Preserving Your Family Stories

“I watched Ruth gobble up a cucumber right out of the garden and thought of Grandma Allen. One day she told me that if I ate any more cucumbers out of their garden, I would turn into a cucumber,”… Read the rest of this article

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Giving Thanks: Get Your Kids To Write Thank You Notes

Teaching your kids how to write Thank You notes is a wonderful idea. As a parent, it’s something that I have to remind myself to do with my kids. I think it’s great practice as it teaches kids both… Read the rest of this article

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Gardening Time: Books for Kids

Whenever we look forward to spring, even though there’s still snow on the ground, we also can search for gardening books for kids to enjoy and learn from.

The seed catalogs may arrive in the mail and enable us… Read the rest of this article

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Creature Crafts: How to Make Ladybugs from Paper Plates

As spring has peaked making way for summer I have noticed all the little bugs crawling around on the sidewalks. As a lover of butterflies and lightning bugs, I have one other soft spot which is reserved strictly for… Read the rest of this article

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Tips on Using Reward Charts for Kids

Rewards charts are known to be very useful tools in behaviour management for children. And, if you’re not quite sure on how to go about using them, here are some basic tips:

1. You can use rewards charts with… Read the rest of this article

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