Old-fashioned Ways To Inspire Children

Written by Nicole Dean


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Puppets

Make puppets out of socks, paper bags, felt, cloth, or popsicle sticks. Make a stage and tell stories. Get outrepparttar video camera and capture your child's brilliance!

Musical Instruments

Whether your musical instruments are home-made with a comb and wax paper or store bought, making music is a wonderful way to spendrepparttar 137874 day. Teach your child that music can be made from anything, from an old oatmeal container, to scratching two pieces of sandpaper together. Go on a walk and just listen torepparttar 137875 sounds ofrepparttar 137876 world -- music is everywhere in our lives.

Dress-up Clothes

Get out old prom dresses, big hats, shirts and ties, old Halloween costumes (or buy extra pieces after Halloween for year-round fun!). Bring out a box of costumes and watchrepparttar 137877 shows with your children asrepparttar 137878 stars. Keep a camera handy to capturerepparttar 137879 fun. Also, keep an eye onrepparttar 137880 pets. Cats don't always appreciate wearing a sombrero. Trust me, I haverepparttar 137881 scars to prove it!

Doll-houses

There is nothing more fun than watching your child make up stories asrepparttar 137882 family members move around in a doll house. Plus, if it is a wooden dollhouse, there isrepparttar 137883 added benefit of decorating it with some wallpaper scraps and carpet remnants! Your dollhouse could be a family heirloom if you put enough love into it.

Inrepparttar 137884 Kitchen

Kids love to play Kitchen, whether it is mixing air, or getting to play with food. Give your child a great time by giving them safe kitchen utensils to play with inrepparttar 137885 bathtub. Mixing, pouring, and scooping bubbles and water entertains my children long enough for them to look pruny. Or for a fun alternative, give them puffed rice cereal and some bowls and utensils onrepparttar 137886 kitchen floor. Just plan to vacuum afterwards as there'll be quite a wonderful mess!

Nicole is the wacky mom behind http://www.ShowMomTheMoney.com . Nicole also owns http://www.ShowKidsTheFun.com - a fun site to inspire parents to keep the lines of communication open with their children.


Protecting Your Kids On the Internet

Written by Aaron T. Hyde


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My original plan was to write an article aboutrepparttar steps that parents can to protect their children from pornography and pedophiles. While looking for information, I found a couple of good articles and resources that provide great information for parents. Instead of recreatingrepparttar 137873 wheel, I'm providingrepparttar 137874 following links for parents to learn more about what they can do to protect their kids when their kids are online.

1. 2005 Software Review of Parental Control and Internet Filtering Software http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=1&ttrkey=internet+filter

2. Home Internet Filters - Steps Parents Can Take At Home For Filtering Content http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/safety/filters.html

3. Parental Control and Internet Child Safety http://www.protectkids.org/

4. Wired Kids - Online Safety Project for Kids and Teens http://www.wiredkids.org/

5. NetSmartz Workshop - Interactive games and activities to teach kids what to watch for online to protect themselves. http://www.netsmartz.org/

6. Parents Can Make Internet Safer for Kids - Article inrepparttar 137875 Honolulu Advertiser http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Oct/19/tc/tc08p.html

7. SafeKids - Making Technology andrepparttar 137876 Internet safe for Families http://www.safekids.com/

8. GetNetWize - The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be only "one click away" fromrepparttar 137877 resources they need to make informed decisions about their family's use ofrepparttar 137878 Internet. http://kids.getnetwise.org/



Aaron Hyde has over 17 years of computer industry experience and is a consultant with the 280Group (http://www.280group.com). He homeschools and is the founder of HomeSchoolExpo, http://www.homeschoolexpo.com. HomeSchoolExpo is a new auction site for connecting homeschoolers who want to buy and sell homeschooling books and resources. HomeSchoolExpo also provides store hosting for family friendly businesses.


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