Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Calling All Scrapbookers!

C-FB Blogabilities: Calling All Scrapbookers!: The R. L. Turner Orchestra is inviting the community to a scrapbook party! Register NOW to get the early registration discount! Scrapbook...

Printable of the Week

Help your child practice their colors and numbers with this Easter color by number printable.

Do You Have a Reluctant Reader?

Check out our Books Worth Reading pinterest board.  

In Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader award-winning educator and parent Melissa Taylor gives busy parents of kids ages three to ten engaging, playful, out-of-the box ideas for growing a reader, assisting kids who are learning to read, and gently encouraging reluctant readers.

Introducing Poetry to Young Children

Introducing poetry to young children is important.  But reading poetry can be good and bad for budding young writers. Bad if it limits children to thinking all poems rhyme (they don’t.) Good if it gives children models for how language can create powerful images and feelings.

Click here to read more about how to engage your children in poetry.

source: imaginationsoup.net

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Spring Break Project -- Perfect For Any Age

Spoon-feed your winged neighbors with this homemade birdseed dispenser.

<<click here for instructions>>

Monday, March 4, 2013

St. Patrick's Day Printables

St. Patrick's Day is March 17.

Click here for St. Patrick's Day Printables

Making Chore Assignments Fun

Chore Dice

Here is a creative way to assign chores to the family. 

Pin of the Week: Shamrock Stamp

Nothing says Saint Patrick's Day like a great big shamrock. Simple and symmetrical, this symbol of Irish culture is a perfect shape for preschool prints.

Check out this pin on our Pinterest page.

Discipline Tactics For Every Age

Discipline isn't punishment, and there's more than one way to correct your child's behavior--without yelling. Here's a tactic for every age.