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12 Ideas to Celebrate Halloween 2020 This year, Halloween is going to look a little different due to COVID. For the most part, there won’t be large crowds of families gathered in the streets trick or treating with friends, and many parades have been canceled or scaled back. But that doesn’t mean Halloween 2020 is canceled. Below are some creative ideas to make Halloween 2020 fun and safe for all! Whether you're staying at home, trick or treating around the neighborhood, or giving out candy, we've got some great ideas for you!  We all need a bit of spooky fun this year, so...

Today, we’re going to look into the 5 most important factors that influence child development. From the moment our babies are born, we marvel at every sight of them. We document (in our memories, and on camera, if we’re lucky) every milestone, from their first smile to their first step to their first little wave. And as we watch them grow with our sleep-deprived eyes from tiny defenseless babies into toddlers and beyond, we’re reminded almost daily of what fascinating creatures they are and how amazing it is that these tiny humans have learned so much, so quickly. We can...

My twin boys are now 13. I read a few parenting books while I was pregnant, and again when they were newborns, but they mostly focused on sleeping and feeding routines and tips on how to swaddle a baby! What I didn’t read, through my sleep-deprived eyes, was about child development. Knowing what I do now, there are so many things I wish I had known when they were babies. The biggest one is the value of learning through play. Sure, we played with them all the time. We played with them to keep them stimulated and engaged. We played with...

  Spring is just around the corner, as well as Easter too. We would really love to be out and about but now that most of us are stuck indoors. Here are 12 ideas you can do indoors. What’s fun about these activities is that you can find almost everything you need at home. Simple, fun and educational. Just what you need in times like these. Save your eggs and a trip to the grocery store with the Skoolzy Egg Shapes Indoor Egg Hunting Ideas   1. Hop Hop Hop It’s the traditional Easter egg hunt with a twist by making the...