Take an Education Vacation!

Written by Anita DeFrank


Choose one day out of each month and invite your entire family on an "Education Vacation". Invent games that can be not only fun but also educational atrepparttar same time. Your children will be having so much fun that they won't even realize that they're learning too! The following are a few exampls of activities that you can use or adapt to fit your family.

--->Theater Day Go to you local library and borrow several copies of a favorite or fun play. Assign each member a part and act it out inrepparttar 110765 living room! Younger children make an excellent audience. Alternate idea: Write your own play together.

--->Bring The Whole World Home Day Make a list of allrepparttar 110766 countries inrepparttar 110767 world (or just pick a few) and include a short description of each. Take turns reading each country and description out loud. Next take turns choosing a country from a map or globe. The rest ofrepparttar 110768 family tries to guess which one by asking questions.

--->Time Table Day The night before have your family discuss everything that must be donerepparttar 110769 next day. Be sure to include some fun things to do also. Haverepparttar 110770 children design a time table to schedulerepparttar 110771 days activities. Make it a game to see how "close" you can stick torepparttar 110772 schedule.

Making the Most of Your Kids Clothes

Written by Ashlee Hovsepian


 Nothing is more fun then dressing children; finding justrepparttar perfect unique outfit to compliment their adorable faces. But as fast as you buy kid's clothes, it seemsrepparttar 110764 faster they grow out of them. Many popular designers are starting to take this into consideration when they design their kid’s clothes. Some are putting elastic insiderepparttar 110765 waistline with buttons that can be loosened as your child grows and expands. They are also adding buttons onrepparttar 110766 legs to allow pants to be rolled up and down depending on your child’s height andrepparttar 110767 pants look really cute. No matter what style you look for there are some ways to make sure your children’s clothes grow with them and last. 1. Elastic waistbands – Even though your child may be growing, they may still not be ready to move intorepparttar 110768 next size height wise. Buying pants with elastic waists ensure there will be room to grow without having to go up a size.

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