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Shake It Up with Make Your Own Holiday Snow Globes

December 19, 2015 by Monica Atkins Leave a Comment
Make Your Own Holiday Globes

Snow globes have a tendency to entrance children as they can easily control the weather for one small picturesque scene. We start to pull these out around the holiday season as they have that association of snow and seasonal celebrations. As we were compiling a list of activities to do before watching holiday movies, we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts and Crafts, Holidays and Celebrations, The Arts Tagged: Arts and Crafts, Christmas Traditions, holiday, Holiday Activites, Holiday Activities, Holiday Activities for Kids, learning through play, snow globes

Lighting Up Language

December 12, 2015 by Monica Atkins 2 Comments
Light up Language

Fun Ways to Boost Language Development This Holiday Season As the mom of a child who struggled with speech, I found myself constantly looking for opportunities to encourage language development. Whether it was identifying objects, practicing prepositions or labeling colors and shapes, I was always trying to exhaust words. I found these teachable moments could occur … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Development, Education, Holidays and Celebrations, Homeschool Activities Tagged: child development, education, Holiday Activities, Holiday Light Shows in NJ, holiday lights, language development

Hidden Learning and Fun at Christmas Ice Caverns

November 25, 2015 by Monica Atkins 1 Comment
Christmas Ice Caverns

Updated for 2019! Due to the sale of their building, the Christmas Ice Caverns will not open in 2019. We will update this post, once we learn of their new location. The Christmas Ice Caverns have been a New Jersey tradition celebrating their 51st Anniversary this year!  Families migrate to Jody’s Silk Florist and Patio … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education, Holidays and Celebrations, NJ Day Trips Tagged: Christmas Activities, Christmas events, Holiday Activities, holiday events, Places to See in NJ

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