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Simple Kids Today is a Special Edition of our SK Showcase: DIY Robot
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Last week, a blizzard and an internet outage and holiday travel combined to prevent me from sharing a weekly Showcase with you. However, my friend Rachel of Small Notebook emailed me a Showcase idea that I absolutely cannot wait until this Friday to share.
Simple Kids OMGoodness. Have you seen my friend Rachel's 4 Generation Baby Quilt? STUNNING.
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Tom's baby quilt, made from the fabric of clothes from the three older generations of men in our family.
Simple Kids What We're Reading Wednesday - two more beautiful books about Christmas!
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This week, Simple Kids book reviewer Amy (Girlfriends Get Real) shares two Christmas favorites from her family’s collection:
Simple Kids How is the weather where you are? Have you been able to connect with nature lately?
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I never cease to be amazed by the power of community, and I am so thoroughly blessed by the community here at Simple Kids.
Simple Kids What We're Reading Wednesday includes two more Christmas books your little ones will surely enjoy.
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Simple Kids Anyone leaving on a jet plane with a baby this season? Check out this article from Mama Notes!
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I'm not a fan of traveling, especially with young children. I know many of us travel with our babies for one reason or the other. With the holidays being right around the corner, it's going to be another busy time for traveling. ...
Simple Kids It's ten days until Christmas! More thoughts on an uncomplicated holiday today at SK.
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It seems that no matter how devoted I am to the pursuit of an uncomplicated holiday, the days leading up to Christmas and New Years feel more and more frenzied. I find myself doing frequent “tension ...
Simple Kids Music columnist Jennifer offers her suggestion for holiday music. What is your family's favorite?
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But first I want to say – I really love Christmas music! I like to pull out my holiday collection as soon as the season starts and listen throughout. And when it comes to Christmas music I tend ...
Simple Kids Sharing some of the wonderful gift guides I've come across today in SK Showcase! Happy shopping!
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I am experiencing lots of technical difficulties this week – perhaps my internet connection finds it difficult to move quickly in the winter in the same way that I do?
Simple Kids I'll be featuring holiday gift guides in the Showcase this week. Suggestions?
Simple Kids INCREDIBLE list from @thelongthread: 100 Holiday Crafts (via @playfullearning)
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What a wonderful, comprehensive list of Christmas crafts! Thanks for linking to my origami stars. Here’s the direct link for the tutorial: http://zencrafting.blogspot.com/2008/12/origami-star-tutorial.html.
Simple Kids Hanukkah begins Friday at sundown, and today at SK Robin shres 8 Simple Steps to a Meaningful Hanukkah!
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Last week, we began talking and sharing together some ideas on how to create an uncomplicated holiday season for your family. The celebration of Hanukkah begins on Friday at sundown, and I’ve invited ...
Simple Kids SUPER cute DIY fishing game in the Showcase this week. Would make a delightful gift! (plus weekend reading links!)
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We have had some wonderful discussions this week on how to have an uncomplicated holiday season. As usual, the SK community shared some wonderful insights in both the Mission Impossible? and Three Most Important Things articles. Make sure you have read through the comments on those!
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"It’s simply that the single best predictor of how a child will do over
12 years of school is: How much s/he was read to prior to the first day
of first grade. It’s that simple." Great read (via Ann Voskamp)
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I want to share this email I received from a reading specialist in response to my recent blogpost about parents pushing academics on preschool kids, who actually learn best through well-designed play.... ...
