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Easy and Fun Activities For Kids In Your Backyard

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Easy and Fun Activities For Kids In Your Backyard

August 16, 2023November 14, 2023 Lisa Martin0Tagged ability of the players, Active Kid Games, backs of the players, Backyard games, Balloon, Balloon Bust Relay, Balloon Questions, bike ride, Blob Tag, challenging course, child, classic game of tug of war, Free Play, Fun Activities, fun outdoor game, Good Time, Goodies (song), great game, great outdoors, great way, group of balloons, independent outdoor play, kids, list of items, little kids tire of the outdoor activity, most different types of bugs, natural materials, natural objects, Nature Scavenger Hunt, old favorite, old sheet, older children, Outdoor Adventures, outdoor fun, paint mouse whiskers, piles of leaves, Pool noodle, rather large blob, second set of paper strips, shadows of other team members, Simon Says, sketch pad, summer days, tennis ball, Toy balloon, traffic light, Treasure Hunt, various obstacles, very large piece of paper, Water balloon, water balloon fights, Water Balloons, water table, young artists, younger kids, younger players

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Top Gifts For Kids That They Really Want

November 12, 2022December 6, 2023 Lisa Martin0Tagged 2-year-old play, 26-piece Basic Set, 6-chamber auto-advancing blaster, 88-piece jigsaw puzzles, action figures, action game, added shake feature, additional set of teeth, Adventure Force Alpha Auto, Avast, best thing, Blaster, Blaster Learning System, Bundt cake, Cake, Cake-N-Bake Challenge, chain-reaction activity sets, charm of these whimsical characters, classic Poppers, classic toy, color-blending joy of finger, Daisy Duck, Dart Blaster, Darts, delightful show, different eye-popping payoff, different kind, different shape, Domino toppling, DoodleJamz JellyBoards, DoodleJamz JellyPics, Emoji, enchanting realm of the top gifts, Escape room, first player, fishing pole, Foam cake, Force Blitz, Freddy Fire, friends Mikey Medic, Friends Tea Party, Funko, Gingerbread Man Popper, Golden Freddy, Handy Grabs Nibblerz, Hi-Fly (Horace Parlan album), Hi-Fly (Randy Weston song), high-flying, high-flying chain reactions, Hog Wild, Hog Wild Holiday Poppers, hours of free-form, ideal toy, Join Ducklas, kids, kids fishing, little hands, Load darts, lot of fun, Magformers Basic Set, magnetic hook, Minnie Mouse, Minnie Mouse lid, mystery of Nightfall Manor, new Cake-N-Bake Challenge, new Oddbods Toys, new take, newest kids, Oddbods, overwhelming array of toys, perfect gift, Petit four, Playmobil, previous year, serving tray, Shrek (franchise), special occasions, Stage Playset, Storm of Darts, tea cups, The Nutcracker, Throwing games, tiger-striped design, Top Gifts, tower trigger, traditional Nutcracker Popperand, treasure chest, Treasure Hunt, treasure map, Two-Face, ultimate unboxing experience, unique Linx Launcher Key, uniquely designed interlocking ZipLinx piece lets, unlimited designs, Waistcoat, WCW Hog Wild, whimsical Gingerbread Man Popper, Wooly Willy, world, ZipLinx launch pieces, Ziplinx Triple Tower Blast

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Reading Apps For Kids: Readability Tutor

June 9, 2021November 14, 2023 Lisa Martin19Tagged additional cost, Advanced Speech Recognition, Applied linguistics, Artificial intelligence, best matches, book selections, child, children, children reading, closest thing, comprehension, comprehension skills, end of each book, excellent readers, free 7-day trial, free trial, fun, Gamification, grade level, great reading program, Human capital flight, individual child’s needs, Interactive Voice-based Questions, kids, Learning to read, little more reading comprehension practice, long term contract, love of books, Mobile app, most interactive online reading programs, Natural language processing, only learning app of its kind, Orthography, own reading tutor, parent dashboard, Plain English, profile, Readability, Readability App, Readability Tutor, Readability Tutor app, Readability Tutor App For, Readability Tutor Reading App, reader, Reading, reading program, reading skills, real challenge, real time, Real-Time Performance Tracking, sixth grade, Speech recognition, speech recognition technology, Track time, use, young readers

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How To Prepare Your Kids For Summer Break

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How To Prepare Your Kids For Summer Break

May 6, 2021November 14, 2023 Lisa Martin9Tagged amusement park, beach, bit, break, Chore List, chores, day, daytime hours, dinner, duties, easy-going summer break, end, expectations, extra-curricular activities, family, family day, family days, form of routine, freedom, friends, fun-filled, home parent, kids, later nights, older kids, Plan Family Days, plan of attack, priority, quality family time, relaxation, responsibilities, restless nights, rules, sanity, school, school sessions, Set Rules, small community, sporting events, structure, summer, Summer Break, summer break chore list, summer break rules, teens, tips, Today, way, week, work

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Halloween

The Best Halloween Events In Illinois

October 15, 2018November 9, 2023 Lisa Martin19Tagged Activities, age, Allhallowtide, animated ghosts, annual Old Timey Halloween, Bengston’s Pumpkin Farm, Best Halloween Events, Chicago, Chicago Park District, children, costumes, Culture of Ireland, day of fun, entire family, families, family-friendly attractions, Foster Park, Fun Halloween Events, fun Halloween experiences, fun-filled Halloween venture, Geography of Halloween, gourds, Halloween, Halloween traditions, Haunted attraction, haunted attractions, Haunted Barn, Haunted house, hay ride, Hayride, Henson Robinson Zoo, Homer Glen, Illinois, houses, Illinois, Irish folklore, Jack-o'-lantern, kids, Kids of all ages, Lake of the Woods, California, monsters, Museum of the Grand Prairie, offer, Old Timey Halloween, older children, parade route, Peoria’s Wildlife Prairie Park, perfect pumpkin, petting zoo, pumpkin farm, safe environment, Scary Park, Scottish culture, Scottish folklore, second annual Halloween Parade, state’s capital, The Haunted Barn, trick, Trick-or-treating, various activities, Wildlife Prairie Park, young monsters, younger children, younger ghouls, Zoolie Ghoulie

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