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D,L,T&K Build a
Bunk Bed!
The story of why and how we built our own bunk beds,
including directions for building and decorating one for your home!
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Diaper Cake
for Baby Showers
With a poem to go with!
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DLTK's "Grow
With Me" Craft Concept
Ideas for expanding the paper crafts with
different materials to make them suitable for older children.
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Childhood
Obesity
Dr. Peter Nieman has been practicing as a specialist
with children for more than twenty years and has been a pediatrician
in Alberta since 1987. He's kindly agreed to give everyone who
uses DLTK's Crafts for Kids free use of his on-line help, web-inars
and articles!
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Watching
Sunsets
An article reminding us about the importance of staying
in tune with our children.
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Why Color
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Discipline
Your children may be healthy as horses, but for many
the constant fight to get them to obey wears even the most patient parent
down over time.
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Inspirational and Humourous Pieces on Teaching
Written and contributed by Cathy Abraham.
I really enjoyed these!
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Child Violence
- How to Prevent Your Child from Becoming a Statistic
Bullying has become a very serious "Hot" topic today. It's been in the
news, and the theme of several talk shows in the past year. The problem
has been around for as long as people have been around, but it's only
been recently that we've become aware enough to do something about it.
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Child Violence
Did you know that over 6 million boys and 4 million girls are involved
in fights every year on school grounds?
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Helping Children Deal
with Tragedy
Personal and international tragedy is difficult
enough to deal with as an adult -- explaining things to young children
while caught in your own emotional struggle is even harder. Here
are some ideas that might help.
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How
Do Parents Help Their Children Become Good Readers?
What
contributes to a child becoming a good reader? And what can parents
do to help?
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Is My Child's Behavior 'Normal'?
Sometimes parents wonder if the emotional outbursts,
flights of fancy and mood swings their children experience are par for
the course or something to worry about.
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Learning with your Child -
Part 1:
Minimize your buts
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Learning with your Child -
Part 2:
Don't learn it, live it!
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Learning with your Child -
Part 3:
10 keys to successful home reading
5 tips to making reading more enjoyable
ideas for expanding the reading
experience
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Learning with your Child -
Part 4:
The Curse of the Early Reader
A very real problem
you need to watch for with children who know how to read.
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Learning with your Child -
Part 5:
ABC Survey - what do children look for in their alphabet
activities?
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Lessons for the Playground (...and
life!)
Since my daughters have started their elementary education
I have noticed that there is a clear emphasis on developing a strong
sense of community within the school. Over the year's I've learned
a few things about teaching them to resolve their problems.
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Teaching Young Children
the Bible
Little Blessings
Bible Lessons has provided this article with ideas on Why, What and
How to teach preschoolers the Bible.
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Why Grammar?
Marie Rackham, retired school teacher and
winner of 10 National & International Awards for Excellence in Educational
Media, has kindly provided us with this wonderful article discussing
her feelings about teaching grammar to children.
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Home schooled
kids socialize well
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Privacy on the Internet
Find out what the world wide web knows about you.
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How to make balloon plants
Find out how you and your kids can grow a garden in a balloon!
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Confetti
Envelopes
With all of the card giving events like mother's day,
father's day, grandparent's day and graduation happening right now,
why not try making some of these neat customized envelopes!
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How to Build a Website
- Series of Seven Articles
Walk through planning, building a
webpage, hosting and domain names, publishing and making money.
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DLTK's
Safety Kids
This is more of a new much-requested section than
an article, but it does contain articles within it (along with on-line
stories, printable activity worksheets, crafts and coloring pages) for
helping safety-kids learn about stranger danger, fire safety, 911, hiking
and more!
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame
When Tasha was five, we enrolled her in softball/T-ball. I
wonder if the major league people once played the game this way...
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Packet Gifts
PACKET GIFTS are fun sayings that go with
the items listed. A fun way to give these "Packet Gifts" is to put them
in a cute bag, a decorated box, backpack, vase, flower pot, etc...
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Is your husband
a Pig? Mine is! Find out your Chinese Zodiac information
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Valentine's Day - History
and Sunday School Ideas
Some of the history
of Valentine's Day and some ideas specifically geared for Sunday Schools.
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In like a Lion
and Out like a Lamb
Start March in style with some simple activities
you can do with your child to learn a bit about the weather.
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Saint Patrick
and His Special Day
Find out a bit more about the history and
stories surrounding Saint Patrick's Day.
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Spring Fling
Great
spring activity suggestions from the author of "Help! I'm Bored..."
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April Showers
Bring May Flowers
Another set of graphing, singing, crafting
and coloring exercises to go with the Spring saying, April showers bring
May flowers!
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All
About Earth Day
Find out what Earth Day is all about and learn
a few fun songs too!
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A Holiday for Trees...
Find out what Arbor Day is all about and do a few crafts to go with!
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We're Going Buggy...
Learn
a bit about insects and find some crafts, coloring, and songs to help
reinforce the lesson!
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Motherhood
-- it will change your life
(Get your kleenex ready!)
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About
Father's Day
This article includes a short history about father's
day, some simple father's day
songs, and some ideas
on incorporating Father's Day into
Sunday School celebrations.
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Happy Birthday
Canada!
This article includes a short history of Canada Day,
some simple Canada Day songs and some ideas on incorporating Canada
Day into Sunday School celebrations.
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It's Independence
Day!
This article includes a short history of Independence Day
plus some songs and activities.
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A Mid Summer
Night's Fun
Whether you're looking for
some family fun ideas to occupy the kids during the last of summer holidays
or just want to host one last summer blast before it's time to go back
to school you're sure to find something in our Mid Summer Night's Fun
article. It includes songs, games, activities -- and, of course,
a craft idea or two!
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Back to
School - Back to Recess
The story of how I temporarily traumatized
my daughter by failing to prepare her for the most important part of
the school day -- recess! Plus some tongue twisters, games, jokes
and riddles sure to make your youngster's first days back to school
easier.
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Allergy Allert
As chef
and baker for a family that does not have any food allergies or food
intolerances, it is easy to forget that there are many foods out there
that are dangerous (even deadly) to some children -- especially in the
middle of party planning.
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Halloween
Safety
Halloween can be fun, exciting and a whole lot safer if you review some
Halloween safety tips and prepare a bit before the kids go out.
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A Remembrance Day Story
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Make a Child Smile
Send a card to a sick child... a great thing to do during the holidays!
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The Key
to Holiday Photo Success
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Holiday Safety,
Scooters and Recalls
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Angel Quotes
and Inspiration
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What Christmas
Means to Me
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World Peace Puzzle
How would you like to be a piece of what could be the largest jigsaw
puzzle ever?
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Trends in Technology:
Are you Game?
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Hugs and Hope for Children
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A Little Child Shall
Lead Them
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Creative Movement
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DVD's as Educational Tools
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If You Would Like
To Know Why Reading Matters
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Baby Names: Choosing
Trendy or Traditional?
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Teaching Kids
How to Cook
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Homeschooling
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Why Should We Teach Our
Children History?
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Stories by Children
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What is Enzoology?
Do you enjoy science? Then this article is for you.
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Drawing Comics and Cartoons
Do you enjoy drawing or making cartoons? Ever wonder what it might
be like to draw cartoons for a living? Thanks to Bart for sharing this
article about his experience drawing a cartoon strip.
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Arts And Crafts For
Kids with Recycled, Eco and Wool Felt Fabric
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Children's
Creativity in Virtual Worlds
