Try These At-Home Listening Activities

By Rebecca Vitkus | January 22, 2020 | Conception 2 College , Early Years
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!

By Giggle Magazine | January 21, 2020 | Guides
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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Use These Activities To Bring The Whole Family Together!

By Giggle Magazine | January 17, 2020 | Learn
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…

By Dana Kamp | January 14, 2020 | Life
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!

By Amanda Roland | January 13, 2020 | Health
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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Throw A Dance Party At-Home!

By Stephanie Cornwell | September 18, 2019 | Blog
When I think back on my childhood, my favorite memories are not the trips to Disney. I hardly remember my big birthday parties that my mom worked so hard to throw, and I couldn’t tell you a single present I got before the age of 15. But I can feel the nostalgia set in when

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Protect Your Child from the Sun’s Harmful Rays

By Jennifer Jensen | June 4, 2019 | Health
Nestled in the middle of the sunshine state, Gainesville provides plenty of opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors. But, parents have to be careful about sun exposure and make sure they are protecting their children, especially infants. Nothing dampens a great day spent outside more than being stuck with a terrible, painful sunburn. And,

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JUULs and Teens: The Vaping Epidemic

By Isabella Sorresso | May 29, 2019 | Conception 2 College , Teens
Being the daughter of a pulmonologist, I was taught to never smoke around the same time I was learning my ABCs. My mom found a photo I drew when I was about 5 years old that depicted a scribbly version of the “no smoking” sign. I had to have been the youngest spokesperson for “Tobacco

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Songs for Kids and Parents

By Giggle Magazine | October 17, 2018 | Blog
By Leah Antovel Car rides can by a chore when the only CDs you tossed in your center console are an assortment of KIDZ BOP. Your kids may love them, but you have had it with kids covering pop songs that have come and gone. Your time spent driving doesn’t have to be this way!

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