PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: After-school time
— May 10, 2018After-school time is prime time for school-age kids. Like that commute when adults switch gears from the end of their workday to home life, it’s a transition period in a busy day….
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Surprise Mom with puff pancake minis on Mother’s Day
— May 3, 2018Celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day with a homemade breakfast surprise. This recipe is a twist on a delicious puff pancake, also called a Dutch baby, which typically is baked in a large…
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: It’s tree time — celebrate Arbor Day
— April 19, 2018It’s tree time. Arbor Day comes up on April 27, a calendar reminder to set your sights upward and appreciate the beauty of trees large and small. Most of us have recollections of…
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Free play in the great outdoors
— April 5, 2018“Hey, come on, Donna, follow us … we’re playing loop-de-loop,” shouted barefoot 5-year-old Eva gleefully, as she followed the freshly drawn trail in the damp sand that her older…
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Make easy bunny balloons for Easter and spring
— March 22, 2018What is the difference between a bunny and a rabbit? And, just as perplexing, what is a bunny rabbit? To California artist Ivy Chew, whether you call them “bunnies,” “rabbits”…
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a papier-mache sunburst piñata
— April 26, 2018What a celebration! The Habitat for Humanity volunteer build team from Minnesota, including my husband and son, had just finished pouring the cement floor and raising the walls of a…
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Make a twig basket for spring plants
— April 12, 2018It’s spring! Earth Day is coming up on April 22, and Arbor Day is the 27th. Here’s a fun family craft that combines all three. It gets you outside, with your eye on nature’s beauty…
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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Household chores can be a real family affair
— March 29, 2018The word was out from the fire marshal in California’s Santa Cruz mountains to remove dry brush, firewood and debris close to cabins and homes, to help protect them from possible…
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