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Culture :: World Autism Awareness Month
Each April 2, Autism Speaks celebrates Light It Up Blue along with the international autism community, in commemoration of the United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day. Light It Up Blue is a unique global initiative that kicks-off Autism Awareness Month and helps raise awareness about autism. In honor of this historic day, many iconic landmarks, hotels, sporting venues, concert halls, museums, bridges and retail stores are among the hundreds of thousands of homes and communities that take part to Light It Up Blue. (Source:Autism Speaks Website). Advances in Autism Research: It may seem hard to believe that just two decades ago, autism was a mysterious and somewhat…
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Dandelion Moms Project Kindness for March :: Update
In March, the dandelion moms project kindess featured a grass-roots organization looking to raise money and books to build a library in the small town of San Francisco de Macons in the Domincan Republic. We are happy to report that they have raised $15,689 (some money was donated privately) of the $19,000 needed! Thank you dandelion moms for your donations and for sending in almost 120 books that will be used in the new library! Rebecca Rousculp, one of the organizers and creators of this campaign wrote and said: “114 books is an amazing contribution. We started with 600, so that is boosting our collection significantly! Thanks again for your support and all those books!”…
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Crafts: Last Minute Easter Crafts for the Kids
My intention this week was to do all these great crafts, egg hunts and activities centered around Easter with my daughter. But then life steps in and things come up so I ended up doing about half of what I had intended to do! We are planning on doing some last minute crafts tomorrow morning that I found online that I wanted to share with you. Most of the crafts require materials you probably already have in your house so you probably don’t need to make a special trip to the craft store. Easter Tulips Craft: What you’ll need Wooden kitchen skewers Green craft paint and paintbrush Tulip templates Scissors Scrapbook paper Glue stick This Tulip…
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Tips for Gardening with Your Kids
Gardening with the Kids: Gardening with children can be both challenging and rewarding. It also can either go really well, or horribly wrong. The outcome really depends on how you as the adult approach the situation. It’s your job to facilitate the gardening process and make sure things stay on track while keeping the kids interested and letting them have fun. Accomplishing those things together can be difficult but there are a couple of things that you can do that will help you in the process. Give them their own area Sectioning off a part of the garden that is just for the kids can make them feel…
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Crafts: Unique Easter Egg Coloring Ideas
Easter is coming up this Sunday and we still have to decorate our eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide! My daughter is six so we are still enjoying this fun activity together. I remember as a kid we would spend hours decorating each egg and I was always impressed with the designs my mother would come up with. This year I wanted to try something new and in my search I came across some really fun ideas that I wanted to share with you. Here’s to a wonderful Easter and Happy Decorating! Personalized Eggs: You’ll need: Eggs Store-bought or DIY egg dyes Wire egg holder Acrylic craft paint…
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Promoting Epilepsy Awareness with National Purple Day!
March 26th is National Purple Day that was created in 2008 by Cassidy Megan, a nine year old girl from Nova Scotia, Canada, who told her mother she wanted to create a day that would help people with epilepsy not feel alone. Cassidy knew first-hand what it felt like to be isolated as she was never invited over for sleepovers by her classmates due to her epilepsy condition. Her goal was to help spread awareness about epilepsy and so she created National Purple Day! Understanding and Supporting Those with Epilepsy Who is affected? There are over 3 million people in the United States and over 300,000 Canadians who have epilepsy.…