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How to Plan an Active Family Summer Vacation

Laure Latham - Parenting Choices » Getting Ready for Summer

Once school is over, how do you make the best of your summer vacations with children? Since kids are officially excused from sitting in a classroom all day, summer is the best time of the year to have some rock-n-rollin' time outside. Here comes the activ...
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Got Your Summer Gear Ready?

Eliza Clark - Parenting Choices » Getting Ready for Summer

How excited are your kids for summer vacation?  Mine have been counting down on the calendar, every single day.  It's giving my kindergartener excellent practice counting backwards.And how excited are you?  I am looking forward to a slower pace, and pl...
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Ten Toys for Your Outdoor Play Toolchest

Laura Stallard Petza - Parenting Choices » Getting Ready for Summer

As glad as we are that you are reading this post, we really want you to go outside. Because unless it's 12 degrees, raining or 4:00 in the morning, there's no reason for you and the kids not to be outside. So bag the laundry; forget the cleaning; turn off...
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What to Read This Summer

Ashley O'Neill - Parenting Choices » Getting Ready for Summer

Summer is almost here, and with it, those long afternoons just yearning to filled with a good chapter book, either in a cool, shady spot or while we take a rest from swimming at the pool. Or maybe you need a few new books to tuck into your child's bag for...
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