Family
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Summer Night Sounds
Right now, I’m sitting near an open window and listening to a nighttime chorus of katydids and crickets in huge numbers. Want to listen, too? How many night insect sounds can you identify? Besides being relaxing music from nature, children find it incredibly interesting to learn about insects and how they create their songs. Make Continue reading
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Family, TV and Ice Pops
If you have children of any age, you know what fussy time is. It’s that difficult time between school or daycare and home, right before supper. Everyone’s on edge, exhausted, hungry, irritable, and whiny. Sound familiar? Not to mention that you’ve had a long and stressful day at work, after which you tore around town, carting kids from Continue reading
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Dear Valentine,
Here comes Valentine’s Day—don’t we need those happy reds, pinks, hugs and kisses more than ever? Finding time to help our children organize their school valentine cards is hard enough. Now, what about your spouse or partner? Years back, my husband and I stopped giving each other valentine cards. The prices were insane. The choices Continue reading
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Family Storytellers and StoryCorps
Who’s the storyteller in your family? I’ll bet your children know who it is. Here’s a chance to prompt them with questions and listen while recording them for posterity. This Friday, November, 21, 2014, is the National Day of Listening sponsored by StoryCorps and is a perfect time to start. Continue it on Thanksgiving and you’ll gather an even bigger trove Continue reading
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