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Painting Ideas for Children

Painting is one of those childhood activities that allows children to be creative and messy without worry. Beyond just colors and shapes, painting encourages children to use the right sides of their brains. The left side of the brain controls logic, linear thought and analysis and the right side of the brain is where spatial relations, creativity and a focus on the bigger picture take place. Encouraging children to paint not only increases their creative abilities, it also sets them up for a future where, according to some thinkers and writers, including Daniel Pink, the right side of the brain is becoming increasingly important in the workplace and in the world.

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Bathroom Organization Ideas

Your bathroom is a cluttered mess, and you’re getting exasperated trying to figure out how to organize it. Your bathroom counter doesn’t have to look like an explosion at a makeup factory; with a few storage items and a bit of creativity you can transform that room to look like a model home.

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How Does Play Dough Enhance Infant’s Development?

Infants learn and grow by playing. Among the many valuable activities for your baby (specifically infants 8 to 18 months old), playing with play dough is one that offers more than you might first imagine. Besides its inherent fun factor, play dough provides opportunities to significantly enhance infant’s development—on practically every level.

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Baby Girl Nursery Ideas

Explore the wide variety of baby girl nursery ideas, and remember to not get mired down in traditional colors. Decorating a nursery is so much fun because it’s a time full of planning and hope. Whether decorating before the baby comes or after the baby girl arrives, the nursery is a place of quiet wonder, hope and promise for the future. Enjoy choosing from a variety of colors, styles and themes.

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Helping our Children Appreciate What They Have

There is no better time than in the midst of a global economic crisis to re-evaluate our financial priorities; especially when we are a generation of parents who are raising children in an age where electronics change and become obsolete almost the minute we have purchased something and walk …