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FEATURED LEARNING TOY Shape Sorter Fun Pot |
| Put shapes in and out of this talking cooking pot. It's a fun way to learn! more info... |
RECIPE KIDS CAN MAKE Chocolate-Banana Sundae |
| Taste ice cream, chocolate, and bananas in every bite. It's a tasty treat to cool off during the summer heat. Fun, easy, and simple for the kids to make. more info... |
PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS Letter "L" Handwriting |
| Learn to write the letter "L". Print the worksheet now. Don't forget to print our blank handwriting paper. |
Featured Parenting Tip
20 Things to Do when Kids Say "I'm Bored!" courtesy of Yahoo Voices  With summer fast approaching, and seemingly endless days ahead, many parents fear the dreaded words from their children: "I'm bored!" Here are 20 activities to help keep boredom at bay:
1) Fingerpaint with shaving cream on colored construction paper. 2) Decorate a clay pot and plant a flower, herb, or tomato plant. Nurture it and watch it grow. 3) Draw a picture and mail it to Grandma and Grandpa. Or have them mail themselves a letter and see how long it takes to get back to them. 4) Decorate rocks with tempera paint. Add eyes to make them into insects or animals, or start a rock garden by filling a decorated shoe box with soil and placing the rocks in it. 5) Play with a magnet. Learn what it will and will not pick up. Attach it to string and tie it to a stick. Go fishing for paperclips. 6) Spray paint 2 liter bottles and use them as bowling pins. 7) Make a bird feeder by rolling a pinecone in peanut butter, then in bird seed. Hang it from a tree with string. 8) Have your kids design their own placemats. Help them cover their art work with clear contact paper. 9) Hide an object in a room and have your kids hunt for it. Tell them if they are "hot" when they get close to it or "cold" if they move away from it. 10) Have your kids help you wash the car. Spray them when they are not looking, and be prepared for a water fight. Have fun and plan to get really wet! 11) Make macaroni jewelry. You can color the macaroni by mixing one tablespoon food coloring with two tablespoons rubbing alcohol and stirring in the dry noodles. Make several colors. 12) Put a sheet over a table to create a tent and have a picnic lunch inside. 13) Read and act out one of your child's favorite stories. 14) Go on a nature walk and study birds, leaves, and wild flowers. Try to identify them. Make a notebook of everything you learned about. 15) Use craft paints to decorate an old t-shirt. 16) Soak a cut celery stalk in a jar or glass of water tinted with food coloring. Watch what happens to it the next day. 17) Have a Hula Hoop contest. 18) Make a cake and let your children help you decorate it with colored frosting and candies. 19) Have a sock war. Designate an area free of breakables, set boundaries, and divide into two teams. Start firing! 20) Start a "summer journal". Help your kids write about the things you did each day and let them illustrate it. Keep these to look back on as they get older.
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