Try These At-Home Listening Activities

By Rebecca Vitkus | March 20, 2025 | Conception 2 College , Early Years
While listening skills are practiced every day in preschool and kindergarten classrooms, it is up to parents to continue building those listening skills at home. Former kindergarten teacher Ilene Vitkus shared some of her classroom tactics to make at-home listening activities both fun and beneficial. Draw This! Bring out the crayons and paper and instruct

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healthy body image

How to Promote a Healthy Body Image for Your Teen

By Olivia Pitkenthly | March 11, 2025 | Conception 2 College , Teens
In 2010, the Obama administration launched the Let’s Move! campaign and a task force on childhood obesity to bring awareness to unhealthy patterns of eating and sedentary lifestyles. Since then, schools have provided healthier food choices, started growing fruits and vegetables in their own gardens and are fighting for more recess time. While schools are

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picking a stroller

Tips For Picking the Stroller That is Best for You!

By Nicole Irving, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | March 10, 2025 | Expecting
When I had my first baby shower, I remember opening the big clunky box that held my first stroller. It was a Graco combination, where the car seat fit right into the stroller, so you didn’t have to wake a sleeping baby to put him into the stroller. GENIUS! Fast forward 17 months and we

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Updated School Calendar

ACPS Posts Updated School Calendar

By Nicole Irving, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | February 23, 2025 | Blog
Today, Alachua County Public Schools released the calendar for the 2025-2026 school year. That means time to updated those family calendars with all the important school dates and vacations times. This updated calendar reflects the current start date for all Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) which will be Monday, August 11. The last day of

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strawberry

Strawberry Picking in Gainesville and Beyond!

By Jacqueline Saguin | February 23, 2025 | Blog , Local Fun
Excitement is in the air as strawberry picking season approaches. Visit these local places with your loved ones for strawberry-picking fun! We will update this list with more information about local farms as information is acquired! Florida Strawberry Festival February 27 - March 9, Plant City Add this premiere event in Plant City to your

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Foods You Don't Have to Refrigerate

11 Foods You Don’t Have to Refrigerate

By Mary Velasco | February 4, 2025 | Forks & Spoons
Stop playing Tetris in your refrigerator. If space is looking tight, don’t throw it out—take it out. Contrary to popular practice, there are foods you don't have to refrigerate to keep them from going bad. Certain goods have natural ingredients or preservatives that slow down the time-to-trash clock. Here is a list of foods that

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Prevent Chapped Lips

Tips to Prevent Chapped Lips in Cold Weather

By Allen Haynes | January 13, 2025 | Blog , Health
Chapped lips are literally a pain during the winter season. We have so much fun spending time outdoors and enjoying this break in the heat, but having chapped lips can make fun days less enjoyable when the cold and wind hit our dry, cracked lips. What causes chapped lips? Our lips are full of moisture

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Baby Sign Language

From Fuss to Fun: Perks of Teaching Baby Sign Language

By Jacqueline Saguin | December 9, 2024 | Conception 2 College , infant
No need for baby talk when there’s baby sign language. Babies can communicate using modified gestures from American Sign Language, and teaching it can make for a fun bonding activity with your child. According to the Mayo Clinic, baby sign language may allow children a way to communicate months earlier than those who only communicate

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Family Christmas Activities Checklist

Print Out Giggle’s 25 Fun Family Christmas Activities Checklist!

By Amanda Roland | December 3, 2024 | Blog
Now that December is here and the holidays are in full swing, we have a fun family Christmas activities checklist for you to do this month! Print out this checklist and post it on the fridge to check off with your family! Click here to download the printable for FREE! Related articles: Adopt A Furry

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