrific "temporary" pet.