Dads of Toddlers: Pain-Free Family Outings

Waiting Games –to keep your children occupied

These games are suitable for times when you have to wait, especially in a restaurant.

1. Finger Game:  Suitable for toddlers and pre-schoolers who are still developing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, this game can be played anywhere, whether in the queue to get into the restaurant or when drooling over the dishes on the next table.

Activity: Dad holds out two hands allowing thumbs and fingers to touch lightly. Use thumbs and finger to create various configurations. Child watches and mimics how Dad’s thumbs and fingers are placed. Begin with simple configurations and move to more complex ones. For example, allow tips of thumbs to meet. Next allow tips of index fingers and thumbs to meet to form a triangle.

Play until the food you ordered is served, or until your child starts sucking his thumb.

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http://dadsforlife.sg/ages-stages/dads-of-toddlers-pain-free-family-outings

Kids Craft: {Toy Magnets}

Put those mismatched, underplayed with, forgotten little toys we all have to good
use!If you are like us and have a couple toy bins of mismatched, still want to keep toys that really
need to move on, but it would break some hearts to do so……. do what we did
and re purpose them into something worth keeping around a little while
longer! Just a few of the toys we used to make into magnets.

 Use whatever you may have that the kids want to
keepand that you have approve of worth keeping,

at least for a little while longer.

http://homespunwithlove.blogspot.com/2011/08/kids-craft-toy-magnets.html#more

Build a Mini Lighthouse

 

This tiny lighthouse makes a nice night-light; its soft glow is just bright
enough to lead your child to the safe harbor of his bed

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/build-a-mini-lighthouse-1019849/

DIY Reusable Snack Bags…

By Heidi on August 24, 2011

For those of you who have been hunting for a way to save $$ on snack bags, check out these fun DIY Reusable Snack Bags!This frugal tip and project comes from Olivia at Owen’s Olivia ~ shared at the Frugal Girls Chic & Crafty Party! {go check it out!}

http://thefrugalgirls.com/2011/08/diy-reusable-snack-bags.html

Ready America- Get a Kit (Order/print)

You may need to survive on your own after an emergency. This means having your own food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least three days. Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone immediately. You could get help in hours, or it might take days. In addition, basic services such as electricity, gas, water, sewage treatment, and telephones may be cut off for days, or even a week or longer                                                                                                                                 http://www.ready.gov/america/publications/allpubs.html

FREE Educational Printables for Kids

Educational Printables

{colors, nouns, verbs, adjectives}

Following are some Free Educational Printables for Kids:

• Colors
• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Pledge of Allegiance

http://thefrugalgirls.com/2011/08/free-educational-printables-for-kids.html

How to Drive Your Mom Absolutely Crazy | Cozi.com

Will they ever remember to do these things on their own? Seems like getting dressed (including underwear and a clean shirt) and putting on shoes before school should start to occur spontaneously at some point in the life of a child, right? Maybe not, based on what our families said on the Cozi Facebook page.

How to Drive Your Mom Absolutely Crazy | Cozi.com.

Funner in the Summer: Homemade School Snacks from Knitty Bitties

Here are two homemade snacks for lunches or after school treat

By Mique

Happy Tuesday all you wonderful 30 Handmade Days readers. I’m pleased as punch that Mique invited me over for a little guest post.When I signed up … way back before summer really started … I picked the end of the schedule as I knew I’d be soaking up the short summer break my little guy {who is on a year round schedule} has from school.

(read more/see recipe)

http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/2011/08/homemade_school_snacks/

 

Dolphin Tale – Official Trailer [HD]

Release Date:  23 September 2011
Genre:  Family
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr.
Directors: Charles Martin Smith
Writer:  Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi
Studio: Warner Bros.

Plot:
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdpg9NsgEaI&feature=player_embedded

101+ Sabbath Day Activities #1-50

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy is one of the basic 10 Commandments but sometimes it’s hard to know what you can do on the Sabbath and still keep it holy. Here are some possible ideas for over 100 Sabbath Day activities. You will need to determine what activities you personally feel are in-line with keeping the Sabbath Day holy for you and your family, but these ideas are a great place to start brainstorming.                                                   (Read more)                                                                                                                                                                     http://lds.about.com/od/familylifeandmarriage/a/101-Sabbath-Day-Activities.htm