It’s a few weeks into summer break…summer camps are full and the kids are getting bored already. It’s time for a back-up plan.
KaBoom!—it starts with a playground. — provides fantastic tips for parents and teachers to help cure kids’ summer time boredom…before it starts.
Click here, for more information on “what to do with bored kids this summer” from KaBoom!—its starts with a playground.
“Relaxation movements are not the only way to unwind the body. Dancing does wonders.” This is the observation of Alice Honig in her book, Little Kids, Big Worries.
“Choose slow skating waltzes and other dancing music for toddlers to relax, twirling dreamily to slow tunes. Some preschoolers love lively and stomping music. They jump and leap as they dance to those strong beats. Watch the children dance. Tensions flow out of their bodies as they move to the music.”
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A Spring time bicycle ride is a great activity to get out of the house, get exercise and have an adventure with your family. To ensure a safe and fun adventure with your kids, here are some bicycle safety information and tips:
Have a great weekend and stay safe!
Do you have the skills needed to prepare, survive and recover from a natural disaster? Join Dante Shields, the internationally famous disaster specialist, and his genius prodigy, Mika, in the high-tech holographic simulation gameshow, Disaster Hero.
Whether it’s a natural disaster or a man-made one, being prepared to keep you, your family and your classroom(s) healthy and safe in the aftermath of a disaster is crucial. On the Disaster Hero website you will find information, tips and resources to help you.
At Disasterhero.com, kids, parents and teachers can develop their own hero and play interactive games as they learn more about how to become best prepared for the natural or man-made disasters that are prone to regions they live and work in.
Try as he might, Mr. McGreely cannot outwit three clever and hungry rabbits as they feast on his vegetable garden — muncha, muncha, muncha! But there’s always something to be grateful for as both the gardener and the rabbits learn in this funny, alliterative tale.
Tippy, tippy, tippy, Pat!
That’s the sound three hungry bunnies make when the sun goes down and the moon comes up and Mr. McGreely’s garden smells yum, yum, yummy. While he’s dreaming of his mouth-watering carrots, the bunnies are diving over fences and swimming trenches to get the veggies first!
Hammer, hammer, hammer, Saw!
That’s the sound Mr. McGreely makes when the sun comes up and the moon goes down and he sees what those twitch-whiskers have done….Nibbled leaves! Empty stalks! Mr. McGreely will build something bigger and better, sure to keep even pesky puff-tails away.
Click here, to get this book and more by children’s author, Candace Fleming.
Happy Monday Morning!
Let’s fire-up those neurons! A great way to start a Monday morning is with a little game or refresher.
PBS Teachers is an online resource filled with activities and brain teasers to stimulate everyone’s Monday morning brain. Try Monkey Match this Monday morning!
Want more stimulating activities and brain teasers like Monkey Match. Visit PBS LearningMedia, a site designed for teachers and parents that helps support continued learning.
Let’s dance to the rhythmic beats of Music Together’s 25th Anniversary!
Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music and movement program for children from birth through age 7—and the grownups who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement.
Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning.
Interested in “Bringing the Music Home” or to your early care and education center? Interested in hearing some musical notes that will engage children and adults?
Visit Music Together’s to see you can join in on the jubilation of Happy Children, Connected Parents and a Musical Community.
Music Together
As an O’Neil, I always loved St. Patrick’s Day as a kid. I found this blog post with a list of great ideas for crafts to do with children to get them excited as well.
So today I thought I’d go for something off the norm. A cool recipe that looks like it would be a great thing to make over the weekend and have all week as a snack or as part of a meal.
Let me know if you try it! Mini Ham & Cheese Quinoa Cups
It’s very possible that you have seen this video making the rounds on Facebook but I can’t help but watch it over again and it always leaves me with a great big smile on my face! I’m in agreement with this very wise kid president that “we all need a pep talk”
I added this video to the PACE YouTube Channel playlist Fun, because it is!
