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Halloween Painted Rocks

Halloween Painted Rocks

September 17, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Making story stones or painted rocks is a fun way to encourage some play-based learning, or a great craft for kids. These Halloween painted rocks would be perfect in a sensory bin, or to hide around the neighborhood or local parks for some holiday fun. *This post contains affiliate links.

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Always Eat After 7PM: Personal Review #4 My Results

Always Eat After 7PM: Personal Review #4 My Results

June 18, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. Taking the journey through Joel Marion’s Always Eat After 7PM program makes dieting easy and eliminates 90% of reasons for resistance. I have never felt better in a weight

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Always Eat After 7PM: Personal Review #3 Keeping Up Progress

Always Eat After 7PM: Personal Review #3 Keeping Up Progress

June 9, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. I have so far shared by experience with working through the book, Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While

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Always Eat After 7PM: Personal Review #2 (I Lost 8 lbs in the first 2 weeks)

Always Eat After 7PM: Personal Review #2 (I Lost 8 lbs in the first 2 weeks)

June 5, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. In my first review of the book Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by

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Summer Bingo Printable Game for Kids

Summer Bingo Printable Game for Kids

April 10, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This Summer Bingo printable game has fun icons for the beach, a picnic, nature and more! All items that go with summer fun. Play with up to 4 players. We love playing board games in our family. It’s one of our favorite pastimes, and one of our favorite ways to

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Butterfly Sensory Bin with Colored Rice

Butterfly Sensory Bin with Colored Rice

April 1, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This butterfly sensory bin uses rice, faux flowers and butterflies as a fun and interactive way for kids to learn. Printable butterfly question cards included as well.  Observing the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly is one of our favorite Spring activities for kids. This butterfly sensory bin will celebrate the

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Simple Indoor Activities for 4 Year Olds

Simple Indoor Activities for 4 Year Olds

March 24, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

These indoor activities for 4 year olds will keep kids busy, moving and entertained while stuck indoors. Plus, they work on important developmental skills. Being stuck inside with kids can be challenging as kids needs to move often. These indoor activities for 4 year olds will help you and your

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DIY Advent Calendar with Free Printable Acts of Kindness

DIY Advent Calendar with Free Printable Acts of Kindness

December 1, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone 5 Comments

Check out how to turn muffin tins into a DIY Advent Calendar! Grab the free printable Acts of Kindness calendar to do with the family for the month of December. Now that my kids are a little older, I have been trying to talk about how we can help others and

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Roll a Snowman Playdough Mat for Kids

Roll a Snowman Playdough Mat for Kids

November 22, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This roll a snowman playdough mat is great for kids. Use it as an independent playdough mat, for a collaborative game, or as a competitive game for kids. This Roll a Snowman playdough mat game is a fun one for kids as they celebrate Winter. It is a dice game and

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A Month of Pumpkin Books for Kids to Read this Fall

A Month of Pumpkin Books for Kids to Read this Fall

September 23, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

How many pumpkin books have you read? Did you know that there are a ton of pumpkin theme books out there just waiting to be explored? With the fall season upon us, now is the time to crack open those covers and dive right in!  Reading pumpkin books is just

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