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Need kid gift ideas for ages 4-7? Here are toy ideas for everything from arts and crafts, building and educational toys to pretend play and outdoor toys.  Hi friend! I’ve been blogging for 10+ years now and have done my share of gift guides. I wasn’t planning to create any more but then I realized that in the kid gift department, I kinda left off at the toddler stage. Now that I have 2/3 of my kids out of toddlerhood, I thought I should put together a new kids gift guide for our current stage of life. So, here are...

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Harvest time is here! And with it comes fall entertaining, festive Thanksgiving crafts and decorations, and family-friendly projects.  Check out these Thanksgiving Crafts for kids to work on together this year, including the ever-popular Turkey Handprint craft that really shows how big your feathers are! Spread some fall cheer by making people of all ages smile with handmade cards. If you’re feeling inspired to get creative, impress everyone with your artistic ability by creating unique table settings or centerpieces using autumn leaves as a starting point. If you need ideas, check out our Thanksgiving Table Settings post. Go ahead and...

It’s not that I have anything against screen time. Far from it! It’s just that when you’ve seen a band of superheroes save a city for the 47th time or you end up watching the same characters, in their same house, doing more or less the same activities, you tend to wish there was more of a there there. If we, as parents, have access to compelling and diverse TV series and podcasts, why can’t our kids have the same?  Well, maybe they can.  For the third day in a row now, my 4-year-old has come home from school, burst...

Oh, assessments and data collection.... such a necessary evil for preschool teachers all over the globe.  While assessments and evaluation give us teachers the information we need to construct lessons and small groups, they aren't always very much fun for students. I mean lets be honest... there aren't too many kids out there that like testing.  But, that baseline data and growth data really can share some good info - so the probabilities of assessments going away, in my opinion, is very unlikely. So, what's a preschool teacher to do who needs to do assessments but knows they are a...