Do you remember favorite books from your childhood? Here are two of mine. Hey Al by Arthur Yorinks (Author), Richard Egielski (Illustrator) The plot of Hey Al! is of a janitor who lives in a dingy apartment on Manhattan’s West Side with his dog Eddie. One day a large bird appears in their bathroom window
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They have THE BEST website for teaching fire safety to children. Take time to go through it one night and take the time to teach your family for your weekly family activity. www.firesaftey.gov They have lesson plans you can download for free on escape planning, home fire safety and smoke alarms. They even have down-loadable
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Little Einsteins Little Einsteins is an educational preschool series to teach art and music appreciation by integrating famous or culturally significant art works and classical music into the scenery, plot, and soundtrack of each episode. The show is interactive (patting their legs, gesturing, or singing along to help the characters succeed on their “mission”). Little
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I spent a little of my tax return on a site I found and fell in love with. www.coralcamellia.com I miss my mother’s homemade clothing, she is so unbelievably busy and overwhelmed caring for my Grandma that I just don’t feel right asking her to make my girls clothes. I still have all the dresses
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My two year loves dinosaurs and ballet, together. It is quite funny to watch her make the toy dinosaurs twirl and sing soft music We also love the Dinosaur Books by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. If you look closely in each illustration the actual name of the dinosaur is printed somewhere. The books themselves
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Raising Cultured Children By Kathy Bishop & Julia Whitehead, authors of The City Parent Handbook Early grade school is the sweet spot for broadening your kids’ cultural horizons. Why? Well, kids of this age are often as much into learning as they’ll ever be. Their attention spans have lengthened, so slightly more sophisticated fare isn’t
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While I was going through my old books from my childhood and I came across one I had forgotten about. It was a Teddy Bear exercise book that my Mom would use for fun with us during the winter months. During the months that it was nice outside we were always encouraged to play outside. We
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The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-To-Be by Mini Grey When it comes to sorting out a Real Princes from a Fake Princes, the famous pea under the mattress test is tired and true. But for those of you who may have wondered how anyone could feel a tiny garden variety pea under the weight
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The Visual Dictionary is a fairly new website (started in February of 2006) and have since racked up over 5000 images of over 3000 words. I found the website very interesting and thought I would pass along. The Visual Dictionary is a collection of words in the real world. Photographs of signage, graffiti, advertising, tattoos,
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Take some time as a family to make refresh yourselves or learn for the first time some essential first aide procedures. Already feel confident on infant, child and adult CPR? Refresh (or learn for the first time) your basic first aide skills on: steps to controlling bleeding, treating shock, dressing a wound, or preforming the
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