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Five Easy Ways Kids Can Go Green “Going green” isn’t just for grown ups anymore. Children, with their love of playing in the great outdoors and exploring nature, are often the ideal environmentalists. Give them fun ways to help protect Mother Nature, and involve your entire family in making small changes to reduce your carbon… Continue reading Five Easy Ways Kids Can Go Green

Nurturing a Love of Language for children It’s never too early to start nurturing a love of language in your children (they’ll thank you later, and the benefits will last a lifetime). Break out of boring old textbook exercises, and show your kids that learning vocabulary, spelling and grammar can actually be fun. Whether you’re… Continue reading Nurturing a Love of Language for children

It’s not hard to quickly fall into a rut when it comes to packing school lunches — here are a few ideas to start the school year off right and to inspire creativity the whole year through. Two-tone sandwiches – 2 slices of bread (one white and the other whole wheat, roughly the same size)… Continue reading Back-to-school lunch ideas

It’s National Anti-Boredom Month: Five Ways to Beat Boredom “I’m boooooored.” How many times have you heard your children whine that sentence on a hot summer afternoon? For the month of July, you have the perfect response: “You can’t be bored. It’s National Anti-Boredom Month!” That’s right. There is no boredom allowed for the month… Continue reading It’s National Anti-Boredom Month: Five Ways to Beat Boredom

Fun Family Outings on a Budget When the kids are out of school and the weather is warm, it’s a fantastic opportunity to get your family out of the house to spend some quality time together. The only problem is that sometimes quality time can get pricey when you multiply it by three, four, five… Continue reading Fun Family Outings on a Budget

Summer Reading Adventures: Top 10 Picture Books Whether you’re at the beach, grandma and grandpa’s house or in your own living room, long, hot summer days are perfect for relaxing with a glass of lemonade and a stack of entertaining picture books. Here are 10 of our favorite adventures to read with your kids this… Continue reading Summer Reading Adventures: Top 10 Picture Books

Kids Can Cook: Summer Recipes Kids Can Make Develop healthy eating habits in your children by nurturing a love of cooking and eating healthy, flavorful foods from a young age. Summer is the perfect time to experiment in the kitchen with these kid-friendly, easy-to-prepare, delicious-to-eat recipes. You’ll be amazed by how much kids enjoy preparing… Continue reading Kids Can Cook: Summer Recipes Kids Can Make

Summer Road Trip Fun with Frecklebox Summer is here, and families are hitting the road on vacation. Road trips with children can be fun-filled adventures, but they can also become long, fidgety drives if you don’t have enough sources of entertainment. Prepare in advance, and make sure the whole family is happy. Keep your kids… Continue reading Summer Road Trip Fun with Frecklebox

The Best Campfire Activities Who needs a fancy resort when you can create a fantastic vacation with nothing more than a tent, a few sleeping bags and some firewood? Family camping trips are inexpensive, easy to plan and a wonderful way to get some much-needed rest and relaxation together (away from work and school and… Continue reading The Best Campfire Activities

Perfectly Easy Party Favors For children, no birthday party would be complete without party favor bags chock-full of toys and treats. For the parents throwing the party, however, party favors aren’t always as fun. Putting together goodie bags for all the party guests can get complicated and expensive quickly, so we have come up with… Continue reading Perfectly Easy Party Favors