Go outside and gaze up at the clouds together. Point to different clouds and discuss what objects or animals you think they look like. As clouds drift by, make up a story about what they are and where they are going. The point is to let your imaginations be as vast as the blue, blue […]
Sheet A4 white paper Colored pop sticks Colored cupcake liners Thin double-sided sticky tape (DSST) Bright green paper Bright buttons Other embellishments such as cotton balls, paper or foam shapes, stickers, sequins, small cupcake liners, material flower shapes, glitter glue, glitter, etc Craft Glue  Cut out leaf shapes from the bright green paper. Lay a strip […]
The fifteen-day New Year’s celebration includes praying, paying respect to ancestors, and visiting family and friends. Families decorate their homes with flowers, trays of tangerines and oranges, and circular trays of dried, candied fruit. They also place new money in red envelopes, hang red banners, and buy new orange or red outfits for the children. […]
Australia is known as the “The Land Down Under,†because it sits at the bottom of the globe, in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia is home to some of the most unusual creatures in the world: kangaroos, koalas, platypuses, kookaburras, and wombats—animals that are found nowhere else in the world. Take a trip to your local […]
Feet come in all sizes and shapes—even within the same family. Trace each family member’s pair of feet on a long roll of paper. (Go from the oldest member to the youngest.) Now label each pair of feet with a name and measurement. The kids will be surprised to discover that both their feet are […]
When loved ones are too far away to hug, send them an embrace through the mail instead! Cut a length from a roll of drawing paper that is as long as your child’s arm span. Ask your child to press his or her hands firmly in an aluminum pie plate filled with red tempera paint. […]
Penguins are one of the most adorable and comical birds on the planet. With their “tuxedo†outfits and waddling ways, it’s impossible not to look at them and smile! There are seventeen species living in a variety of climates—from the frozen tundra to sandy beaches—in the Southern Hemisphere. Penguins can be found in such far-flung […]
This loveable bear’s holiday falls on the birthday of his creator, A.A. Milne (born 1882). The adventures of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and the rest of their friends in the Hundred-Acre Woods have touched parents and children for generations. Read a Pooh story with your child today, or watch a delightful Pooh video. Later, set […]
