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Helping Your Child Transition to 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. 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.

Fun Fall Crafts: Felt Pumpkin Craft

Festive Fall Fun: Felt Pumpkin Craft

As that all-important October holiday approaches, you might be trying to find ways to enjoy pumpkins without having to stick your hand inside of one. Here is an inexpensive activity that will not only get your little ones using their fine motor skills, but will give them a taste of festive fall fun without the messy pumpkin guts.

Organizing Clutter Under the Sink

Organizing Solutions for Clutter Under the Sink

Open up the doors under any sink in your home and you will most likely find clutter. Bottles you have long forgotten, half emptied cleaning products that you no longer use, nail polish that dried up long ago, and medical supplies you brought home from the hospital after having your first child…10 years ago.

Cabinets under a sink get easily cluttered because the spaces are often dark and hard to reach, with items becoming lost or forgotten in the back. Organizing solutions can range from expensive custom pull out drawers to a few less expensive products to help keep the clutter in check.

FREE Week of Soccer Camp!

North Texas Kids is Giving Away One Week of Sidekicks Soccer Camp! The Dallas Sidekicks are excited to offer instructional camps this summer to further ignite a passion for soccer…

Mickey’s Sport-y-Thon DVD 2-DAY FLASH Giveaway!

Mickey’s Sport-y-Thon: The Games Begin on Disney DVD May 24

2-day FLASH GIVEAWAY (details below)

Put on your sneakers and get ready for the greatest sporting event ever! Join referee Goofy, along with Mickey and all of his Clubhouse Pals, as they compete in the first-ever Sport-Y-Thon, an action-filled sports tournament. Share the excitement – and a sky-high view of the action – as sportscasters Pete and Donald Duck broadcast live from above in the Sport-Y-Thon Blimp! Who will earn a prized Golden Mickey Medal? Help our heroes discover that with teamwork and good sportsmanship, everybody wins! Jam-packed with over two hours of song-filled episodes, Mickey’s Sport-Y-Thon will have you calling for an instant replay! Includs Six Episodes of the Hit Disney Junior Series Starring Mickey and the Clubhouse Gang, Plus a FREE Golden Mickey Medal!

How to Minimize Back Talk

3 Simple Ways to Minimize Back Talk

As parents we dream of the days when our children will take their first steps, say their first words and become more independent. While we love to celebrate milestones with each new season of growth for your child, there are new challenges. What do you do when your child has developed a sassy or confrontational attitude towards you? All of a sudden you may find yourself longing for the days when all they did was babble and coo! As difficult as it may be to keep your temper, there are some easy steps you can take to minimize the number of conversations when you pull out the dreaded, “Because I said so!”