Kindergarten, first, and second graders span a wide range of skills and knowledge so gifts for this age should balance fun and learning. Kindergartners who have settled into a school routine are working towards becoming fluent readers while second graders feel confident at school and are working towards expanding knowledge while first graders tend to…
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2015 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Preschoolers (ages 3-5)
Parents of preschoolers know exactly how busy they are at all times. From morning until their eyes close at bedtime their bodies and minds are constantly in motion as they absorb information about the world around them. Kids ages 3-5 are working to navigate the social world and friendships that prove to be both rewarding…
2015 Gift Guide: Best Gifts for Toddlers (18 months-3 years)
What makes a good gift for the toddler set? Kids who are between a year and a half and three need toys that will let them be creative, imaginative, and playful. Toddlers are working hard to understand the world around them and have brains like sponges. They love engaging in early academic skills like reading…
2015 Holiday Gift Guides
Every year since 2008, I’ve evaluated tons of products for my age appropriate gift guides and specialty guides but I only recommend the items I’d love to give as gifts, receive myself, or know that my kids would be thrilled to gifted with this holiday season. Every year there are tons of new products that…
4 DIY Projects to Protect Your Home During the Holidays and Throughout the Year #LSSS
This is a sponsored post A few years ago our neighborhood experienced a rash of break-ins throughout the month of December. As unsettling as this crime spree was to our small suburban neighborhood, it served as a good reminder to reassess our home to make it even more secure whether we’re leaving the house for…
Everything You Need to Know About LEGO Dimensions & 7 Cool Mashups to Try
This post was sponsored by KidzVuz.com What do you get when you combine a classic toy, well known characters, and video gaming with favorite movies and cartoons? LEGO Dimensions is a fun family game that brings toys to life as miniaturized LEGO versions of their character selves who use their powers to move through different…
13 Ways Trick or Treating is Like a Attending a Work Trade Show
It’s almost Halloween and our kids are already organizing their friends and scheming the most efficient route to take for the biggest candy haul ever. As the topic came up at the dinner table, I started offering trick or treat advice. We discussed the difficult choice of going on your own versus a large group,…
Let’s Talk Healthy Kids at Curious.com’s #HappyHealthyKids Twitter Chat (Tues, 10/27 8:30-9:30 pm ET)
This is sponsored post One-third of all children in the United States are overweight or obese. As a parent, I want my kids to be healthy by eating a colorful plate full of healthy foods at each meal and getting plenty of exercise, but sometimes I feel like I’m not doing enough. How do we…
Kid-Made Mini Pizzas with the Black+Decker 5-Minute Pizza Oven & Snack Maker
This is a sponsored post What’s the secret to great pizza? Intense heat. High heat that cooks the pizza from top to bottom in a restaurant’s brick oven can be hard to replicate at home in a regular oven that sometimes leads to soggy middles or singed toppings. Thankfully Black+Decker’s 5-Minute Pizza Oven & Snack…
A Frozen Heart Retells Disney’s Frozen for Tweens with Unique Twists (w. giveaway)
A Frozen Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick is a book based off of the love story of Disney’s Frozen. Angled more toward tweens, A Frozen Heart alternates chapters between Anna and Hans’ life. They finally collide when princess Elsa has organized her coronation. Before then, Hans had spent 3 years preparing for this opportunity by winning…
