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Fun Activities for You and Your Young Ones

As every parent will know, it is ever so important for children of a young age to get out of the house and experience new sights and sounds – whether it’s Yo Gabba Gabba! or a favorite book. The benefits of introducing them to the big bright world outside are obvious, but many parents feel restricted regarding what activities they can do because of the child’s young age. For instance, it wouldn’t be practical to take a child of eighteen months mountain climbing, nor would a child of six months find much satisfaction in attending a car race. The goal, then, is to find activities that are fun and exciting for children of young ages, that will help them learn while remaining safe.

It’s always a fantastic bonus when both parent and child are entertained by the activity, not just the child. There are some activities where this isn’t possible, however, and the parent must endure some often juvenile activities for the sake of their child’s pleasure. Hopefully, with a few suggestions, you can find an activity that everybody in the family can enjoy, especially the youngest members, since it is most important that they form positive memories and associations from an early age.

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Amazing Kids Who Aced Their Tests

If you’re about to sit your exams then you probably think revision is pretty hard, but imagine getting your high school diplomas at eight years old! Find out about the amazing kids who aced their exams and how they can inspire you to exam success.

Yasha Ayari Asley

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Working from Home with Kids Survival Guide

Work At Home Moms or WAHM have become common in this era. Almost every other mom is working from home. However, this becomes very challenging and tiring. At times, moms get to a point where they cannot achieve their targets while working from home. Here is a survival guide on what mothers working from home can do.

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Family Travel Safety Tips for Your Spring Break Vacation

If you’re counting down the days until your spring break, you’re definitely not alone. Vacation is a wonderful time to relax, unwind, and recharge your batteries; it’s also the perfect opportunity to bond as a family.

In the US, travel has become more than just a hobby. It’s a nationwide passion. According to the US Travel Association, vacation travel spending, both domestic and international, rose to a whopping $526 billion in 2010 alone.

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Exercise Ideas for Children

With spring just on the horizon, there is no better time to start encouraging your child to get active and get fit. Whether your child prefers indoor or outdoor sports, there are plenty of activities for your child to get involved in this spring.

With health experts becoming increasingly concerned about the number of children suffering from obesity, the importance of exercise is at its highest. Children who are overweight or obese are prone to developing health risks such as diabetes, heart problems and high blood pressure. As parents and guardians, it is your responsibility to encourage a healthy lifestyle, so why don’t you get involved too? Below are some fun and energetic ways to get fit this spring: Exercise Ideas for Children continued »

5 Ways to Stay Safe on a Garden Trampoline

Spring is nearly here, and garden trampolines will be popping up in gardens around the world ready for summer. Garden trampolines have had bad press in the past, and their safety has been called into question. The truth is garden trampolines provide a great, fun form of exercise for children, and they are perfectly safe as long as you are careful and follow some simple safety rules. We look at 5 easy ways you can be sure that your child is safe on a trampoline.

1. Position the trampoline in a safe place
Siting your trampoline can be a difficult task, especially if you have bought a large trampoline or if you have a lot of garden features (pond etc).

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Pregnant – When to Stop Working

If you’re pregnant, the moment when to stop working is an important decision. You certainly need the extra money, but your health and your baby’s health have to come first. There are lots of facts to consider when deciding when to stop working: the type of activity, your general state of health, if you had any kind of problems with the pregnancy or not.

If you work in an environment with any kind of risks: toxic substances, heavy noises, too hot or extremely cold, you should ask your employer to offer you another position from the moment you find out you are pregnant. Make sure you explain to your physician everything about the environment form your work place, if you think it could affect you or the pregnancy. Only the physician is able to tell you if you can go to work normally, as you did before becoming pregnant, if you need to reduce the hours or you have to stop working all together.

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Edutainment Gifts for Kids

Kids have a knack for creating toys out of the most random everyday items: a paper towel roll can serve as a telescope, a throw blanket becomes the cape of a superhero or a fallen tree branch is transformed into a queen’s scepter. Toys often encourage children to use their imaginations – and that’s one of the ways children learn.

Toys that do double-duty as learning tools can help children develop, both cognitively and creatively. Consider a mix of traditional and education-centered toys to give your child a head start in several areas of learning.

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Reasons Why I Dread Being a Mom

“God can’t be with us so he made mothers.”

Mothers are the most wonderful people in the world. They keep us safe in their wombs while we are nothing but a cluster of cells. They protect us when we finally arrive into the world and are susceptible to all sorts of foreign bodies. They nurture us, teach us, make us who we are today. They are indeed the best people in the world. 

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Artists and Social Media Collide

Social Media is huge. It just is. We live in a day and age when Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and the like are all out there with cunning grins beckoning us closer. And we must follow. Or we should at least try it out.  For artists especially there is a need to expand our resources and try our best to crawl out from behind our shells and make some friends and maybe some money.

There just isn’t room for us to stay behind. Artists of all strikes can benefit from social media. Twitter can help expose your work beyond your present realm and audience.  Facebook can make you so socially popular it will make your head spin, and a blog can garner you much creative support. So why aren’t we doing it?

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8 Great Lessons from My Single Mom

Every now and then I take a moment to inventory the athletic trophies of my youth, literary awards for the novels I penned and yes I also deliberate over the scars I’ve earned along the way.  Oddly enough, many of the techniques we use to deal with what life throws at us can be traced back our childhoods.  Although I’m over forty now, I often find myself dealing with situations based on lessons learned in a household run and operated by an extraordinary single mom, my mother.

One of her favorite quotes nudges me along from time to time and manages to keep me pushing forward.  She’d say, “For every dream, there are a hundred people ready to chase it.  But somewhere between sweat equity and elbow grease, most of them get tired and quit running.” 8 Great Lessons from My Single Mom continued »

Social Media for Artists

As an artist one of the most useful things we can do for our art career is be visible on social media. Unfortunately, the phrase “social media” can have some scary connotations, especially for those of who aren’t tech savvy. But social media does not have to be scary, and once you take the fear out of it, you can see how helpful social media can really be.There are dozens of social media networks out there that can be useful for artists, but we are only going to talk about three of them.

The first is one you’ve undoubtably heard about: Twitter.

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How To Keep Children Safe Around The Pool

When you have a pool in your yard, it is important to ensure the safety of your children, as well as the other children in your neighborhood. In some states, a pool fence is a requirement. However, the expense of building a permanent fence around your yard or just your pool may not be in your budget. Instead, you can purchase and install a pool fence that will keep everyone safe, save money and easily retract.

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5 Skills Children Need to Start School

Young children face many challenges when they begin school, including learning to work alongside new friends, navigate in a new environment, and take instruction from unfamiliar adults. For a young child who is unprepared, starting school can be a very stressful situation.

As parents, we have the opportunity to give our children experiences that will help them feel prepared for the challenges they will face when they go to school for the first time. In particular, comfort in some key developmental areas can help any child quickly feel at ease in the classroom. These areas include: social skills, listening skills, fine and gross motor skills, visual discrimination skills, and independence skills.

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Valentine’s Gift Ideas For Your Other Half

It’s an impossible task to name the one thing that every woman walking the planet would be happy to receive, but one option is to give the one you love a handbag. Most women carry a handbag, whether it’s a functional, practical style or a more girly version. A gift that she can show off is certain to score major brownie points.

There’s no need to loiter around women’s stores surrounded by a bevy of shoppers to pick the perfect Valentine’s Day gift; the internet is a far easier option. Retailers, such as Jane Shilton, offer a huge range of handbags plus they also sell mens shoes if you fancy treating yourself at the same time. Valentine’s Gift Ideas For Your Other Half continued »