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PBS KIDS KICKS OFF ITS ANNUAL SUMMER LEARNING INITIATIVE
PBS KIDS KICKS OFF ITS ANNUAL SUMMER LEARNING INITIATIVE Learning Goes Beyond the Classroom This Summer with All-New Programming, Digital Resources, Partnerships and Community Activities, Available Starting in June As kids spend time outside the classroom this summer, PBS KIDS will release all-new content and resources to help keep them active and encourage exploration at home and outdoors with their favorite characters. As part of its annual summer learning initiative, PBS KIDS will air all-new specials and episodes from ODD SQUAD, NATURE CAT and READY JET GO! beginning in June, and will offer free digital resources at pbsparents.org/summer to make learning fun all summer long. More than half of…
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Sofia the First: The Secret Library
SOFIA UNLOCKS A SECRET WORLD AND BECOMES STORYKEEPER OF MAGICAL BOOKS IN SOFIA THE FIRST: THE SECRET LIBRARY Available on Disney DVD June 7 Features TWO Special Appearances – Princess Merida (“Brave”) and Olaf (“Frozen”) – Plus a FREE Sofia Necklace Inside! Sofia’s Aunt Tilly returns to give her a gift that will unlock a secret world and appoint Sofia storykeeper of magical books without endings in “Sofia the First: The Secret Library.” Follow along as Sofia pursues adventures that will finish the narratives, including rescuing Minimus’ brother from an evil prince and setting out on a mission to stop Miss Nettle from stealing all the…
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Crafts :: Super Cute DIY Flower Box
I love to give handmade gifts and if I end up buying gifts then the wrapping should have a handmade touch. I will show you how I transformed this ordinary papermache box found at Michaels into a super cute box, pretty enough that you will want to keep it. Materials needed: a box of your size and liking some silk or paper flowers and ribbon hot glue gun and scissors acrylic paint old cookie sheet or similar flat service (i don’t use my cookie sheet in the kitchen anymore) I had my box and an assortment of flowers to choose from: This was my lid. I wanted a flower that…
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Believe It or Not, Siblings Can Get Along
Last month I sent my brother this meme to wish him a Happy National Siblings Day and this is the one he texted back. What a character, right?! Did you get along with your siblings growing up? My brother and I are about 4 1/2 years apart so I tended to treat him more like my baby and would take turns with my mom pushing him around in his stroller. As we got older, we would spend hours playing anything from Monopoly, Clue, Life and Atari games. Of course, we would have our arguments but it was mostly about him being my “bratty little brother,” around my friends. You know…
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How a Hug Changed My Son’s Life Forever
Small acts can have a big impact. We’ve all heard this in inspirational speeches. We’ve seen memes scroll by in our newsfeed. But I’ve personally witnessed the impact and ripple effect caused by a simple act by my son’s teachers almost 20 years ago. It all started with a hug. Like so many on the autism spectrum, my son’s first experiences at school were difficult. The kids at school either ignored him or bullied him. The teachers at this first school just didn’t work well with students who learned differently. Though he wasn’t diagnosed at the time, we could see that he was struggling to keep up with his peers,…
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Whether in your home, garden or traveling, here are tips for surviving mosquito season!
Just the other day I was talking to a friend about how mosquitos LOVE me! No joke, if I am with a big group of people, guess who gets eaten alive? Yep! Not sure exactly what attracts mosquitos to one person more than another but I hope to find out after taking the Orkin’s “Buzzer Beater” blog app. During my travels through Vietnam and Thailand many moons ago, I use to have to slather on tons of mosquito repellant but really to no avail. It didn’t really matter what I put on, they’d find the areas I’d not reached and have a little feast. Do you have the same…