Tape a Tale … Add Sound Effects!
The other day my son-in-law Joe was telling me how much he likes Classic Radio, that good ol-time radio! He thought there might be something in that for KIDFUN. He was right! For one thing, why don't you read your child's
They ARE Parrots, You Know!
It's funny what you hear toddlers and young preschoolers say
Colorful Storage Boxes
This is almost an oxymoron - colorful storage boxes. Who cares if your storage boxes are colorful!! Well, your kids might if they had a few of them and it would help them find one storage box of books, or
Make a Book about … The Phanatic or Elmo or ….
Sometimes a KIDFUN moment happens and I have no idea it's coming! Yesterday morning, I was talking to Ryan about the Phillie Phanatic because I was thinking I'd take her (a three year old) to the game last night. If
Mirror, Mirror
You know, mirrors have all kinds of uses and one of them, if you were Picasso, may have been to draw a self-portrait! Well, wait a minute -- maybe your child will be the NEXT Picasso!! You can provide a large
My Favorite is ….
Yesterday Jackee Swartz added a comment that reminded me of an easy trick to engage children in conversation. It's talking about favorites -- a great non-judgmental conversation. Jackee shared that her grandchildren, Niv and Itai, survey their family inquiring about
The New Photo Album
I just realized something! When we grew up, we had photo albums. Hopefully you still do. I have stacks and stacks of them and I really don't enjoy them enough. But today, we all click way and take photos on our
Memory Keeping Ideas from Ronnie
You may have seen my segment on Philadelphia's "10! Show" on NBC-10 the other day when I spoke about saving memories. (Actually, it's here on the blog.) When my friend Ronnie saw it, she told me how she had "portfolios of