Articles written by Renee Carver

The Dora the Explorer DVD Dora Celebrates Three Kings Day! teaches preschoolers about a traditional Mexican holiday that takes place on Epiphany, January 6.

Nov 30, 2009 - Renee Carver

The Go Diego Go! Diego Saves Christmas! DVD features a Christmas Diego episode that teaches about animal homes and attributes, focusing on facts about llamas.

Nov 30, 2009 - Renee Carver

The Dora the Explorer DVD Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure is a Dora movie that teaches cognitive thinking and the true meaning of Christmas spirit.

Nov 30, 2009 - Renee Carver

Barney's Halloween Party DVD teaches about fun kids fall activities like planning a Halloween celebration, making spooky decorations, and trick or treating safety tips.

Oct 31, 2009 - Renee Carver

Clifford the Big Red Dog Clifford's Big Halloween is a Scholastic video containing episodes of this popular PBS Kids TV show featuring fun fall kids activities.

Oct 24, 2009 - Renee Carver

Soft Noah's ark toys make special baby gifts for showers & baptisms. Learn about the best cloth and plush toy Noah's ark activity sets to teach children about the Bible.

Oct 15, 2009 - Renee Carver

Find the best Where the Wild Things Are toys and merchandise, such as dolls, figurines, and puzzles based on the Caldecott award winning Maurice Sendak book.

Oct 15, 2009 - Renee Carver

The Shaun the Sheep Little Sheep of Horrors DVD is a funny Halloween video for kids full of spooky situations and family-friendly Halloween entertainment.

Sep 30, 2009 - Renee Carver

Max & Ruby's Perfect Pumpkin DVD is a preschool Halloween video featuring Max & Ruby episodes about Halloween celebrations, Halloween customs, and Halloween traditions.

Sep 29, 2009 - Renee Carver

Max & Ruby's Halloween DVD is a cute Halloween video of the Nick Jr. show starring Rosemary Wells' bunny siblings, featuring episodes about fun fall activities

Sep 28, 2009 - Renee Carver

The Go Diego Go! Diego's Halloween DVD features a Halloween Diego episode teaching problem solving skills, Halloween customs, and facts about the South American fruit bat

Sep 27, 2009 - Renee Carver

Find out where to buy gourmet chocolate Halloween candy and find the best Halloween chocolate candy and gourmet candy treats for stylish kids Halloween parties.

Sep 26, 2009 - Renee Carver

Dora's Halloween DVD is a Dora video featuring the Dora the Explorer episode BOO, teaching cognitive thinking and introducing kids to Halloween holiday traditions.

Sep 25, 2009 - Renee Carver

Discover where to buy Halloween bulk candy online. Find unwrapped bulk candy & individually wrapped bulk candy in cute Halloween colors and themes for trick or treat bags

Sep 24, 2009 - Renee Carver

Find out where to buy bug Halloween candy online, the best edible insect candy,gross gummy bug candy, and other creepy Halloween treats for Halloween trick or treat bags

Sep 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

Sesame Street Elmo Says Boo! preschool Halloween Special is a Sesame Street counting DVD full of funny Halloween jokes for kids and spooky Halloween fun.

Sep 22, 2009 - Renee Carver

Find out where to buy gross Halloween candy online, the most disgusting candy and best creepy Halloween treats to fill Halloween trick or treat bags.

Sep 21, 2009 - Renee Carver

Sesame Street A Magical Halloween Adventure is a preschool Halloween special that teaches about Halloween customs for kids and fun Halloween activities.

Sep 20, 2009 - Renee Carver

Find out what are the best Disney Princess Halloween costumes 2009 and where to find cute princess dress-up costumes for toddlers and girls who love Disney characters.

Sep 19, 2009 - Renee Carver

Learn where to buy unique Halloween costumes online. Find cute, creative children's costumes for dress-up and fancy dress costumes for kids, both boys and girls.

Sep 18, 2009 - Renee Carver

Best pumpkin decorating kits are Halloween craft kits for kids that come with pieces that can be stuck to or into a pumpkin to make pumpkin decorations safely.

Sep 17, 2009 - Renee Carver

Learn where to buy cute Halloween clothing online. Find the best Halloween apparel for kids - stylish, casual, and unique girls and boys clothes for fall fun.

Sep 15, 2009 - Renee Carver

PBS Kids Dinosaur Train educational TV show uses prehistoric creatures in teaching children science, teaching the scientific method, teaching critical thinking skills

Sep 13, 2009 - Renee Carver

The vocabulary instruction in the educational kids TV program The Electric Company on PBS focuses on teaching vocabulary words to improve reading comprehension skills

Aug 30, 2009 - Renee Carver

The PBS Kids Go show The Electric Company teaches decoding skills like phonics rules, helping struggling readers master basic literacy skills to teach kids how to read.

Aug 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

To teach kids how to read, episodes of The Electric Company 2009 teach early literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonics skills.

Aug 17, 2009 - Renee Carver

Based on the Else Holmelund Minarik Little Bear books, the animated series Maurice Sendak's Little Bear teaches preschool social skills through tales of everyday life.

Aug 1, 2009 - Renee Carver

Disney's Little Einsteins kids TV program for preschoolers teaches children problem-solving skills, the works of famous artists and composers, art and music appreciation.

Jul 31, 2009 - Renee Carver

Based on Rosemary Wells books, the Nick Jr. Max & Ruby cartoon series uses humor to teach young children how to get along with a sibling and be creative and imaginative.

Jul 21, 2009 - Renee Carver

Along with teaching literacy skills, the PBS Kids® tv program Super WHY! also interests preschoolers in reading classic children's literature and fairy tales

Jun 30, 2009 - Renee Carver

Parents and teachers can use the educational DVD Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever! to teach children about community workers and people's jobs.

Jun 29, 2009 - Renee Carver

The educational preschool DVD Richard Scarry's Best Silly Stories and Songs Video Ever! teaches kids how things work while retelling stories from Busytown books

Jun 28, 2009 - Renee Carver

The preschool educational DVD Richard Scarry's Best Sing-Along Mother Goose Video Ever! teaches kids classic nursery rhymes and can be used as a gentle bedtime DVD.

Jun 25, 2009 - Renee Carver

PBS Kids® tv program Super WHY! improves prereading skills, alphabet recognition, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics skills, word recognition and comprehension

May 31, 2009 - Renee Carver

Busytown Mysteries (Hurray for Huckle) is an animated kids tv show for preschoolers teaching the scientific method and how to use thinking skills to solve problems

May 31, 2009 - Renee Carver

Learn Jurassic dinosaur fun facts about Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Metriacanthosaurus, and Omeisaurus, then visit animatronic dinosaurs at Brookfield Zoo.

May 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

Learn Early Cretaceous dinosaur fun facts about Baryonyx, Ruyang Yellow River Dinosaur, Stegosaurus, Yangchuanosaurus, then visit animatronic dinosaurs at Brookfield Zoo.

May 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

Learn Mid to Late Cretaceous dinosaur facts about Deinonychus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and visit Chicago Brookfield Zoo's animatronic dinosaurs.

May 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

Families visiting Illinois and looking for fun children's activities in Chicago can see animatronic dinosaur robots at the Brookfield Zoo Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit.

May 10, 2009 - Renee Carver

Educational DVD Richard Scarry's Best Learning Songs Video Ever teaches preschool skills - shapes, letters, opposites, numbers, feelings, body parts, manners

May 8, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use a Richard Scarry video adapted from Richard Scarry's Busytown books, Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!, in teaching kids to count to ten and twenty.

May 8, 2009 - Renee Carver

One of the Richard Scarry videos adapted from Richard Scarry's Busytown books, Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever! uses gentle humor to help children learn the alphabet

May 7, 2009 - Renee Carver

Reviews of kids' books about cardboard box crafts - cardboard craft indoor activities for children like making pretend play toys, cardboard playhouses, cardboard forts

May 7, 2009 - Renee Carver

Reviews of children's picture books about kids trying cardboard box crafts like turning cardboard moving boxes into cardboard playhouses and other pretend play toys.

May 5, 2009 - Renee Carver

Review of children's picture books about cardboard moving boxes and how babies and toddlers can explore boxes and transform them into pretend play toys.

May 5, 2009 - Renee Carver

The Treehouse tv show In the Night Garden uses stories about funny characters to reduce children's anxiety about going to sleep and help them establish bedtime routines.

Apr 28, 2009 - Renee Carver

Episodes of the children's tv programme In the Night Garden... collected on the Welcome to the Garden DVD can be shared at any time to help establish bedtime routines.

Apr 28, 2009 - Renee Carver

Parents can use In the Night Garden children's picture books based on the popular preschool kids tv programme to establish bedtime routines through shared storytime.

Apr 28, 2009 - Renee Carver

The Busy World of Richard Scarry is an entertaining educational preschool animated television show that teaches kids how things work in a town and around the world

Apr 26, 2009 - Renee Carver

For elementary science lesson plans, teachers can use educational children's books about the water cycle to teach how one drop travels through the hydrologic cycle

Apr 19, 2009 - Renee Carver

For science elementary lesson plans, teachers can use educational kids books to teach water cycle topics - rain, how water flows around the Earth, and how waterworks work

Apr 19, 2009 - Renee Carver

Review of Earth Day children's picture books starring the Berenstain Bears, Little Critter, Charlie and Lola, Curious George, and Clifford the Big Red Dog

Apr 15, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use the Australian folktale Tiddalik the Frog and Graeme Base's The Water Hole in an integrated reading and science water conservation lesson plan for elementary students

Apr 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

Elementary reading lesson plan teaching how to compare and contrast character, setting, and plot of versions of the Australian Aboriginal folktale Tiddalik the Frog.

Apr 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

A review comparing different picture book versions of the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime traditional folk tale retelling the story of Tiddalik the thirsty frog.

Apr 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

Parents can use Tiddalick the Frog, the Earth Day episode of the preschool PBS Kids® show Super WHY!, with activities about water conservation for kids.

Apr 11, 2009 - Renee Carver

The best Easter picture books for children ages 4 to 8 include stories about Easter egg hunts, decorating Easter eggs, and tales about the Easter Bunny and his origins.

Apr 2, 2009 - Renee Carver

For a great kid's Easter gift, try Easter books starring popular characters like the Berenstain Bears, Rosemary Wells' Max and Ruby, and Mercer Mayer's Little Critter.

Apr 2, 2009 - Renee Carver

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers love Easter board books for Easter gifts and fun spring reads, including touch and feel books, lift-the-flap books, and pop-up books

Mar 31, 2009 - Renee Carver

Parents seeking good Easter cartoons for kids will like Madeline and the Easter Bonnet, a Madeline cartoon from the series based on the Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline books.

Mar 29, 2009 - Renee Carver

Children who love the Nick Jr. Max & Ruby show from Rosemary Wells' Max books, and especially the book Max's Chocolate Chicken, will enjoy this fun Easter cartoon.

Mar 28, 2009 - Renee Carver

VeggieTales An Easter Carol is an Easter cartoon special full of family-friendly fun that teaches children about Jesus' life and death and the Christian meaning of Easter

Mar 25, 2009 - Renee Carver

Though its production values are not the highest, the animated Easter television special The Great Easter Egg Hunt delivers family-friendly entertainment.

Mar 24, 2009 - Renee Carver

Review for parents of Peter Cottontail: The Movie, the CGI animation sequel to the Rankin/Bass classic Animagic Easter television special Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

Mar 24, 2009 - Renee Carver

A review for parents of the classic Rankin/Bass Easter television special Here Comes Peter Cottontail includes suggestions - related books and kids' Easter activities.

Mar 24, 2009 - Renee Carver

A review for parents of the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town with suggestions - related books and kids' Easter activities

Mar 24, 2009 - Renee Carver

Review for parents of Will Vinton's A Claymation Easter. This Easter holiday special is well-animated, but inappropriate content makes it suitable for ages 10 and up.

Mar 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

Hanna-Barbera cartoon fans will enjoy this Easter cartoon special, though some parents may not find the comic violence and language in this Yogi Bear DVD family-friendly

Mar 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

Both fans of Baby Looney Tunes cartoon characters and families in general will enjoy watching this Eggs-Traordinary Adventure and trying fun Easter activities for kids.

Mar 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

Fans of Alvin and the Chipmunks will find this 1995 animated Easter cartoon special appropriate for young children and enjoy trying fun Easter activities for kids.

Mar 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

Young fans of the Nick Jr. Max & Ruby show based on Rosemary Wells' Max books will like watching these Easter episodes and enjoy a related book and activities for kids

Mar 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

Toddlers and younger children will enjoy Egg Hunt, an Easter episode of Dora the Explorer. Parents can also try out related Dora Easter books and activities for kids

Mar 23, 2009 - Renee Carver

During an elementary science lesson plan about colors of fruits and vegetables, students practice elementary math skills such as sequencing and sorting and classifying

Mar 20, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use trade picture books as part of a flower theme unit spring elementary science lesson plan in which students identify and diagram the life cycle of a plant.

Mar 20, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use the books The Dandelion Seed and Dandelions: Stars in the Grass in a spring-themed elementary language arts lesson plan to teach personification.

Mar 19, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use the book Dandelions: Stars in the Grass in spring-themed elementary language arts lesson plan teaching how to identify and use figurative language - imagery, simile.

Mar 19, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use egg theme unit elementary science lesson plans to teach the parts of an egg, the chicken life cycle, and which animals lay eggs. End with egg science experiments.

Mar 18, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use the books Ollie and The Golden Egg Book in an egg theme unit elementary reading lesson plan about theme and an elementary science lesson plan about how eggs hatch.

Mar 18, 2009 - Renee Carver

Parents and kids can get a sneak preview of the upcoming Brookfield Zoo exhibit Dinosaurs Alive! by visiting life-sized animated dinosaurs at Westfield Shopping Centers.

Mar 17, 2009 - Renee Carver

By fall 2009, parents can shop from an apparel line for the popular PBS Kids® educational television show Super Why! - shirts, outerwear, jewelry, and accessories.

Mar 16, 2009 - Renee Carver

On March 20th, Fred Rogers' birthday, neighbors in Pittsburgh and elsewhere celebrate Won't You Be My Neighbor? Day to carry on Mister Rogers' legacy of neighborliness.

Mar 15, 2009 - Renee Carver

Instead of buying a premade bunny hutch cookie house, child chefs can save money and use their imaginations to bake and decorate their own unique easter cookie creations.

Mar 14, 2009 - Renee Carver

In this kids' baking activity, children can make unique Easter egg cookies that are two-part puzzles. After cookie decorating, arrange treats to make cookie gift baskets.

Mar 13, 2009 - Renee Carver

Make honey shortbread cookies from a no egg cookie recipe in this kids baking activity. Practice measuring skills, discuss the five senses, and teach preschoolers shapes.

Mar 12, 2009 - Renee Carver

Ideas for unique Easter eggs to use in creative Easter Egg hunts include camouflaged eggs, novelty Easter eggs, toy Easter eggs, and Egglings.

Mar 10, 2009 - Renee Carver

Throughout 2009, Learning Curve will offer toys based on the popular PBS KIDS® show Super WHY! - plush toys, action figures, vehicles, play sets, electronic learning aids

Mar 10, 2009 - Renee Carver

Easter basket gifts for a child chef include kids' baking supplies, kids' bakeware, cookie decorating supplies like jimmies and nonpareils, and baking mixes.

Mar 9, 2009 - Renee Carver

Give a child chef kids' baking supplies such as a child's chef hat, personalized kids' aprons, kids' cooking utensils, kids' bakeware, and kids' baking sets.

Mar 8, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use a nursery rhyme to teach Kindergarten phonics skills (phonemic awareness, word families) and basic skills (listening, following directions, numbers, colors, feelings)

Mar 7, 2009 - Renee Carver

Kindergarten teachers use a nursery rhyme as the focus for teaching plant needs and math skills such as spatial awareness and pattern recognition.

Mar 7, 2009 - Renee Carver

Elementary students learn about how plants grow and the genre of cumulative tales by using garden-themed tales as models for writing their own cumulative stories.

Mar 6, 2009 - Renee Carver

Elementary students copy the text structure of children's picture books about spring and use simple sentences, rhyming words, and acrostics to write books about spring.

Mar 6, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use kinesthetic learning preschool spring activities and teach how plants grow while encouraging gross motor development. Kids act out plant growth and seed movement.

Mar 5, 2009 - Renee Carver

Teach the signs of spring and how to graph data in this integrated math and science elementary lesson plan about what happens in spring and what people and animals do.

Mar 4, 2009 - Renee Carver

Parents and teachers can use these recommended children's board books and children's picture books to teach the signs of spring and read about popular spring activities.

Mar 4, 2009 - Renee Carver

Use the picture book Mouse's First Spring in an elementary reading lesson plan teaching elementary students how to use literary devices of onomatopoeia and alliteration

Mar 3, 2009 - Renee Carver

Easter gift ideas for kids who like to study backyard wildlife include educational nature and science toys such as animal kits and insect kits, garden decor like feeders

Mar 1, 2009 - Renee Carver

Easter gift ideas for kids who like gardening include educational nature and science toys such as kids gardening tools, seed kits, plant growing kits, and gardening books

Mar 1, 2009 - Renee Carver

Recommended online shopping sites to find gourmet chocolate gifts, bulk unwrapped candy, bulk wrapped candy, novelty candy gifts, and retro candy gifts for Easter baskets

Feb 27, 2009 - Renee Carver

Having siblings cooperate on a project to design a shared bedroom will build strong sibling relationships and teach life skills like working together and getting along.

Feb 27, 2009 - Renee Carver