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Summer Fun Without the Worry for Parents

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Five Star Urgent Care for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Children tend to be a bit more adventurous than adults. Or at least, I know that’s the case with my children. With my youngest, in particular, we seem to always be saying: “Be careful.” And while does heed those words (most of the time), more often than not she’s running headfirst to find the next adventure. So how do I let her have all of the summer fun without the worry? Let’s find out. There’s a part of me that understands and realizes that yes — I need to let her get hurt, I need to let her play. I just need…

Homeschooling

Simple STEM for Preschoolers: Learning About Circuits

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PowerYourSummer #CollectiveBias I have an incredibly curious preschooler! She’s always been like that as far as I can remember, but lately? She really wants to know about everything. Whenever we go places, she wants to know how things work, why they do this, or why they do that. And now she’s doing that at home– which is great! I love to feed into her curiosity and today we talked about circuits. Science was never a strong point for me, but I’m learning, that with my daughter? It’s just one of those things that she wants to know more about. And I am more than happy to encourage her….

Money Matters

How to Determine What You Need Instead of What You Want

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If you’ve recently completed spring cleaning or maybe you participated in a decluttering challenge; you may have realized just how much stuff you have. And that’s not a bad thing. Depending on your age, we do tend to accumulate a lot of stuff over the course of our lives. We may not need all of that stuff and along the lines, we may start to realize that we can live with less. But how do you start that? It may seem easy enough in theory: “I’d like to live with less” and then go through your belongings. Maybe you were inspired by the minimalist lifestyle in Japan or the tiny home trend. But where to go from there? How do you determine what you need…

Family Life

School Bus Safety Tips for Kids

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Are your kids back in school yet or starting school again soon? Here in Albany, NY we don’t go back to school until after Labor Day, but I know that some areas of the country start much earlier than us. And if your child might be taking the bus, I wanted to share some school bus safety tips for kids with you to help keep them safe on their way to and from school. Growing up, when we lived in California, I lived close enough to walk to school. That was also the case when we lived in Washington, D.C. But after moving to Toledo, I started taking the bus to get to my junior high school. These tips are mostly for younger children, but can…

Every Day Life

How to Prepare a Cantry for New Cat Parents

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Creating a cat friendly cantry has never been easier! Stock up on your favorite brands like the one pictured below! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FortunaForAll #collectivebias #cbias If my cat were to keep a diary, I would imagine that the morning entry would go something like this: Listen for sounds of human waking up If door does not open within ample time, scratch at door If door still does not open, meow and scratch at door Race the human down the stairs Meow as the human still seems to think the liquid in the pot is more important Continue meowing until the human produces the can of food Wait for the…

Homeschooling

Fun Facts about the Philippines for Preschoolers

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Learning about world culture and geography is so much fun for young children! My daughter and I recently did a mini-study on the Philippines. And we wanted to share with you: how to teach preschoolers about the Philippines. Introducing a culture study of the Philippines for Preschoolers First, we went to trusty old Google to look up some facts about the Philippines and to find the Philippines on the map. We learned that: The Philippines are in the country of Asia the official name is the Republic of the Philippines There are over 7,000 islands in the Philippines People in the Philippines speak English, Tagalog, and several other languages People from the Philippines or of Philippine descent (like me!) are called Filipino or Filipina (male/female) Luzon…