Facebook Introduces Messaging App for Kids

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Facebook’s Introduces Messenger Kids, a Chat App for Kids Under Age 13

The social media giant launched a free video chat and messaging app for kids to chat with their parents and with parent-approved friends. The Facebook messaging app for kids is free and aimed at children ages 6-12, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules (must be 13 to sign up). Messenger Kids allows young users to chat with their friends, make video calls with kid-friendly filters and send age-appropriate GIFs.

Parents use their own accounts to create Messenger profiles for their kids.

5 Steps to a More Organized Bathroom

Organized bathroom

How to Maintain an Organized Bathroom

The bathroom is the most visited room in any home. It needs attention daily and if left untouched can quickly become the most disorganized room in the house. While the bathroom is not the most fun to organize and clean, if you follow these 5 quick and easy steps for organizing your bathroom, there will be no need to have to deep clean or reorganize for a while.

Lego Bricktacular at LEGOLAND

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Tis the Season for Holiday Bricktacuar at LEGOLAND Discovery Center

Deck the halls with boughs of LEGO brick at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Dallas/Fort Worth’s annual Holiday Bricktacular on December 16, 17, 23 and 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Scuba Diving Santa at Sea Life Aquarium

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Scuba Diving Santa Makes a Splash at Sea Life Grapevine Aquarium

Dive Show & Festive Enrichment Activities

With Stingrays and Sharks

Celebrate the holiday season and see Scuba Diving Santa, along with his elf, make a festive appearance in a water wonderland at SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium amongst sharks, stingrays, sea turtles, fish and other marine life, during special holiday dive shows.  Guests can also watch the aquarium’s animals receive special holiday treats and enrichment gifts in the ocean tank and Stingray Bay.

DIY Mold and Mildew Treatment

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DIY Mold and Mildew Remover:

Keep Mold & Mildew at Bay with These Green Cleaning Secrets

If you’ve ever had mold and mildew you know how unsightly it is. But, did you know it also has detrimental effects on your health? People with compromised immune systems, the elderly and infants are especially susceptible.

Left untreated, growing mold can cause a variety of health problems:

Super Vocabularies = Successful Students

Guide Your Child to an Ever-expanding Vocabulary

Teachers know that one of the marks of a bright child is the size of his or her vocabulary. The definition of vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meanings. Children with a larger vocabulary communicate better, read and write with greater understanding and radiate confidence in their learning ability.

While much of a child’s vocabulary growth occurs naturally through listening to language, hearing stories read aloud, speaking with others and general immersion in the family’s native language, there are simple and fun ways to increase word knowledge.