Adults and children alike are constantly staring at a screen. We have become increasingly dependent upon the technology. Screen-Free Week is a time for participants to turn off and "tune in" plugging into life instead!
Would you like to be a detective -- unraveling a mystery of what the world was like hundreds, thousands, and even millions of years ago? One tool for your investigation is sedimentary rock layers.
When you tap into your baby's creativity and allow him to make a present, giving is all the more fun! Here's a craft for the wee ones that is bound to please both the giver and the recipient alike!
never suffered pain when pregnant with my angels Olivia, Phoebe or Joseph, but tonight I am in bed with paracetamol and a hot water bottle with cramps low down
I do believe in God, he wont let my little baby go to will he I couldnt bare it
Gareth gone to work
Cant quite sit still as am sore. A bath maybe? This baby must not go, I wont say or complain when I was warned
Feeling scared and anxious, I took two diazipam to help (allowed) just need painkillers to relax uterus and make it all ok
please let it be ok
For just one hour, kids and families and organizations worldwide will come together to turn out their lights and show it's possible to have an impact on climate change. Snag the kids' attention and help them participate in Earth Hour's voluntary power down with these ideas.
Are you interested in learning more about prenatal yoga and its benefits?
If so, global yoga specialist, Jiivana has just launched its renowned prenatal yoga DVD, Bliss From Within, in the UK today. The DVD has been endorsed by The National Association of Childbirth Educators and is seen to be the most comprehensive prenatal Yoga DVD on the market.
im a mother of a 15 month old daughter and 5 months pregnant with a boy. i need some advice on raising a toddler while being pregnant. your truely 18 year old mom.
There is something about kids and dirt. They go together as comfortably as ducks and water. Here's a chance to create a joke AND play with food. What child could resist?
Today's experiment will help you see and taste that small, water-soluble molecules -- like color pigments and sugar -- are transported by water through xylem stem to the leaves and flowers of a plant.
The art of weaving a good story has been around for thousands of years. Stories have and are told to pass down history, to convey emotions or circumstances, and to ignite one's imagination -- sweeping to a place far, far, away!
An inventor is someone that uses his or her imagination and creative thinking to create something useful for the first time. These people pay attention to all that is around them. They also ask questions and keep on doing so until they can find their answer!
Kids love to squish, mold, roll and form! Experimenting with a variety of substances is a natural way to learn about the world; play is your child's scientific method.
Children all over the world enjoy playing with messy, gooey mixtures like mud every day. Learning about substances -- how they feel, smell, taste, look and behave is an integral part of a toddler's job description. Here are recipes for some wonderful, gooey, icky mixtures.
Besides hold up glasses, what is your nose good for? One very important thing -- your nose allows you to smell. Without your nose you wouldn't know how wonderful a flower smells. Holding up your glasses and allowing you to smell the flowers are only 2 of the many reasons we have a nose. Every time you take a breath your nose is very busy doing many different things.
Fossils offer us clues about life in the past -- even years and years ago! Normally when a plant or animal dies, its remains either decay or perhaps are consumed by another animal. Sometimes though before that happens the conditions can be just right and the remains become buried and preserved.
Invisible ink has been used to conceal secret messages for a long time. During the Revolutionary War, it wasn't uncommon for a letter to bear an invisible message as well as visible one. One of the techniques for protecting secret information was the use of disappearing inks.
A fun way to spend any day is to pull out a bottle of bubbles. Those bubbles create amazement and excitement in children of all ages. Here we offer an easy recipe so that you can extend the fun by making your own bubble mix as well as really fun toys to make your bubbles big or little!