I’m taking the luxury of making KIDFUN today a “Thank You” Note to Laura Diamond of L.A. Family Magazine, and to welcome new friends who are readers of this great, helpful magazine filled with tips, activities and interesting articles for families in Los Angeles and, really, everywhere! ( www.familymagazinegroup.com) KIDFUN is now a part of
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The other night my son-in-law Scott, my almost-three year old granddaughter Ryan and I met at a park. For those of you who live in South Jersey, it was Cooper River Park. I always thought it might be nice to walk around there. In fact, it was pretty funny trying to find each other! The
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I love this game from David Bradley that I’m calling The Blindfolded Animal Game. It’s so easy and anyone can do it. The introduction will explain why this game is so valuable to so many people. At the gym yesterday Madge Bradley, a wonderful early intervention special education teacher at Kingsway Learning Center, told me
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I was just thinking about the new Paver campaign for the wonderful SMITH PLAYGROUND AND PLAYHOUSE (a.k.a. SMITH The Kids’ Play Place in the Park) which is a free wonderland of joy for young children (under 10) in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. I’m on their board and heard about the Paver program and I was
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If you’re lucky enough to have a beach nearby, go prepared with lots of sand toys! Not the kind you buy at the store – I mean the stuff in your kitchen. Actually, you may want to buy these in the kitchen dept. of the local $1 store, just in case they are too hard
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Hi! It seems like I’m getting in a pattern of not writing the blog on weekends. They just seem to be read less and sometimes I don’t get to the computer. But, that doesn’t make sense … weekends are when we have more time to play with the kids. So, if you have a minute
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It’s turned out that grandparents are such a great resource to KIDFUN. After all, it’s their JOB to have fun with their grandchildren! I was talking to “Mammom” Carol who shared such an easy idea. She has a wall in her house, in a bedroom, that is covered with cork and over the years that
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I have a friend, Carol Hyman, who is truly a sewing whiz and a creative genius. Some people just have “it,” ya’ know! And her granddaughters love to join in the fun with “Grammy.” For Julia (almost 9), she loves crafts and sewing. For Gabriella (5), it’s painting! Carol told me about a wonderful project
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Ya’ know what is so great about KIDFUN? It’s simple. It’s that easy little idea that changes a potentially frustrating moment into minutes of fun. And, Greg Blumenthal shared the perfect example of this. This daddy of two-year old twins, Madison and Gabriel, tried a diversion tactic when he and his wife were shopping in
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I got the most wonderful response from Pop Pop Freddy (his given name for our KIDFUN blog!) about how much he agrees with the philosophy of KIDFUN. Thank you, Freddy … I mean Pop Pop Freddy! And, look what he does with his four-year old TRIPLET grandchildren … Sam, Charlotte and Jake. He said, “You
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