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My kids are just finishing up their first week of school and I know most other schools around the country have started or will start soon. With so many of those students having their first "real" school experience as kindergarteners, I'm excited to have a guest post today from the wonderful Susan at Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers .  Susan has years of experience in the classroom and the following advice is perfect for your new kindergartner (and your older kids too!)   You took the dramatic steps of enrolling your precious child in kindergarten. Now what? After shedding some tears, put away the tissues and realize that your child still needs you for a Smooth Move through Kindergarten . Can you say that fast? It might be rather difficult for your child to say if teeth are missing. Here are some ways you can help in the school year: 1. Focus on Your Child : When you are with your child, give him or her your undivided attention. Turn off the techno ...

I'm excited to share my blog space this morning with a guest host from "across the pond".  I love the way Rebecca and her girls worked together to make this adorable little puppet theater from a cardboard box ~ then used it for all sorts of learning activities (disguised as fun play!). Check it out... Hi, I'm Rebecca.  I'm just popping over from the UK where I blog at Here Come the Girls to show you my puppet theatre and some of the things we did with it. I've been blogging for nearly a year and love to write about all the fun we get up to as a family. I have three girls a five year old and twins who have just turned two - which means two lots of toddler tantrums - great! I am currently a stay at home mum although I teach a few days a month as a cover teacher at a local school. I love activities which on the surface seem merely fun but actually encourage so much sneaky learning behind the scenes. I cant help it. It makes me think of the old saying "y...

Yesterday was the first day of school for my kids (woo hoo!)  They'd already made these cute little pencil bouquets for their teachers (which I heard were a big hit) and I'd picked up all the necessary supplies they needed to bring in to school.  However, I wanted to give them a little something special from me to celebrate the new school year. I decided to pick up some extra supplies that they might need for here at home ~ things that weren't necessarily on their supply lists, but that might come in handy for homework assignments or projects. Knowing that extra scissors and markers aren't really a "fun" gift, I decided to put a neat little twist on my practical gift.  Check it out... Pretty clever, don't you think? (and, yes, I am patting myself on the back for this one). Incorporated in each bit of advice are key words that correspond to the various school supplies.  As the kids read the words of wisdom, they were directed to open certain numbered gift...

Just a quick post this morning to let you know about a great contest hosted by Avery products.  Your child's school can win $10,000 in donated Avery Denison school supplies.  Check out some of these great products... I love the pattern on the binder.  Isn't it pretty?  And this is obviously just a tiny sampling of the products.  Imagine how much good $10,000 worth would do for your child's school. To enter, just go HERE to the Avery Give Back to School's site.   You can enlist the voting help of friends and family and vote once a day. Oh, and it's not just school supplies that your school could win.  The winning school will also get 25,000 Box Tops.  I'm the former Box Top coordinator for my kids' school, so I know how important all those Box Tops are.  There are now Box Tops on all those great Avery products, plus you could win the jackpot in the contest. I used that cute Avery binder and dividers to organize the tons of school info tha...

If you look at my blog history, you'll see that August was a very slow month here at Come Together Kids (like only two posts all month, yikes).  Now, I'm going to be realistic and assume that your lives got just as busy as mine did.  In fact, I'm willing to bet that most of you didn't even notice that I hadn't posted in nearly three weeks. However, for those of you who have kids who weren't driving you nuts and who were eagerly awaiting a new post detailing a fun craft, recipe or trip...  I apologize! You see, as much as I love my kids (and I do, I truly do), by this last month of summer vacation,  I was beat.  Being with them all day, every day, was exhausting.  I thought their toddler years were bad, but the volume of their whining and sibling squabbles has become even louder as they've grown older.  We still did some fun things, but by the end of the day, I was too tired to blog about it. Source: someecards.com via Laura on Pinterest Of course, I'...

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper for SocialSpark . All opinions are 100% mine. School starts here in just a few weeks and we're all excited for the new year to begin.  The kids are looking forward to seeing all their friends, meeting their new teachers and learning new subjects.  When I was recently given the challenge to "Make Something Astrobright", I knew just who I wanted to make it for ~ the kids' teachers!  As a former teacher myself, I know how demanding the job can be.  I want the kids' homeroom teachers to get a little something on the first day of school to say thanks in advance for everything they'll do this year.    Check out these cute and very  colorful pencil bouquets...   Won't they look pretty on the teachers' desks?  They're bright and very colorful, but practical too!  Plus, I think it's a thoughtful little gift without seeming like an over-the-top form of bribery...

Summer is the time for memory making.  More relaxed schedules allow for the extra time to do fun things with your kids.  For five really fun ideas, check out these great activities linked up to our Summer Fun party !  They're all pretty simple to do and free or inexpensive, but they're sure to bring smiles to your kids' faces and create memories that will last a long time. Get ready to create some fun memories.  (Click on each picture or title to get all the directions and details)   1. Giant Squishy Water Bag {Go Kid Yourself} Tell me your kid wouldn't love jumping  on this giant water-filled mat? You can make it using some inexpensive plastic sheeting  and duct tape and then let the kids go to town  jumping and playing on it. 2.  Have a "Backwards Day" {Creative Family Moments} I LOVE this idea (and it doesn't cost anything extra!). Have a whole day when you do everything backwards ~ starting with a bedtime snack when you wake up and ending...