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How to Actually Play the Alphabet Game (and where to find J, Q, X, and Z)

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Bored on a road trip and wondering what the alphabet game rules are, or even just words that start with x on the road, then this post will help you out as you play the alphabet game.I can only assume that everyone who has ever traveled on a long-distance road trip (or even a short one) has played the alphabet game as it's one of many great ...

Why and How to Do a Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar

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Combat entitlement this holiday season with a Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar! I'm sharing why kindness matters, random acts of kindness ideas, and tips for doing a month of random acts of kindness as individuals, kids, and families. Plus, free random acts of kindness advent calendars!"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever ...

20 Toddler Road Trip Activities and Games that Will Keep Everyone Happy

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Great list of toddler road trip activities and toddler road trip games! These are the perfect road trip ideas with toddlers in order to keep them entertained and happy on a long road trip.As a family, we have taken many 4-hour road trips to Dallas to go and visit my husband's family. We have also driven to South Padre Island a time or two ...

Homeschool Kids Review Kiwi Crate’s Disk Launcher Box

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KiwiCo recently sent me a Kiwi Crate to review, as it's the perfect box from their collection for my kids and their ages (8, 8, 5, and 3). Kiwi Crate Designed for ages 5-8, Kiwi Crate is a monthly educational subscription box that features Science, Art & More in each box. Every month they deliver the tools for creative learning and ...

11 Monthly Arts & Crafts Boxes Guaranteed to Help Kids Creativity

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If you're looking to foster a love of creativity, imagination, arts, and crafts, this list of arts and crafts subscription boxes for kids is perfect for you! From preschool to high school, these craft box subscriptions for kids and art subscription boxes for kids are sure to delight!I love summer! I don’t know about y’all, but I am really ...

The Great Big List of the Best Audiobooks for Family Road Trips

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Here you will find a great big list of the best audiobooks for family road trips! Discover old classics, new fantasies, educational stories, humorous narrators, and overall great audiobooks for family road trips that are sure to delight the youngest to the oldest in your vehicle, no matter if you are listening via books on tape, books on CD or a ...

How to do Preschool Painting Time Without the Mess

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Looking for mess-free paints for your preschooler? Then keep reading! Big thanks to my sponsors Crayola Color Wonder and the Mom It Forward Influencer Network for showing me how to do it!My four-year-old son loves to color and draw and paint, especially when his big sisters color, draw, or paint.I, on the other hand, don't always love the ...

8 Inspired Gratitude Activities and Games Perfect for Thanksgiving

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Seeking gratitude activities and gratitude games for your family this Thanksgiving? Here are 10 great Thanksgiving gratitude activities to pick from! Last year I told you all about my obsession with holidays and making them meaningful. You can read all about that here when I was obsessing about Elf on the Shelf. Seriously, I was a crazy ...

12 of the Best Monthly Science Kits for Kids {According to a Homeschooler}

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Interested in cultivating a love of science in your kids? One or more of these monthly science kits are sure to spark his or her interest in STEM! I am a sucker for good educational subscription boxes for kids. I've tried out several of them with my preschool and early grade school aged children. We are homeschoolers, so fun things, ...

Green Kid Crafts: The Crafty Way to Get Your Kids Into Science

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Green Kid Crafts may be my favorite educational subscription box for kids to date. Green Kid Crafts is a highly rated monthly subscription service full of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) activities and experiments. As a homeschooling mom who doesn't really like science, I was so thrilled with the Green Kid Crafts box ...

The Flour Game – The Perfectly Hilarious and Fun Idea for Family Night

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When it is family night, a fun and hilarious game like The Flour Game, is the perfect idea for creating hilarious and fun memories for years to come.The Flour Game is a game requiring skill, strategy, and a sprinkle of luck where the stakes are high should you lose. It is challenging, gross, yet extremely funny. Its playing encapsulates all the ...

8 Best Educational Subscription Boxes According to a Homeschooler

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Looking for an educational subscription box for kids? The following are among the best and most popular options out there today! One of the greatest things my dad did was send me postcards in the mail.My dad was an over-the-road truck driver. He was gone the majority of the week, and occasionally for multiple weeks at a time.Receiving a ...