This unique simple Earth Day Word Search is a great tool to help teach kids about conservation and pride of place. The environment and protection of the resources in our world, are both crucial concepts for families to share. Read to the end to see more Earth Day resources and Earth Day activities for parents and teachers too. Every day should be Earth Day, right? I agree. So what does Earth Day mean to you? I confess I didn’t ever give Earth Day much thought until I had kids. Before that I was ego-centric in a lot of ways. I…
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Easter Word Search for KIDS! I already have one here for kids and adults alike and they are pretty popular. So I figured it was time for another printable word game. Happy Easter my friends! I thought it would be fun to offer a few printables for Easter! I am partial to word searches so I thought perhaps you might all enjoy an Easter word search for kids for a bit of fun! Plus it’s free so, hello. Don’t forget to print out these lunchbox jokes too for Easter. My one daughter loves these and I loved them as a child…
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Happy Easter to you!! After a really long winter it’s time to all take a collective breath and get ready for the nice weather. I am looking forward to sharing a lovely Easter dinner with my family and seeing my nieces and nephews soon. What do you enjoy most about Easter? After the snow clears I like to get some fresh seasonal decorations and flowers out and spread them around the house to make it look fresh and inviting. This year I thought I would also offer my readers a few printables to keep you and the kids busy. This…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Well, almost! My husband is part Irish, so we could wholeheartedly celebrate this holiday if we wanted to. We don’t typically. I mean, we have kids. Our fun times and parties incorporate kid’s games and family friendly activities. What do you do for St. Patrick’s Day? Do you celebrate at all or play it low key? Regardless of whether you go all out or stay home and play it low key watching a movie, pretty much anyone can appreciate a simple word search. This one is simple enough for the kids and clean family friendly fun…
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The truth about my kids is that they take after me – a lot. I am a big book lover and I read voraciously. It’s one of my favourite pastimes. Words make me happy. They cheer me up and inspire me. They help me to feel, and they motivate me to act, and even encourage me to continue writing. Practice, after all, makes perfect. My kids happily also love to read. Love of reading is something I have always worked hard on nurturing in each of the girls. We often each have multiple books on the go. And oddly we…
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Family Day is a unique holiday to Canadians. It started in Ontario when a Liberal premier determined we needed a break in February. So Family Day became a long weekend in February in several provinces and frankly it couldn’t come at a better time. We often go skiing for Family Day. There are some really awesome places to do that in Ontario. A few weeks ago I began planning for Family Day here and this year I have a Family Day word scramble to share as well as a batch of Family Day activities that are free for you to…
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Enjoy this Family Day Crossword Puzzle Printable. This month we have Family Day long weekend to look forward to. I love that it comes right in the middle of February – a month when we all can use a little pick me up. If you are hunting for some fun and inexpensive things to do there are so many choices this weekend. Happy Family Day, friends!! I actually enjoy this holiday a lot. It comes at a perfect time right smack dab in the middle of February, which is, let’s face it, a rough grey month sometimes. It’s hard to…
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The Adoption Family Tree Printable is unique and intended to help kids visualize and process their place in the family and maybe even their understanding of adoption as a social phenomenon. Our kids often give new meaning to the proverb it takes a village to raise a child. Adoption and adoptive families are different. In more ways than most people can imagine. Once I wrote about some of the challenges of being an adoptive family here on CBC web site. Adoption is Not Like It Is In The Movies. Our kids often come with more challenges throughout life. They…
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Happy Soon-to-be Valentine’s Day, friends! I am starting to give some thought to when and how we will celebrate. It will be one year that we’ve been living here in our new house on Valentine’s Day. That’s right! We moved one year ago actually – right on Valentine’s Day. That is reason to celebrate with a Valentine coloring page printable. Regardless of who you are or what you think you might be doing to celebrate with the people you love, I thought you might enjoy some freebies this year. So I have been sharing printables regularly. I started at Christmas…
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Christmas is fast approaching and we haven’t even made a real list for Santa here yet. So here’s a Santa Wish List letter template for everyone to use this season. Well my kids make lists of so many things all year long, in fact, they might have made a list for Christmas months ago and lost it five times over already. Anyways, I know some of you are likely in the same boat. Frankly my kids are getting a bit too big for this anymore but I still encourage the Christmas spirit. As long as you believe, then I will…