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Using the Phonetic Alphabet
Pilots, air traffic controllers, and emergency personnel use a verification tool when transmitting important call numbers and messages. It is the phonetic alphabet.
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How to Work Crossword Puzzles
Some of the earliest puzzles children learn to solve are riddles. As they progress in word power, give them an opportunity to solve crosswords.
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Fun Sport Games for Kids
Even if a child loves sports, physical limitations, health, time, location, or finances, can prevent him from playing. With sports games kids can all be winners.
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How To Decorate With Bandanas
Bright and inexpensive, bandanas can be used to add a western flair and bright happy colors to any room.
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Design a Child Safety Poster
When children gain awareness of safety issues, through a poster designing contest, they are less likely to become involved in dangerous activities.
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How to Make a Time Capsule
Memories of summer adventures can be saved for time (without scrapbooking). Put the items that spur memories into a bottle to look at throughout the year.
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How to Keep a Gardening Journal
Planting a first garden is a grand experience in the life of a child. Keeping a garden journal can act as a record for future reference and a motivational tool.
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Ways to Keep Kids Cool in Hot Weather
The weather is hot. The sun glaring. How can children stay cool in such heat? Here are some ways that children can beat the heat this summer.
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Photo Greeting Cards for Kids to Make
Greeting Cards that are unique can become special keepsakes. This creative craft does not restict children to using computerized card-making software.
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Kids Love Cold Refreshing Drinks for Summer
Too hot for a meal, but a cold drink will hit the spot! Try some cool refreshing beverages that can be easily prepared at home.
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Summer Camping at Home
Children and teens alike love summer camps. You can turn your backyard, porch, or spare bedroom into a play camp this summer.
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Teach Kids about the Water Cycle
Spring and summer bring rain-showers and thunderstorms - as well as days of drizzle from overcast skies. What do you know about rain and the water cycle?
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Summer Snacks
With summer heat comes a need for cooling fresh sweet treats. Try frozen bananas dipped in chocolate or frosty treats like fruit smoothies.
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How to Tend Orphaned Kittens
What do you do if a mama cat comes up missing or dies leaving a batch of hungry kittens? There is nothing as sad as the mews of a starving kitten.
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Easy Summer Breakfast Ideas
When school is out, children have more time for enjoying breakfast. Try some of these ideas for simple breakfast dishes anyone can prepare with common ingredients.
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How to Plan Picnics
There is almost no time of year when eating a picnic meal outdoors is not fun. Plan a picnic meal that fits any season.
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How to Grow a Bucket Garden
If you love flowers but don't have any place to grow them outside, you can plant a bucket garden. This flower garden can adorn your porch and can be moved if necessary.
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Ways to Learn about Baby Animals
Observing the new life on a farm in spring may not be an option, but you can have fun studying baby animals wherever you may be this time of year.
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How to Rig a Fishing Pole
What do you need to rig a pole for fishing? Can you rig a pole? Get your pole and tackle ready to go catch some fish.
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Favorite Birds for Children to Observe
Children love to spot a bird they recognize and can tell something about. Baltimore Orioles, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, and sparrows are favorites with bird watchers.
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Common Backyard Birds
Learn to identify the birds common to your area. Learn the names and behavior of some backyard songbirds.
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Learning to Forecast Weather
Many children find excitement in studying the weather. It can be a skill worth having, when you think how much the weather affects our everyday activities.
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Signs of Spring in Nature
Watching the world for signs of springtime can bring hope and cheer after the long cold winter months.
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Tips for Young Speechmakers
Planning a speech can be as daunting a job as presenting one. What steps can a student follow to making a good speech?
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Storm Watching for Kids
Experiencing a spring thunderstorm can be an awesome experience for a child. He can learn about storms while overcoming the natural fear of thunder and lightning.
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Preparing for Emergency Weather
Winter weather might trap kids at home, but if you they learn storm readiness and prepare for bad weather, kids can not only survive but be comfortable and safe.
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How to Make Valentine's Day Cards
Double the fun of Valentine's Day by designing and crafting your own cards to give away.
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Valentine's Day Project Ideas
Unique projects for kids on Valentine's Day. Make it a time for showing they care about others.
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How to Give a Speech
Are you preparing to give a speech? Here are some tips to calm your fears.
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How to be a Cloud Spotter
Clouds are wonderful mysteries. They tell what the weather is doing. What can you learn by watching clouds?
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Indoor Activities for Cold North Winters
Winter has arrived and with it plenty of frosty nights and bitter cold days. What can kids do to keep occupied inside on terribly cold days? How about a show?
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How to Make a Weather Chart
To study weather you can start with nothing more than a chart drawn on poster board, a journal page, or even a new calendar with squares for each day.
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How to Use an Alphasmart
Try this word processing machine to learn to type, take notes in class, do research, and improve your school grades.
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How to Create a Cubbyhole
Many children delight in having a private place to snuggle into alone. This nook or cranny can be a place to read, write in a diary, or rest.
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How to Make Caramel and Candy Apples
What is the quintessential treat for fall? The apple! Nothing says fall like a rosy red candy apple-on-a-stick or a crisp apple drenched in creamy caramel.
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Winterize Your Bicycle
Prepare for the winter by cleaning, repairing, oiling and storing your bicycle. Leaving it out in the damp and cold will lead to rust and damage.
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Autumn Bouquets with Fall Flowers and Leaves
Autumn is time for a different sort of decorating magic. Arrange fall leaves, grasses, seed pods, and even bare branches into Autumn bouquets.
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Make a Pumpkin Vase
For a beautiful fall bouquet, hollow out a pumpkin, a gourd, or even a squash. Then arrange fall leaves, flowers, or dried grasses and plants in this unique vase.
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Autumn Tea Party for Girls
Cool weather calls for indoor activities - warm drinks and comfort food. Young ladies use these decorating and serving ideas for an autumn party to be remembered.
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Simple Toys Kids Can Make
Children with time on their hands and a creative bent, often need no more than a simple idea to bring to the surface a talent to produce small toys to play with.
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Outdoor Games for Children Playing Alone
When children are in groups they usually find plenty to do. What active out-of-door games can children play alone? Here are nineteen ideas.
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How to Sew a Pillow
If you are looking for a child's sewing project, making a pillow is a good choice -- simple and quick. Tips for choosing material plus directions are included.
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Small Homemade Books
This article teaches children how to gather and present material on a given subject through the method of making the pages of a booklet and binding them together.
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Six Rules for Babysitting
When you take on the responsibility of childcare, be aware of your surroundings. Know the children and the how to entertain them. Be prepared for emergencies.
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Make Homemade Granola
Sweet as honey and crunchy good, granola has always been a favorite. If you make your own granola it's delicious and a very healthy snack for you and your kids.
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Teaching Children How To Weigh Things
Learn the use of scales and balances to weigh items. Try a project to practice weighing things.
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Simple Repairs Kids Can Make
Children love to repair things. Making simple repairs is a skill anyone could benefit from learning. Using books, tools and guidance help a child learn to fix things.
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Species of Chipmunks in North America
What is the chipmunk and what types of this animal live in North America?
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Make Your Own Popsicles
How to make popsicles from real fruit juice or fresh fruit. Directions and ideas for the fun of making pops yourself at home.
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Life Cycle of Monarch Butterflies
Can you recognize the monarch butterfly and its caterpillar? The monarch is distinctive and fascinating in its habits and life cycle.
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Woolly Bear Hunting
Learn when and where to find the Woolly Bear Caterpillar and how to observe this insect's interesting life cycle as it transforms into the Isabella Tiger Moth.
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Summer Water Games
Kids love playing in water and it is a safe and refreshing way to cool off on hot summer days. You may need some fresh ideas and some safety reminders to enjoy the water.
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Crazy Hat Party for Kids
Ideas for a fun summer party. Dress up with funny hats for an afternoon party for children.
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Make a Sea Shell Treasure Box
A lazy day at the beach will likely be a time for collecting up sea shore treasures and treasured memories.
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Plan a Back Yard Treasure Hunt
A fun way to spend a summer day with friends, neighborhood kids or cousins, is to set up and conduct a treasure hunt.
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How to Create a Sketch Book
How to create a sketch book like those of Leonardo DaVinci. Save your sketches from everyday life in an art journal.
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Baby Farm Animals
A trip to the farm will allow children to see baby animals up close. The zoo trip or a ride in the country might do. Children will long remember seeing a colt or calf.
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Container Gardens for Kids
There is room in almost every home for a garden planted in containers--planters, window boxes, or flower pots! Children will be thrilled to grow a planter of flowers.
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Create a School Arboretum Project
This project can be used with elementary students in classrooms or as a homeschool group project.It involves research, reading, outdoor walk, art, and writing.
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The Art of Collage
A collage is an artistic arrangement of various materials glued to a flat surface. Here are some pointers and ideas for kids and teachers.
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Kids Making Sushi
What is sushi? Kids can use these simple directions and a minimal amount of help from an adult, to get in on the fun and surprising delight of simple sushi making.
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Collecting Campaign Memorabilia
What and how to collect campaign memorabilia during this election year. This is a learning project for students and will be of interest to all collectors.
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Kite Study for Children
Learn about kites. How they are used and have been used for scientific purposes. Read about kites. Learn how to make and fly one.
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Geography by Counties
A unit study is outlined simply for classroom or homeschooling use. Plenty of ideas for learning the counties of a state are introduced for parents and teachers.
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American Presidents
This article will help students to learn the names and order and dates of office of American Presidents, as well as facts about the office of President.
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Electing the President
How does the United States elect a President through the Electoral College?What are the jobs of a President? How many electors does each state get?
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Learning About Elections
Teachers can find ideas for teaching how elections operate by holding a mock election in their classroom with these plans.
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Make Your Own Valentine Cards
Making Valentines is a great craft that can also teach writing, cutting, and gluing skills. Just a little paper and imagination makes this project fun!
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Windowsill Gardens from Seeds
Kids get new ideas for windowsill gardens which can be used in classroom or homeschool.
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Cold Day Fun
Here is the list you have been wanting! It is a list of things for children to do sans electricity. Print it off and keep it on the fridge for easy reference.
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Teaching Kids to Count Money
This article gives basic directions for children learning to accept pay for purchases and counting back change correctly. This is a skill children need to learn.
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Finger Games for Babies
Here are some simple finger games and rhyming games to play with your baby.
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What is a Perpetual Calendar?
Kids learn to make perpetual calendars to give as Christmas gifts. What is a perpetual calendar? How does it differ from a regular calendar?
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Learning About Spiders
Children love to observe and learn about the common species of spiders.
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Travel Games
Ideas for games and activities to keep kids busy on those long holiday road trips.
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Leaf Art Projects
Preserve leaves in glycerine or assemble leaf and flower garlands to wear to the fall festival. Here are a half dozen fall leaf art ideas.
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Leaf Art Ideas for Kids
More ideas for classroom use. Here are some fall leaf ideas that teachers will love. Make angel feathers or spattered paint silhouettes.
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Fall Leaves Project Ideas
Kids can make lovely bouquets of autumn leaves to give during the fall color season. Ideas and instructions for leaf bouquets - a fun fall leaf project.
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How to Build A Scarecrow
Ideas and simple directions for a one of a kind scarecrow made by children. Want a different looking scarecrow? Have a scarecrow crafting party or a competition.
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Reading to Children
Improve your reading skills as you entertain younger children by reading aloud to them. Here are some things to remember to help you gain and keep your audience's ear.
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Writing Haiku Poems
Here are some simple guidelines for the beginner in the craft of Haiku poetry writing.
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Stamp Collecting For Beginners
Learn how to obtain, clean, dry, and preserve stamps. This article helps beginners to the hobby of Philately with a few hints to help a child begin collecting stamps.
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Show and Tell Day Ideas
If your student needs ideas for show and tell presentations, he can find some here. How to prepare for show and tell and some suggestions for classroom use.
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Zoo Treasure Hunt
If you plan to take your students to the zoo -- plan ahead and make the most of the trip. A trip to the zoo can be a educational field to be harvested!
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Making Glycerin Soap
Learn a simple microwave recipe for homemade glycerin soap.This recipe is easy to use for kids to make as gifts.
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Rock and Fossil Collections
Kids love to collect and collections of rocks and fossils can be a window to learning about the earth's crust. Children will learn to locate, indentify, and present.
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Baking Short'nin' Bread
If you ever heard the song about short'nin' bread and wondered why Mammy's little baby loved it so --Bake some and find out!
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Acts of Kindness
More ways children can help others. How children can volunteer and show they care about the people around them.
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Random Acts of Kindness
This article is an idea pool of ways children can busy themselves with activities that help and bless others.
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Thunderstorm Fun
If it's storming outside and plans are canceled, what can kids do for fun? Why enjoy the thunderstorm, of course! Here are ideas for learning to like a good rain.
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Sea Shore Collections
How to collect nature treasures from the beach. Collectors can collect sand , stones, shells, driftwood and washed glass and preserve these scientific finds.
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Taking Good Family Photos
Learn how to take good pictures of family at home and on vacation this year.
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Lemonade Stand
Open an old-fashioned lemonade stand and earn some money. Make some small changes for better profits and for safety issues. You are on your way.
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Keep a Summer Journal
Encouraging writing skills when school is out can be a challenge, but kids will love making a scrapbook style journal of their favorite summertime memories.
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Flag Cake
Kids love baking and decorating a cake that looks like an American flag and tastes great! Blueberries serve as stars with white frosting and red stripes .
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Weather Watching
Make your own weather chart and record what you observe of weather conditions. Learn to observe and so forecast, comparing your predictions with published forecasts.
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Diorama City
If you love working with your hands on miniature things, try these ideas for building a diorama of a town or city. Great hands-on history, social studies or art project!
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Poetry Writing
Gather poetry ideas in a notebook and try your hand at writing poems about the world around you.Try Haiku, a narrative poem or free verse.
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Collecting For Kids
Here comes summer and a fun way to spend your time is collecting something special. Here are some ideas for great things kids can find to collect.
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How to Choose a Pet
Do you want a pet to love and care for? How do you know the pet to choose for your home and family? Here are some tips for pet selection.
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