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9 Essential Activities for Your Kids’ Summer Vacation Plan
Parents Take Control of Your Summer – Make the Kids a Summer Vacation Plan. The summer vacation activities below are from most important to least important.
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Parents Take Control of Your Summer – Make the Kids a Summer Vacation Plan
Going into summer vacation with the idea that your kids have free reign and can fill their own time is a huge mistake. You need to make a summer vacation plan. Mostly, remember that they are the kids and you are the parent – which means it’s your responsibility to keep them on the right track over summer vacation.
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The Naughty Corner Board
Over the years we’ve gone through many reward and punishment systems in the Ice-Simmons house, and I stumbled upon this old picture of a version of our “Naughty Corner” board from a while back. This one was especially sad to my son, because it had “naughty Ned” in the Naughty Corner, and Truett did NOT want to get his name on the board with naughty Ned (because his face was so ugly). In this incarnation of the Naughty Board (which changed weekly based on how the behavior modifications were going), we were still spanking for check marks. That, of course, was before we realized that Mr. Truett truly has buns…
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Free Printable Train Potty Sticker Charts + Top 3 Potty Training Supplies for Boys
Potty training parents of boy toddlers will love this free printable train potty sticker chart! Plus, check out my top 3 potty training supplies for boys.
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Learning Experiment: Preschool Prep Series DVDs
I love experiments, and am very excited to announce our new 2 month experiment testing the Preschool Prep DVD set as a learning tool.
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Fun Chores For Toddlers (Part 2)
It is never too early to start teaching your child about the importance of being tidy and responsibility. Having him do chores at a young age will help prepare him for added responsibility down the road.
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Fun Free Outdoor Games for Kids
It’s summer time again, and the kids are eager to go play fun outdoor games and run around in the sun. These are some fun free outdoor games for kids to play which don’t require you to buy any special equipment or game supplies.
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31 Fun Free Things to Do With Your Kids on Summer Vacation
Here's our brainstormed list of 31 fun free things to do with your kids this summer vacation, and the best thing is that most of them cost noting at all!
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Poll Results: Is Splitting Kids' Meals at Restaurants Okay?
Last week we were inspired to contemplate an ethical question about splitting up full sized meals at restaurants for your kids. Some restaurants frown on the practice, and some will even charge you a fee to bring an extra plate! In most cases, your experience depends on the server assigned to you and their views on parents splitting up meals. I see nothing wrong with it, and feel completely comfortable telling the server as we are ordering that we’re ordering whichever meal for these two (point to the kids) to share! I think often problems arise when people try to be sly about their intentions, asking for an extra plate…
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What We Learned About Homework From 2nd Grade
I’m happy to wrap up the Scaling Down the Homework series, and even happier that the 16th was the last day of school! If you missed our 4-part series Scaling Down the Homework, click the links below to check it out: Scaling Down the Homework (Part 1) Scaling Down the Homework (Part 2) Scaling Down the Homework (Part 3) Scaling Down the Homework (Part 4) Even though school is out for summer, we’re ready with our homework plan of action when fall rolls around. Homework (and education in general) is a very sensitive subject. Mel at Tuttle Family Adventures, who is a teacher, talked about it in her article Saying…
