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Amelia Bedelia 50th Birthday Free Kit
On January 29, 2013, Harper Collins is kicking off Amelia Bedelia's 50th birthday celebration.  Have grown up with Amelia Bedelia myself and loving her backward ways, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate her birthday with my kids. 
Invitation to Play: A Box Full of Fun
Nothing will make my kids smile bigger or cause them to squeal is to find this after naptime: A box full of fun or that is how they see a box with markers, stickers, and crayons. Let the creativity begin: They even
Invitation to Play: Go Fly a Balloon
Kites are great here in North Dakota because we almost always have some type of wind. However, my kids are too little to handle kites on their own so we decided to "fly" helium balloons. These balloons have been in
Invitation to Play: Playfoam Monsters
My kids love their Playfoam so I decided to add some materials together to create monsters.  Playfoam is wonderful because it never dries out and is much cleaner than play dough. I added curly ribbon, easter basket filler, eyes, feathers, and
Invitation to Play: Water Bead Number Play
Yesterday, I decided to introduce Water Beads to our play time.  I have read about them on several blogs so decided to give it a try.  These beads are the coolest thing - we had the privilege of watching them
An Invitation to Play Introduction: Washing Babies
With over 10 years of child care experience in a military run daycare, public school Special Education department, as a nanny, and in private run day cares, I walked away from all of that with the thought that children do