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12 Free Popcorn Box Templates for Family Movie Night

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Inside: 12 unique popcorn box templates! These are FREE popcorn printables so you can DIY and know how to make a popcorn box, bucket, or cone. This post is sponsored by PopSecret thanks to Linqia. All opinions are my own. I love watching movies, and I love it, even more, when I get to eat a giant bowl of yummy popcorn as I do ...

How Parents Can Encourage Reading at Home & Limit Screen Time

If you are looking for ways of encouraging your child to read, here's a smart way we've done summer reading incentives that also limits screen time. These tips for parents to encourage reading serve multiple purposes for both parents and kids. Try out these strategies to encourage good reading habits in your kids! One of the defining ...

The Safe Way to Let Kids Use the Internet

This post on internet safety for kids was sponsored on behalf of Net Nanny via One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own. Our main desktop computer is on its way out, prompting us to buy (or rather my husband to assemble) a new computer so that we can better work from home. We want to figure out what the big issue is with it so we can ...

24 Best Educational Apps and Websites for Kids

It's crazy that something that I do each and every day can be so hard to teach my children. But I don't remember how I learned how to read, and chances are you don't either. I was not an early education major in college. I never learned the methods of how teach reading. I only recently learned what a CVC word is (consonant-verb-consonant like ...

Screen Free Quiet Time Ideas that Encourage Independent Play

We made it a long time. We really did. But, my daughter Lisa, at four and a half years old, is officially done with taking a nap during the day. I am now presented with the new challenge of what to do with a preschooler for 2-3 hours while my other two children are (hopefully) taking a nap at that same time. I need to come up with some great quiet ...

Book Review: Into the Minds of Babes

I read a lot of books, but don't always take (or have) the time to do a thorough book review of them to share on What's up Fagans? Part of that is because some books aren't worth that time or effort. But, I absolutely loved this last book I read, and am pretty much going to recommend it to all parents (and caregivers). The book is Into the Minds ...