5 Classic Sea Shell Crafts for Kids

kids sea shell crafts

Sea Shell Crafts for Kids

Did you go to the beach this summer? Did you kids bring home buckets full of sea shells, even the broken ones? Does your book shelf look like mine? Only the nicest shells get a place on the book shelf, the rest our outside in the garden and that pile is growing quickly. Here’s another shot of some we collected recently that were washed and laid out to dry in the sun. All these beautiful colors definitely make me think about fun sea shell crafts I have done over the years!

Helping Your Child Transition to Preschool

Child anxious about starting preschool

How to Make Easier for Your Child to Transition to Preschool

Is it just us or is summer flying by?! Before you know it, stores will line their shelves with pencils, binders, paper and all kinds of school supplies. Starting a new school year always comes with a lot of jitters and excitement! If your child is starting her first year in preschool this fall, there are a lot of changes about to happen in her world. Some children adapt almost seamlessly into new social settings because they thrive around new people and environments, but for others, new circumstances can be very stressful.

If your child is slow to warm up to new people and more cautious of her surroundings, then starting preschool may be a source of anxiety that she is dreading instead of celebrating. Consider the following ideas to help her make a smoother transition into the world of preschool.

Help Ringling Bros Beat the World’s Largest Shoe Drive Record!

Ringling Bros World Record Attempt

Ringling Bros. Attempts to Break World Record for Most Shoes Donated to Charity

Shoe Drive to Benefit Non-Profit The Shoe Bank, Serving Thousands of Families in DFW

Collecting more than 17,500 pairs of shoes for a charity is no easy feat.  However, if anyone can, it would be Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and the generous circus fans across the Metroplex as all participate in a Guinness World Records attempt for ‘Most Shoes Donated to a Charity in a 24-Hour Period’ on August 8-9 at The Big Feat – The World’s Largest Shoe Drive, a Ringling Bros. Special Event.  Shoes collected at AT&T Plaza at American Airlines Center will be donated to Rockwall-based The Shoe Bank, a non-profit providing shoes to families locally and throughout the world.  Once collected and tabulated, all shoes will be redistributed by The Shoe Bank as kids go back to school.