Halloween is one of the most beloved holidays of the year, at least in my house. In fact, my kids start thinking about their Halloween costumes as early as late August. After all, it’s so much fun dressing up and going from house to house collecting candy. But with all the excitement surrounding tricks, […]
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After the warm and busy long Summer holiday, Autumn (or Fall) in France is calmer and cooler. With the children at school and the last of the summer tourists gone, the trees turn to their deep shades of brown and red. Our sideboard at home becomes a nature table for all the treasures found on
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Take your learning outside! Here in the South of the United States, most children go to school and spend much of their learning day inside. Our family is big on getting kids outside. When my kids come home from school, I try to connect what they are learning within the classroom walls with the world
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For the first few years of your kids’ lives, international travel with kids is all about worrying about the flight, what food to take so they don’t starve, vaccines, etc. As your kids get older, they’ll start forming memories of their travel (I personally remember trips we took from when I was about 6) –
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What do you know about the colourful festival of Holi? It’s a Hindu festival that people celebrate around the world to welcome spring. Revellers throw colour at each other, and neighbours get together to eat and celebrate the beginning of a new season. Here are 10 fun facts about the festival of Holi and its
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