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Using Memories to Make Memories: Sharing the Summertime Highlights of Our Childhoods

Laura Stallard Petza - All About Me and Mine » They Grow Up So Fast

It's no wonder that we, as adults, romanticize childhood, as there is no other time in life so rich with promise and raw beginning.  Think back to your own childhood, to the strangeness and stickiness of being four- or five-years-old, to the hugeness of ...
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Science of the Night Sky

Ashley Young - Learning » Science

Nights might be short in the summer, yet the warm weather (and no need to get up for school in the morning) make it the ideal time for stargazing. Here are some ideas to get your little Galileos interested in the science behind twinkling celestial bodies....
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Slowing Down Summer

Eliza Clark - Simplicity » The Little Things

How is the summer is going so far? Maybe the kids' vacation only began a few days ago, or maybe it's been weeks already. Or perhaps you're still limping across the finish line, pretending to pay attention to final homework assignments, prodding th...
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Go Ape on the Monkey Bars

Bethany Sanders - Learning » Physical Activity

The monkey bars tease little ones from above from an early age. Kids aren't content to keep their feet on the ground; they want to reach higher and higher, and those elusive monkey bars give them a goal to stretch toward. "Lift me up, Daddy!" she'll say a...
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