Winter Olympics for kids: Backyard winter sports, snow games, ice activities | Examiner.com
Raise your hand if you’ve had it with winter. Parents and teachers get especially tired of dealing with bored kids stuck inside. Here’s a winter blues buster: throw a snowtastic party. Celebrate the Winter Olympics in your own layground and backyard winter sports. Extend the fun with your own winter games variations. Here are safe, easy homemade winter games, snow games, ice activities requiring no fancy equipment. Winter Olympics for kids: Backyard winter sports, snow games, ice activities | Examiner.com
Free printable clocks, clock faces, telling time worksheets, time math lessons
Telling time using an analog clock is one of the most difficult concepts to teach. It's hard to explain to children how clock hands moving around a dial mark hours and minutes. It helps to use interactive telling time worksheets and hands-on clocks to make time math lessons easier. Here are free printable clocks, clock faces and telling time worksheets. Free printable clocks, clock faces, telling time worksheets, time math lessons | Examiner.com
U.S. childhood asthma rising in south, poor kids, ages 10-17 : Prevention tips | Examiner.com
A study in Pediatrics showed that childhood asthma prevalence has leveled in the U.S., but not in all demographics. U.S. childhood asthma rates are rising in preteens and teens ages 10-17 and among southern and low income children, reported the Associated Press on Jan. 3. Finally, asthma rates in children in living above the poverty line have plateaued, but that's only in children under 10. Why is that? Children in more affluent homes obviously have better access to healthcare and healthier environments. But why is childhood asthma rising among preteens and teens and kids in the south? Is it that parents of young children are better educated on childhood asthma prevention? Part of the problem could be that older children are starting to be more independent and may not always make the healthiest choices away from parents. Here are asthma prevention tips for parents, children and teens. U.S. childhood asthma rising in south, poor kids, ages 10-17 : Prevention tips | Examiner.com
Free printable Kwanzaa lesson plans, Swahili worksheets, African crafts, games
Habari Gani? This is the Swahili greeting given at Kwanzaa, the least known but fastest-growing of the winter holidays. When you greet someone with Habari Gani? you are asking "what's the news?" Kwanzaa--meaning "first fruits of the harvest"--celebrates family, community and culture. Kwanzaa is celebrated for seven days, from December 26 to January 1. In the seven days there are seven principles that people aim for. Here's the list in Swahili and English, plus free printable Kwanzaa lesson plans, Swahili worksheets, African crafts and games. Free printable Kwanzaa lesson plans, Swahili worksheets, African crafts, games | Examiner.com
Homemade Oobleck, Silly Putty, Moon Sand, play dough, paper mache recipes | Examiner.com
March is National Reading Month. For hands-on reading lessons how about homemade science recipes and kitchen chemistry experiments? Here are recipes for silly putty, noise or farting putty, Flubber, play dough, melting goop, Oobleck, Moon Sand, lint dough, modeling clay, paper mache, and soap dough. Homemade Oobleck, Silly Putty, Moon Sand, play dough, paper mache recipes | Examiner.com
Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky gets Penn State pension back, court says | Examiner.com
Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky gets his Penn State pension back, a court says. The Associated Press reported on Nov. 13, that the state must restore pension funds to former PSU assistant football coach. Sandusky's pension was removed three years ago when he was sentenced as a child molester. A Commonwealth Court panel ruled unanimously in favor of Sandusky. The court said the State Employees' Retirement Board erred by stating that Jerry Sandusky was a Penn State employee at the time he sexually abused 10 children. Sandusky ceased to be a PSU employee in 1999. The sex abuse convictions stem from when he operated a non-profit The Second Mile at PSUConvicted child molester Jerry Sandusky gets Penn State pension back, court says | Examiner.com
Halloween candy: Healthy ways to use up leftover trick-or-treat candy
So trick-or-treat is over and now your kids have a haul of Halloween candy. And of course you want them to eat all that sugar as soon as possible (not!). Or maybe you're stuck with candy you couldn't give away because it rained on Halloween or you didn't get as many children for trick-or-treat. You could eat it all and then regret it. Or you could try one of these healthy ways to use up leftover trick-or-treat candy. Halloween candy: Healthy ways to use up leftover trick-or-treat candy
Free printable Halloween lesson plans, Thanksgiving worksheets and fall holiday lesson plans | Examiner.com
National Candy Corn Day Halloween recipes, Day of the Dead skull cookies with candy corn
Wanna hear a corny joke? It's National Candy Corn Day, says Time-Warner Cable News. October 30, one day before the Big H (Halloween) celebrates the trick-or-treat candy staple. Introduced by Goelitz Candy Company (now Jelly Belly) in the early 1900s, candy corn was an instant hit, says Better Homes and Gardens. Candy corn is to Halloween what Peeps are to Easter. Candy corn has an amazing versatility and can be used in a gajillion (a real word) Halloween recipes and trick-or-treats. Here areNational Candy Corn Day Halloween recipes, trick-or-treats and corny sweets | Examiner.com
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