3 Nacho Recipes to Make on Super Bowl Sunday!

Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend! What better way than to celebrate than with your own homemade nachos. Enjoy these recipes with your family as you cheer on the Buccaneers or the Chiefs!   Classic Nachos  Ingredients:  Tortilla Chips  Ground beef or meat of choice  Cheese (shredded)  Toppings: salsa, jalapeños, sour cream, green onion and

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Make Everyday Moments Teachable Moments

It is certainly true that many sensitive topics in life (the birds and the bees, drugs, divorce or natural disasters) cause even the most comfortable parents to be a little uneasy. While those conversations may not be a piece of cake to discuss, it is always better if the truth comes from you rather than

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Try These At-Home Listening Activities

While listening skills are practiced every day in preschool and kindergarten classrooms, it is up to parents to continue building those listening skills at home. Former kindergarten teacher Ilene Vitkus shared some of her classroom tactics to make at-home listening activities both fun and beneficial. Draw This! Bring out the crayons and paper and instruct

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Winter Wear In Florida!

Living in the Sunshine State has it’s advantages. Sun, surf and sand all year long. Golf on Thanksgiving, swimming on Christmas...what could be better? We are so lucky to live in paradise...but, even paradise welcomes “Jack Frost” now and then in the Florida winter. As the holiday season approaches, so do the ever illusive cold

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Is a Homeschool Co-op Right for Your Family?

Socialization is widely considered to be a concern for families as they start home schooling. Alachua County and the surrounding areas are blessed to have an incredible level of support for home schooling, one that many other districts in Florida do not share. Without a doubt, the best source of socialization and support comes from

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Use These Activities To Bring The Whole Family Together!

The holidays are the perfect time to squeeze in as much together time as possible with those distant relatives and even your own children, as schools are closed and sports and activities generally take a break during this time. But, don’t let the days pass and fill them with TV and Video games. Instead, encourage

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8 Travel Tips from Parents Who Have Been There, Done That…

Whether loading the kiddos in the minivan or an airplane, travel with the family takes special planning (and a whole lot of patience). Use these Lifesaver's Travel Tips as a guide for happily getting from Point A to Point B this holiday season. 1. I pack my boys’ clothes in gallon Ziplocks. Pack a whole

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Use These Apps to Get Moving!

We’ve all seen the “fitspiration” pictures online claiming that a workout is only 4 percent of your day, so that must mean there are no excuses, right? Well when you have kids to parent, a household to manage and work to do, sometimes it’s not so easy to fit in a full hour of exercise

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Things You Wish You Knew About Labor Induction

When pregnant, most future mothers will have an ideal birthing plan. They hope against all odds that they will have control over everything that will happen in the delivery room. The reality is that your labor story is going to be unique and most likely nothing like how you planned it to be. Labor Induction

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Giggle Magazine’s Gift Guide for Tweens and Teens!

Need last minute gift ideas for your tweens and teens? Here is a list of awesome gifts that you tweens and teens will love! Happy Shopping! Orbit: Obstacle AvoidanceDrone $39.99, gpx.com   Micro Tetris Arcade   $19.99, Amazon Spirograph(R) Retro Deluxe $19.99, kahootz-llc.myshopify.com   Jack and Mary Cashmere Scrunchies 3/$24, jackandmarydesigns.com   Birkenstock Arizona Silver

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