Lots of parks and reserves are listed at the Orange County website. The Orange County Register has a link with outdoor actities and events that has great ideas for family fun! Enjoy!
Outdoor Activities in Orange County
September 18, 2009
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Teaching Kids to Read
September 17, 2009I taught my daughter to read when she was three. Now she has a three year old and she wants to teach him to read. I think we started out just reading her favorite books over and over again and later we got workbooks to do, too. I did find some interesting websites that have suggestions on how to go about it now:
The Well-Trained Mind
starfall.com
Reading Buddy 2.0
Succeed to Read
Preschool Express
WowzaBrain
If you have a suggestion, feel free to add a comment!
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Nature Rocks
September 16, 2009The back of my Autumn Nature Conservancy magazine had a little ad on the back for Nature Rocks: Let’s Go Explore. It is a fun website to click through – complete with children’s voices and ducks! Here is a Staycation Guide (takes a while to load – it is a pdf file) on things to do as a family close to home. A fun feature to play with is Find Nature. Great photos can be seen here. Enjoy!
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Shared Sibling Activities For Youngsters
September 14, 2009I don’t remember how I found this blogspot but it had an interesting interview with the twin authors of The Siblings’ Busy Book that I just ordered for my daughter. It has at-home activities that keep the interest of brothers and sisters of different ages while they are creating something together.
Found lots of similar books by reading the various reviews in Amazon. Actually, the day care centers would probably enjoy the ideas in these books as much as the parents do! – Here are some of them – Be sure to check out the similar books at the bottom of the book descriptions:
more Art oriented books
Arts and Crafts type books
Busy Books for various ages
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Happy Grandparents Day!
September 13, 2009This e-card says it all! Enjoy!! It is from
grandparents.com.
For a little more info on Grandparents Day, check out my earlier blog.
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The Great Reno Balloon Race in 28th Year
September 12, 2009The Great Reno Balloon Race is this weekend. The visitrenotahoe.com site has all kinds of pictures and info. The Reno momslikeme.com sponsored The World’s Largest Pajama Party this morning with Farmer’s Insurance. Here’s a Flickr slideshow from the RenoTahoe website including my favorite – The Energizer Bunny! This video is pretty awesome! There are lots more videos on the same page as that one. Enjoy!
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Do You Know Kids With Allergies?
September 10, 2009The Itchy Kids Club website is a wonderfully fun information center for kids and families dealing with allergies, asthma and eczema from food or the environment. For example, here are 10 Things Children With Food Allergies Want You To Know! I found the website entertaining as well as very full of all kinds of useful data for dealing with the itchy side of life! 🙂 A very cute book written by Jill Grabowski is also available for purchase to share the funny side of it all.
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Keeping Kids Entertained On The Road
September 9, 2009I’ve already written a couple of blogs on this subject, but this article from Grandparents.com is another great essay on the subject: click here. Have fun!
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Free Things To Do With Grandkids
September 8, 2009At Grandparents.com, they have 100 great ideas for spending time your grandchildren – for free. Click ‘Download Now’ at their site for their printable guide.
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Indoor Activities for Kids or Grandkids
September 4, 2009Today I have several links for indoor activities for kids or grandkids. My daughter says it will be raining this weekend in Portland, so here are some home-spun fun ideas. Mommysavers.com has a whole page of frugal fun. HowStuffWorks.com has easy indoor games and crafts. SimpleMom.net has a list of indoor activities. eHow has another fun page of all kinds of activities. Orato.com has a list of 10 Best Rainy Day Games For Kids as well. Should get your imagination started if nothing else!!
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