Write your letters to SantaSantaNORTH POLE H0H 0H0 Remember to include your return address! For “green families” who wish to save paper and carbon footprints you may choose to e-mail Santa HERE. Canada Post works to ensure every child gets an answer in the language in which the letter is written (fyi – it does…
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Halloween Snacks & Activities
This looks like an easy Halloween activity and also a special snack treat. Love that it is narrated by a kid! (My Thing 1 is getting increasing fearful of ghosts this year — she is coming home from school about “Mary Black” being in the washroom — I remember being scared to death of the…
Make lunch smart
After being on a field trip with six kindergarten classes recently – I had a good look at what “lunch” looks like. One kid had a jam sandwich. Another ate cut-up, cold, hot dog (no bun) with ketchup. Parents, we are all busy — but remember that lunch is the fuel for our kids gas…
Parent Club – Family Road Trip Tips
What the heck did parents ever do before the portable dvd player? I do remember playing “punchbuggy red” when someone saw a bug vehicle on the road and he/she could yell at the top of his/her lungs “punchbuggy red” and then that someone could hit -as hard as one could – the sibling sitting next…
Everyday is Saturday
Do you remember the poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems & Drawings by Shel Silverstein ? The one that ends with “…And I’ve taken twelve thousand and forty-one breaths,And I’m TIRED!” The whole point of the poem is that the character is doing nothing activity and it is such hard work. (yes, nothing activity)….
Lice and Olive Oil – Who Knew?…
Update on the lice; 3 tea tree oil treatments and Thing 1 and Thing 2 are lice free (crossed fingers as I type). Still a couple of nits last night so we’ll keep at it. Two Parent Club readers “shared” a lice treatment tip; covering wet hair with olive oil – then put up in…
Head Lice – Sigh…
Thought it was just dry itchy scalp from the summer weather. Wait something moved. Completely embarrassed. Sigh. Yuck. Sigh again. It’s lice. Immediately did a NIX cream rinse and brushed with the little plastic brush. Yuck. After a bit of research; I found that new research notes that lice are becoming resistant to products such…
Summer Skool
Now that school’s out (or if you’re getting ready to get a little somebody school ready) we’ve got a few websites worth getting into the favourites tabs… French websites www.tfou.frwww.momes.netwww.scolartek.com English websites www.tvokids.comwww.webkinz.com (yes, you have to actually buy the stuffed animal – but this website is actually educational. Other than the hands-on learning of…
LeapFrog Literacy Campaign
A report by the Canadian Council on Learning states that; during the summer students typically lose on average the equivalent of one month of instruction. Wow. LeapFrog Canada has launched a 1 Million Reading Hours literacy program to support children’s literacy. “Reading just a few minutes a day can go a long way to building…
Telehealth Ontario is good
Thing 2 has a reaction to something. Call it a rash, hives or small blisters. My education was spent studying the likes of Shakespeare NOT skin irritations. Some areas of Thing 2 are covered in clusters while other areas have stand alone spots. Why didn’t I go to medical school? (truth; I’m really all bedside…
Teacher Gifts
I’ve put together some teacher gift ideas which perhaps may give you some inspiration. Gift certificates are easy, practical – and um, easy. Movie theatre or Rogers/Blockbuster gift certificates. Tim Hortons/Starbucks gift certificates. Indigo or amazon gift certificates. Home Depot or Rona gift certificate (for the gardener or builder). HMV or music store gift certificates…
Parent Club: June is safety month
June is Home Safety Month according to the Home Safety Council. Below are a few safety tips all parents should adhere to… When children are in the tub, stay close enough to touch them. Put new batteries in your smoke alarms at least one time each year. Children can choke on small items, such as…