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Artsy Play Wednesday: Kids’ Crazy Quilt Craft {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITY Feel free to check out the details for Kids’ Crazy Quilt Craft We also have some exciting new to … Continue reading →

Ideas for Celebrating Earth Day with Children

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Happy Earth Day!I was inspired to share with you some ideas for how to celebrate Earth Day with your children because there are so many wonderful ideas out there! It is so important that we teach our children to take care of our earth. We want our children to be happy and healthy and to be able to have happy and healthy children themselves. The best way we can do this is by setting an example ourselves, but there are also some more specific things that we can teach our children. One way to get our children excited about recycling … Continue reading →

i Learn With Bo: Nutrition and Healthy Eating! APP for Kids!

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This app for children aged 3-6 has been developed in order to help children become more active and aware of their own health and what better character to guide children through this app than Kids’ CBC star, “Bo on the Go”.When my daughter was 2.5 – 4, she LOVED watching the tv show Bo on the Go. I loved that it was one of the few television shows that actually got my daughter up and moving. Bo is such a lively, upbeat and great role model for young children and I am so excited to see her featured in an … Continue reading →

Artsy Play Wednesday: DIY Homemade Kite Guaranteed to Fly!

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITY Feel free to check out the details for How to Make a Homemade Paper Kite Guaranteed to Fly . … Continue reading →

Help Kids Through Books: Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by @JuliaCookOnline

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As a former Kindergarten teacher and childrens’ literacy advocate, I am a true believer that books can influence and help children! Childrens’ books can be entertaining and educational but they can also be helpful. Not only is the content of a book important, but when a parent and child sit down together to share a book, some magical things can happen! Bonds can grow stronger through literature and teachable moments can occur rather easily. Books can help guide parents to assist their children when they are struggling with a specific problem. Today, the problem that I would like to focus … Continue reading →

TODAY ONLY: Save $15 on a Gro-Clock from @TheGroCompany

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I have been blessed with children who are early risers. My daughter used to wake up at 5am when she was younger while my son typically rises at around 6. We are fortunate that within the past year or so, these times have moved forward a bit, but when those were the wake up times in our house, it was challenging! I only wish that I had heard of the Gro-clock back then! What a great tool to help teach your child to tell time of day without them needing to read numbers. The smiley, yellow sun tells children when … Continue reading →

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is the #1 show on Treehouse in Canada! {G!VEAWAY}

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My daughter, who is now 8, still adores My Little Pony and frankly, I don’t blame her. We have recently rediscovered her bin of My Little Pony toys after watching the newly released DVD. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is the #1 show on Treehouse in Canada! My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Adventures in the Crystal Empire just recently came out on DVD in Canada on April 2nd. The DVD that both my son and daughter have been enjoying includes 5 episodes from the adorable tv series, and bonus features include a sing-along and colouring sheet. My … Continue reading →

Artsy Play Wednesday: Homemade GAK {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITY Feel free to check out the details for How to Make Homemade GAK . If you are linking up … Continue reading →

Music Concert for Kids with @MTM_ALLSTARS {G!VEAWAY}

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I shared my thoughts on the amazing Marlowe and the Mix back in January. Marlowe & the Mix aims to entertain today’s kids in a safe, concert-like forum before they’re old enough to go to a grown-up pop show. The music is targeted towards the 3-10 years of age audience. Good news to those of you who live close enough to Toronto! Marlowe and the Mix is having a concert in Toronto on April 28th! Some more exciting news about Marlowe and the Mix is that they have been nominated for the 2013 Juno Awards for the Best Children’s Album … Continue reading →

How To Make Homemade GAK or Slime {Printable}

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For my daughter’s birthday, we made Homemade GAK. The girls absolutely loved getting their hands dirty and slimy! The added glitter made it extra fun and some reusable plastic containers with lids were provided for them to take their GAK home. What is GAK?GAK is a slimy!GAK is squishy!GAK is stretchy!GAK is fun! Why is Homemade GAK Good For Kids? They can manipulate it.They use fine motor skills.It is fun.Making it is a procedure that involves following directions.Measuring is math.It is fun!Here was our GAK activity bowl all ready to create a gooey, slimy mess! The kids loved measuring and … Continue reading →