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Approximately 1200 words
How road trips for one family changed forever with the birth of a baby lamb.
Reprinted in Reader’s Digest magazine |
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Approximately 3400 words
From tap shoes to time capsules, here are 50 easy ways to add fun to family
time. |
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Approximately 1400 words
Three easy steps for making the climate of your home rich in creative
possibilities |
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Approximately 600 words
Using boredom as a fuel to propel children forward. Reprinted in Mothering
Magazine
“....Boredom is an invitation to our own unique party of events, not
a teacher’s or a parent’s. It is a personal itch that needs to be scratched.
When we respond to boredom’s invitation, something magical happens.
Passions are born. Interests are developed. An inner fund of resources
evolves--the same personal resources that guide and prompt us into a
meaningful life...” |
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Approximately 1400 words
How one mother kept her own creativity alive while dealing with the imaginations and messes of her four young children. Includes 2 projects: Handmade
Garden Paper and Marbleized Paper |
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Approximately 600 words
The importance of making memories with our children, even when you think you
are too tired. Back Page essay for 10-18 Magazine |
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Approximately 560 words
Grand and memorable gifts for kids that do not fall into the ‘toy’ category |
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Approximately 975 words
Magical things happen when you don’t wait for the ‘right’ time to travel
with your children |
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Approximately 340 words
Understanding life day by day, one word at a time |
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Approximately 1140 words
We are our dreams, now for the work to make them happen. A Back Page essay
for 10-18 Magazine |
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Approximately 708 words
Simple gifts parents can make for their kids that have more meaning than
anything on the market |
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Approximately 600 words
There are strange and wonderful gifts in being sick in a busy household. A
Back Page essay for 10-18 Magazine |
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Approximately 750 words
Inventing with children using process over product |
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Approximately 1200 words
Take advantage of your local cafe to connect with your child |
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Approximately 1700 words
How parents can bring science into their family’s lives using Piaget’s
stages of
development as an age appropriate guide |
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Approximately 2700 words
8 outstanding art activities that will stretch a child’s imagination |
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Approximately 1000 words
Living in Alaska with four children during the fishing season offers a
different sense of time. Optioned for Chicken Soup for the Outdoor Soul |
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Approximately 800 words
A lively list of simple things you can do outdoors with your child |
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Approximately 2000 words
What do you do with the growing accumulation of art produced by your child?
This article will give parents creative ideas for culling, using, and storing
those precious works of art |
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Approximately 1500 words
Jump start the holiday season with handmade gifts made outdoors in the summer
time. The four projects include fish print napkins, holiday print night
shirts, hand-stamped table cloth, and tie-dye t-shirts. |
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Approximately 600 words
Fifteen minutes a week is all it takes for doing home science projects that
can make a world of difference for your child |
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Approximately 1500 words
How Mrs. Mudpies’ family turned off the TV and turned on the fun |
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Approximately 1075 words
Travel activities that will make the next road trip pure pleasure for families |
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Approximately 2000 words
The rich results of down time |
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Approximately 800 words
From Swedish pancakes to foot rubs, here are dozens of ideas for curing
your child of the blahs |
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Approximately 450 words
How to have a wildly successful open house of your child’s creative output in
your own home |
