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H-E-Buddy Summer Reading Club 2008-05-29 20:22:07 Here's another book reading club to help encourage your children to continue reading throughout the summer. It's called the H-E-BuddyReading
Club and your child will receive some cool prizes just for reading ten books.
Participation is easy:
"Read 10 books. Parents are allowed to read to their children if they are
too young to read.
List each book you read. Have your parents initial by th Read more:Summer
Free Family Film Festival 2008-06-01 20:28:43 The Free Family
Film Festival
is provided by Regal theatres and provides free selected G and PG movies for kids and parents with a nine week schedule during the summer (USA only).
Information from Regal Theatres: When school's out, kids around the country visit selected Regal theatres for the Free Family Film Festival. It's a fun-filled nine weeks of movies for kids and parents. Since 1991,
BookWorm Wednesday - National Amusements 2008-06-04 22:16:26 BookWorm Wednesday
is another fun program for your children to see a free movie during the summer with a twist. The program encourages reading during the summer months and in order to get free admission to the select films, your child must present a book report.
Here is some further information from National
Amusements website:
"BOOKWORM WEDNESDAY is an annual fun and rewarding summer readi
Kids Workshops - Home Depot 2008-06-06 20:33:48 On the first Saturday of each month (that would be tomorrow), Home Depot
stores offer a free kids workshop designed for children ages 5 - 12 years of age. These workshops are held between 9 AM and noon at all The Home Depot
Stores.
Information from Home Depot: "The workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills and tool safety, while at the same time helping to instill a sense of accomplishm Read more:Workshops
Fifi and the Flowertots - Free Fifi and the Flowertots DVD 2008-06-06 16:06:18 Fifi and the Flowertots fans can request a free sampler DVD from HiT Entertainment.
Each DVD contains a Fifi and The Flowertots episode and 3 music videos for preschoolers to sing along to.
There is no purchase necessary to receive this DVD. Just a big heads up on this one as these will go fast so don't delay or you will miss out.
Request form is located at Fifi and the Flowertots DVD.
Here
MatchMaster Games 2008-06-09 17:31:10 Recently I had the pleasure of receiving an e-mail from Stacy Schlicht (from Rogers and Cowan) who asked me if I would like to do I review for a new children's game.
Now, I love doing reviews and learning about new products for our children, so I agreed and I'm very happy I did.
The game I was introduced to is called MatchMaster, which is associated with the David Beckham Acamedy. MatchMaster Read more:Games
My Picturebook - Personalized Children's Book 2008-06-12 19:50:36 With My Picturebook you can create a free personalized children's book. Inside the book you can include:
Your child
Yourself
Car
Tractor
Pet (dog as of this posting)
The book is very easy to create as you just select an answer or type in an answer from the menu. After you finished with your answers your online personalized book will be created.
Its a cute book (approximatly 38 pages) that your Read more:Personalized
, Children
Jiff-e-Books - Personalized Children's Story Books 2008-06-15 18:49:42 Free personalized children's story books, animal coloring book and award certificates can all be found at Jiff-e-Books
.
You can start off by making free personalized books for you children. Very easy to make, you just enter your child's name, the name(s) of one or more of their friends, the child's hometown, and whether the child is male or female. After the book is created you can print it out Read more:Personalized
, Children
Pokemon Deoxys Downloads at GameStop 2008-06-19 21:56:23 I was just alerted to this and figured I post it for those of you with children who play Pokémon® on their Nintendo DS™.
"Pokémon players are invited to bring their Nintendo DS systems and Pokémon® Diamond or Pokémon® Pearl games to the nearest GameStop
store where they can receive Deoxys™, a legendary character with transformative powers and an impressive set of battle-ready move Read more:Pokemon
, Downloads
HP/Kung Fu Panda Activity CD 2008-06-19 19:23:32 A little something for all children that are fans of Kung FU Panda
. Here's your chance to receive a HP/Kung Fu Panda activity CD with dance video instructions to learn the "Pandamonium" dance and more.
Info from MomSelect: Register now to receive your HP/Kung Fu Panda activity CD. The CD includes: "The Panda" dance video and "how-to" video instructions for you and yo Read more:Activity
"Summer C" Curriculum 2008-06-18 21:55:56 Here's a fun and educational way to communicate the facts about how peaches, plums and nectarines are a good source of Vitamin C to help keep our kids healthy.
The “Get Your Summer
C” curriculum was created in partnership with California peach, plum and nectarine growers and Scholastic. It includes four activity sheets that cover subject areas such as health, history, agriculture, math, and Read more:Curriculum
Fourth of July Coloring Pages - part II 2008-07-04 11:30:46 Fourth of July Man - with hot dog and flag
Betsy Ross - sewing flag
United States - The 4th of July (page downloads slow)
Fourth of July House
Girl Riding Rocket
Celebrating Independence Day
Family watching Fireworks
Uncle Sam - running with flag
Ribbon
Flag and Dove
Fourth of July coloring pages - part I
Please let us know if you have any problems with the above links.
Wishing you Read more:Coloring
, Pages
Fourth of July Coloring Pages - part I 2008-06-29 12:47:59 Hope all have a wonderful Fourth of July. Enjoy the barbeque's, parties and fireworks.
Here's a bunch of different coloring pages to brighten up your Fourth of July.
July 4th Bear
Happy July 4th - sign (opens slow)
Patriotic Heart
US Flag
Statue of Liberty - with Uncle Sam in car
Boy and Girl Celebrating
Fourth of July Hat
Uncle Sam - with flag
Independence Day - Happy Fourth of July Read more:Coloring
, Pages
Thomas The Train and Friends Play Dates 2008-06-26 20:28:45 Bring your little engineer into Toys R Us for Thomas
and Friends
play dates.
Thomas and Friends Play Dates at Toys R Us near you..
* June 28, 2008
* September 13, 2008
* October 11, 2008
- Storytime every half hour
- Coloring Fun
- Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway Play Table Time.
- Free pack of Thomas Trading Cards (while supplies last)
- Special in-store savings
Just be advised that dates Read more:Train
Fireworks Coloring Pages - Fourth of July 2008-06-23 20:32:02 Here some fireworks coloring pages links to color and decorate for your Fourth of July.
Please note fireworks can be dangerous and should only be used by adults!
Fireworks
Safety Month
Enjoy the different pages and if you would like to share your colored pictures just send us an e-mail.
Fireworks - Sparky's Safety
Fireworks #1
Fireworks #2
Fireworks #3
Fireworks #4
Fireworks #5 Read more:Coloring
, Pages
Rare Children's Literature 2008-07-19 08:01:01 I have found a really neat site where you can find some rare children's books to read online or print out on your computer printer.
The Library of Congress has listed many rare children's books with published/created dates that go back into the 1800's.
To read through the books, they have a Page turner ink that allows you to move through the books, page by page. You can also enlarge any of the Read more:Children
, Literature
The Island Party Planner - Family Fun 2008-07-16 19:28:50 Planning a party? Here's a tropical planner that you and the children can use to make throwing your IslandParty
easy.
The planner contains some really fun and different things that your children can make to help out at the party or to turn a weekend barbecue into an Island barbecue.
The Island Party Planner is being offer by Amazon.com.
After clicking the above link, scroll slightly down Read more:Family
"Color in the Differences" Coloring Book 2008-07-13 13:32:49 "This coloring book teaches children that a developmental disability is just one of the differences in our world that makes each person unique. God made us different, and God loves everyone"
You have two choice in receiving this free coloring book, you can either download and print these on your computer printer or you can request to have them sent to you (limit 5 per address). Actually Read more:Color
, Coloring
, Coloring Book
Garfield Star Sleeper Fun Pad 2008-07-10 20:25:13 Here's a cute Garfield
Star Sleeper
Fun Pad from the National Institutes of Health. The fun pad is designed to help to your younger children the importance of sleep and getting proper rest.
Inside of the fun pad you will find Garfield coloring pages, mazes, connect the dots, circle the correct object game, unscramble the words, make a word game, word search, sleep diary, crack the code and a
Race To The Center 2008-07-07 19:30:24 Race To The Center
is an online game created for the release of the film Journey to the Center of the Earth, starring Brendan Fraser.
The game consists of three interactive challenges (Scavenger Hunt, Free Fall and Rock Hop) that you and your children can try to complete to make it to the Core Club. If you make it through the three challenges, you are an honorary member of the Core Club and have
Batman Coloring Pages 2008-08-02 14:44:52 With all the talk about the new Batman
movie, my son decided he would like to put together a Batman coloring book. With a little searching comes these pages for you to put together your own Batman coloring book.
Batman - face
Batman - The Dark Knight
Batman #1
Batman #2
Batman #3
Batman - with Batmobile
Batman - with Robin
Batman - chasing the Joker
Batman - with Superman
Please ley us Read more:Coloring
, Pages
Activity TV 2008-08-02 14:40:00 I received a wonderful e-mail from Rob Huff who is part of the web content team at Activity
TV. Rob wanted to share the wide array of fun activities for children that Activity TV provides... and I'm very happy he did!
I have found Activity TV to be one of the more enjoyable, easy to use, children's activity websites on the Internet.
Activity TV will provide plenty of fun activities for your
Free Star Wars Clone Wars Sample Pack - Toys R Us 2008-07-31 19:39:28 For your Star Wars fans, game players and/or collectors.
Here's a coupon for a FREE Star Wars, Clone Wars sample pack that can be used at your local Toys R US. Each Clone Wars sample pack contains two training cards and up to four units.
There is no purchase necessary and there is a limit of one sample pack per person. USA only. Offer ends August 31, 2008.
FYI: As i always do with in store Read more:Sample
How To Draw Hannah Montana 2008-07-28 08:00:01 The ever popular HannahMontana
, AKA Miley Cyrus. DragoArt has a detailed drawing lesson on how to draw Hannah. They make it look so easy to do. My daughter is working on her sketch as I post this and doing a good job.
There is a total of six steps involved with this one and it has a difficulty rating of intermediate.
How To Draw Hannah Montana
Technorati Tags: Fun 4 The Children Hannah
First Aid Coloring Book 2008-07-27 15:00:08 The First
Aid coloring book will educate about first aid procedures will providing hours of fun for your children. Each picture may be printed then colored by hand.
To print, click the iPaper button near top of photo and select print.
First AidColoring
Book - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: First Aid Coloring Book
How to Draw Batman 2008-07-27 12:28:12 I'm adding a new category to Fun 4 The Children called How To Draw. My kids love drawing and are always searching for different lessons on how to draw things. So as I find new tutorials I will list them on Fun 4 The Children.
If anyone knows of any drawing tutorials or if we have any artists who would like to add drawing tutorials to Fun 4 The Children please let me know.
The first drawing Read more:Batman
Exploring Nature in Your Neighborhood 2008-07-24 22:05:55 Fun activities for you and your children to go out and explore nature right in your own neighborhood.
Over at the California State Parks website you can download some different activities to help get you started on some Neighborhood
Nature adventuring.
There are five different activities to help with your Neighborhood Nature adventure:
Start a Nature Journal
A Poem for a Poppy or a Story for Read more:Exploring
GeoTrax® DVD 2008-07-21 19:38:49 DO we have any fans of GeoTrax? If so, then this one is for you.
Mattel is offering a free GeoTrax® DVD, that contains three animated episodes that take you all over GeoTown!
Information from Fisher Price: "Meet the new GeoTrax® teams! Join Aero™ the engine and his driver Eric™ on three exciting GeoTrax® adventures in GeoTown™ as they learn the importance of working together."
Planet Heroes™ DVD - "The Ace That Jumped Over the Moon" 2008-07-21 19:08:32 Back in April 2008 I posted and offer for a free Planet Heroes™ DVD - "Here Comes the Sun". Hope all took advantage of it.
Mattel is now offering a free Planet Heroes™ DVD where you get to meet the newest Planet Heroes in "The Ace That Jumped Over the Moon".
The DVD is digitally mastered in full color and is 16.17 minutes with subject matter intended for children 3 years