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Ready for some tracing fun? Here’s a tracing sheet with three different shapes in three different sizes each. Tracing is a great activity to help practice correct pencil grip and to strengthen the muscles of the hand, and can be very helpful for special needs kids as well.

Isn’t that a great name? Glubble is a new plugin for Firefox that allows kids to surf the web safely, showing only the best of the web that parents choose to allow. It causes Google and Yahoo search results to show only content from the trusted “Glubbleworld” instead of the entire web. [...]

Here are some more July Fourth activities as we get ready for Independence Day!
Printables4Kids has a July 4th word scramble to keep you busy, and the Free Holiday Ideas site has some neat ideas for homemade “poppers” made from things like Mentos and Alka Seltzer!

Fourth of July is coming up soon!
Just in time for the parades, fireworks displays, picnics, barbecue and everything red, white and blue, here is a word search to get you in the mood!

Do you like pop-up cards? Via Thingamababy, I found a site that has lots of wonderful pop-ups you can make. There are free templates and instructions for a pop-up pig, birthday cake, rabbit, birdhouse an ark with animals and even a pop-up Oz, and many others! These are very creative cards and [...]

Thanks to PhatMommy, I discovered a site dedicated to teaching kids how to cook called Spatulatta. It had recipes, games, instructional videos and even basic instructions for things like shredding cheese and boiling eggs. 4th of July is coming up soon, so check out their recipes for a Fourth of July Backyard [...]

So, it’s summer now, and you hate the idea of your kids forgetting everything they learned in math this year right? I know there are lots of parents who like to keep the basics fresh in those little minds over the summer, and I have a great resource that will help you do just [...]

Any Finding Nemo fans out there? Here’s a fun Nemo wallpaper I created to help entertain your little ones when you just need them to sit still for a minute! Nemo is in 3 places in the wallpaper among all the other fish. Another option, once they’ve found all 3 Nemos [...]

The radio show, “Classics for Kids” has a wonderful website that I just discovered and am so excited to share it with you! You can listen to current and past week shows as well as play games such as the Note Name Game and Rockin’ Rhythm Master, and you can even compose your own [...]

This is a really cool freebie for the kids who love Legos. You can get a FREE 2 year subscription to LEGO magazine! Besides being a fun read, I’m sure the kids will love getting mail addressed to them for a change, instead of Mom and Dad! Thanks to Play Library [...]