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A Plus Math

Check out this cool flashcard creator from A Plus Math. They also have other great resources for parents and students. I’ve spent an hour already printing math worksheets to do with my kids.

20Nov2008 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
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Poingo: Children’s interactive storybook

Poingo is the latest interactive book for children ages 3-7. The interactive part consists of a infrared scanner that resembles a pen that reads mincroscopic symbols throughout the books. The symbols trigger Poingo to provide words, music, or sound through the onboard speaker.
We have the starter set which includes Poingo and two books featuring Cars [...]

19Nov2008 | Kristie | 0 comments | Continued
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Keep your child safe with SeatSnug

I admit it. I’m one of those freaky moms about my children’s safety while riding in the car. My greatest fear is that they will be injured or killed in a car accident and I would never forgive myself if it happened because I didn’t have them strapped in safely. My issue is that [...]

12Nov2008 | Kristie | 0 comments | Continued
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Keep Kids Safe & Seen this Halloween

With Halloween right around the corner, child pedestrian safety expert Moira Donahue with Safe Kids USA, is encouraging parents to remind their little ghosts and super heroes to be safe when out trick-or-treating.
Halloween is supposed to be about scares that are fun, not frightening. But statistics show it’s one of the most dangerous days [...]

29Oct2008 | lipsticktocrayons | 0 comments | Continued
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Learning is Fun with School Zone

I admit I am a bit of a slacker mom. Flash cards? No way. Writing the alphabet, learning shapes and colors? Nope- I assume they learn all that in school. That is what preschool is for, right? So I loved receiving these great workbooks from School Zone. I can lessen my guilt a bit by [...]

11Oct2008 | Jennifer | 0 comments | Continued
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“The Tat That Brings Kids Back!”

The Lipstick to Crayons sisters have a confession. We are freaks about losing sight of our kids out in public. I can’t tell you how many times one of us had a fit of panic that we lost a child only to realize that embarrassingly they were standing behind us or on our hip. Seriously, [...]

4Oct2008 | lipsticktocrayons | 2 comments | Continued
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Transforming one lesson at a time

I have four kids aged two to ten. Three of them have attention and auditory processing issues and my oldest has issues with impulsiveness along with her ADHD. Dealing with her discipline issues has not been easy and those issues are compounded with my ineffective parenting and all three of my oldest children respond disrespectfully to [...]

24Sep2008 | Kristie | 0 comments | Continued
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My First Period Kit

I’ve been reviewing many products of late that have to do with puberty and sex but so far none have impressed me like the My First Period Kit & DVD that I recently reviewed for PBN.
This must-have for parents includes:

An informative, 99-minute DVD to view WITH [...]

3Sep2008 | Kristie | 3 comments | Continued
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