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Blue’s Clues & You! on DVD

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Blue’s Clues & You! on DVD

Nickelodeon’s hit interactive preschool series Blue’s Clues & You! will skidoo onto DVD for the first time on June 2, featuring four exciting episodes from the show’s debut season. The series follows beloved puppy Blue and live-action host Josh (Josh Dela Cruz) as they invite a new generation of preschoolers on clue-led adventures and solve a puzzle in each episode.In the Blue’s Clues & You! DVD collection, fans can help Josh solve games of Blue’s Clues as he tries to figure out what Blue wants for a snack, what present she wants for her birthday, what she would like to do on her playdate...


My family has learned how to slow down—and we’re not going back

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My family has learned how to slow down—and we’re not going back

A few months ago, I put a short little saying on the letter board in our kids' playroom. The sign read "Be present together ❤️" Little did I know. Before coronavirus, we had been living an incredibly busy season of life. Two careers. Four kids. Preschool, elementary school, drop-offs, pickups, occupational therapy, doctor visits, Little League, scheduling work trips and vacations and switching kids clothes out for bigger sizes. It was loud and fun and busy and demanding. It was all so much. Every single day. And as much as I tried to slow down, the franticness of our lives...


14 Read-Alouds I Missed Reading With My Preschoolers

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14 Read-Alouds I Missed Reading With My Preschoolers

The end of the school year usually brings some of the most exciting events for my junior kindergarten students. Normally, we put on a nursery rhyme play that features such characters as Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, Mother Goose, and her little known husband, Father Goose. Water Day, popsicles on the playground, ABC yoga, are all amazing activities usually saved for the warm days of May. Normally, there is so much learning, growing, and playing going on during the last three months of the school year that my classroom has more energy than a middle school drama club. This year,...


Virtual Music Resources for Summer

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Virtual Music Resources for Summer

Summer officially begins in just a few days, and yes, we are still virtual. As much as I had hoped that the physical doors of my studio and music therapy private practice, Music Therapy Connections, would be open by now, they are not. The safety of our team and families is our #1 priority, and the risk of COVID-19 still remains too high to resume in-person services. So we will continue teaching lessons and facilitating music therapy sessions virtually, as well as holding our music classes via livestream. After a 10-week virtual spring music class session, I enjoyed a glorious...


10 Space Activities For Kids That Are Out Of This World – In Honor Of SpaceX

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10 Space Activities For Kids That Are Out Of This World – In Honor Of SpaceX

These space activities for kids will help you continue to foster your child’s desire to learn more about worlds beyond our own. Each art and craft activity has a science focus and will expand on your little’s desire to explore!My family has been spending time reading about upcoming plans for NASA and SpaceX. In fact, we even find ourselves tuning into the live feed of the astronauts! Pretty sweet!In two weeks, yet another SpaceX launch will occur – this time without static fire. It’s amazing how much change has occurred within that program. Elon Musk is bending all the rules...