Kids & Teens Special Occasions
6 easy ways to help your child's school
The start of school means back-to-school for parents too. Beyond helping your children with homework and assignments, cash-strapped schools need parents to pitch in and help in many ways - from participating in fundraisers, to helping in the classroom, to covering support roles in the library and cafeteria that ...
What’s next on back-to-school supply lists? Mops and floor polish?
Given the number of cleaning products showing up on back-to-school school supply lists, a friend jokes that she expects to see mops, brooms and floor polish next. Over the years, I’ve seen school supply lists go well beyond pencils, paper and glue to paper towels, Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer. ...
A+ lunches
White bread bologna sandwich. Cookie. Apple. White bread peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Cookie. Banana. Sometimes a bag of chips. That, in a nutshell, was the dietary equivalent of the school lunches my mother put together as she rushed four kids to the bus stop every day. Usually, the sandwich ...
Video: Healthy back to school eating
Check out these ways to make sure that going back to school this year brings a whole new way of eating healthy. Healthy Back to School Eating
Video: Back to school makeup tutorial
Check out this video on how to use purple eyeliner, glitter and long lasting lip color for a a fun back to school look. Back to School Makeup Tutorial
Space where kids can work
School projects took over their dining room. A stack of construction paper here, a cluster of crayons there, tape everywhere. The chandelier at Harold and Kimberly Melton's home didn't set the mood for meals as much as it illuminated watercolors and Dr. Seuss books. And that was OK — for ...
Common ailments and what to know
For kids heading back to school this fall, it's just a matter of time until they come down with the sniffles, coughs or worse. Despite a cleaning crew's best efforts, classrooms morph into petri dishes when kids get a bug, especially when they can spread infection long before they ...
Breakfast in fast lane
Breakfast can be tough. When you're headed out the door to work or trying to get the kids ready for school, it's hard to think of good-for-you breakfasts that can be pulled together quickly. We know we should eat something, so it's easy to opt for store-bought smoothies and juice ...
Hands-on lunch prep
Hands-on lunch prepBoys put 3 recipes to test for school year.Fruits, vegetables, whole grains figure into balanced meal.Byline / Source: C.W. Cameron / For the AJCEmail: Correction: Corr.-Unpub.: Story: Paper, pens and markers ready? Check! Backpack, new clothes and shoes purchased? Check! Family prepared for new wake-up times? Check! Organized ...
Back-to-school sales require strategic shopping
Every autumn, the list gets longer: “Did he need college-ruled notebook paper last year?” “I don’t remember buying her five binders.” “A T-I-80-WHAT?” The school supply list, it seems, grows more than your children do each year. And while your son might clamor for the Transformers pencil box, you’re determined ...
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