I LOVE THESE ideas and I hope you do too.
Do your kids know about YOUTUBE, but you are not willing to allow them to get on it without supervision? Let them explore www.kideos.com. Kideos is the premier destination for kids to safely watch videos online. Each video on Kideos has been screened by a video advisory council before it makes the website. The goal is to empower parents to feel comfortable allowing their child to spend time on Kideos, while also making sure children have a thoroughly entertaining experience.
I have also recently found out about www.funbrain.com I haven't been on the site yet, but it's supposedly an educational site where kids can play games.
2. "Kindergarten Rocks" by Katie Davis
This book was purchased for Tyson, by my grandmother, long before he was of age to start Kindergarten. It was a fantastic way to get him enthused about Kindergarten. It's a really cute book. Dexter Dugan is about to start kindergarten, and his stuffed dog, Rufus, "is an eensy teensy beensy bit scared" about it. Thankfully, Dex's third-grader sister, Jessie, sees that her brother is really the scared one and sets about cheerfully reassuring her sibling: "Don't worry, kindergarten rocks". Great for ages 4-6.
3. Lunch On A Stick
Are your kids sick of the boring PB and J sandwiches? Do they love lunch meat or fruit, but your sick of the redundant way of serving it to them either in their lunch boxes or at home? Make eating their breakfasts, lunches, and/or dinners exciting to eat. Here's a fresh way to present it. I believe you can get 100 sticks for $5.00 at www.pickonus.com
4. Clip Board
Parents, are you already bombarded with paperwork from your child's teacher? Do you have multiple children and just cannot keep up with it all. Paperwork can be some peoples worst nightmare. Here's an idea to stay organized. Get a clipboard for each child and hang it up. As they come home from school and you go through their paperwork (ie. field trip forms, report cards, tests to be signed, upcoming events) clip it to their individual clipboards. This clipboard will allow you to keep the stack together and when you have to sign something, you have a hard surface right at your leisure. I bought one this week along with my very first CALENDAR. I usually go by memory. There's just no way I can do that anymore. I hung it on the inside of our pantry door.
5. Digital Fram Artwork
Let's face it, we all love to "see" our children's school artwork, but it's unrealistic to save it all. Or maybe I am just the type of mommy that doesn't shed a tear over every "roller coaster" or "life saber" that my son drawers daily at school. Show your child you appreciate their artwork and have found a way to remember it without having to save mounds and mounds and mounds of paperwork. It's not healthy to be a hoarder you know. By an extra memory stick and take pictures of your child's artwork daily. THEN, put the memory stick in the digital frame. You can view their artwork all day long through the digital frame that sits on your kitchen counter instead of watching those storage containers pile up of kindergarten - 12th grade artwork and research papers.
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