Category: Young Children
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Baby Proofing Your Home’s Outdoor Space
My kids have always enjoyed spending time outdoors even as a baby. I always allowed them to go outside as long as I was supervised them. Now that my kids are older, I will allow them to play outside by themselves except for my youngest simply because I don’t want him to hurt himself. The…
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4 Tips For Keeping Your Kids Safe Around The Pool
Summer is in full swing and many families spend time at the swimming pool. If you have a pool in your own backyard, you should take extra precautions if you have children or have children over to spend time with you during the summer. Today, I wanted to share with you some pool safety tips from…
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Useful Tips for Shopping with Children
I remember after having my older son, that life got more difficult with having two children to keep up with every-time I went shopping or wanted to run any errands. At the time my son was a baby and my daughter was 4 years old, thankfully she was old enough to walk and didn’t rely…
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How To Teach Your Child To Love Theater
Theater is a great experience and kids need to have the opportunity to have access to fine arts such as theater. It exposes your kids to other cultures, history, and so much more. Students who get involved in arts of any kind are more likely to perform better in school, enhances creativity, social development and so…
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3 Fun Ways To Encourage Your Child to Enjoy Creative Writing #ImaginewithFlint
A few days ago, I shared some tips on how to encourage your child to continue reading over the summer. Reading is a lifelong skill that all children need to maintain through out their lives, including after they graduate from high school or college. In the work place there are all sorts of documents that…
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Summer Reading Challenge And Free Book Log Printable
This summer I wanted to try something new with my kids. In the past, I have let my kids spend a ton of time watching television or playing video games. So before they were out of school, I picked up a summer reading schedule from our local library and planned on taking all three kids…
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20 Pretend Play Ideas
According to the American Board of Pediatrics, playing helps build your child’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well being. Playing is important and children and parents should take time out of their day to sit down to play with your child. It is a great way to spend quality time with your child and create…
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5 Ways to Save Money on Kids Wedding Clothes and Accessories
If your child has been asked to be a flower girl or ring barer in a wedding, they will need appropriate clothing to wear to the wedding. Chances are your child will be asked to wear a fancy dress or tuxedo during the ceremony. I remember planning my own wedding several years ago and I…
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Getting Kids To Keep Their Room Clean And Tidy
Are you children responsible to keep his or her room clean? Does your child do a good job at keeping their room clean or does it look like a tornado hit their bedroom? My kids will clean up their bedroom and a few days later it is a mess again. It drives me crazy and…
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10 Family Friendly Activities to Play at the Park
Today kids are usually glued to the television screen or stuck indoors most of the time and don’t get a chance to play outside very often. I know that I am guilty of this and I do try to urge my kids to play outside in the backyard during the evenings. In fact, children should…