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Watercolor Wonders

It’s amazing what kids can do with the right supplies, instruction, encouragement and restricted screen time.

Timmy’s Scarlet Macaw, Eating (age 6, watercolor, 2/20/11)

Kelly’s Nuthatches, Pair (age 9, watercolor, 2/20/11)

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Helping Other Children

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa

One of the goals of this blog is to help parents and caregivers enrich their own lives and those of their children through [click headline to read more…]

Ten years ago global illiteracy rates were estimated at 776 million—just for adults. More recent estimates are closer to 880 million and rising. Additionally, more than 113 million children around the world have no access to primary education.

Donating books to or through Better World Books provides a wonderful opportunity for your children to [click headline to read more…]