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Character Essentials®: We Are Thankful
Throughout November, our Character Essentials® theme is We Are Thankful. During this time, we encourage children to recognize the many good things in their lives. This includes learning the value of saying “Thank You” and how it makes other people feel appreciated, as well as the importance of showing gratitude when receiving gifts. Some ways…
November 26, 2019Start New Memories with Holiday Traditions
The holiday season is an exciting time of year, especially for children. Whether you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or simply ring out the old year and welcome the new, the season is alive with cooking, shopping, decorating, wrapping, singing and playing games. It’s also a time that’s ripe with opportunities to learn about the holidays…
November 28, 2018Best of February!
In case you missed it, we rounded up February’s featured blogs for your reading pleasure! Check out our For Parents page to see all of the great resources Kiddie Academy has for parents and children! We would love to send you our free monthly newsletter, Parenting Essentials! You’ll receive a newsletter by e-mail, full of parenting advice, ideas and…
February 27, 20185 Ways to Help Your Child Learn Gift-Giving
In holiday gift guides, the emphasis is typically put on gifts to get others, but sometimes giving is the greatest gift of all. While generosity and selflessness – possibly even love – are big concepts for little ones to grasp and fully understand, the art of gift-giving for young children should be about more than…
December 20, 20162016 Educational Holiday Gift Guide for Parents
Heading into the holiday gift giving season, we know you’re looking for gifts to give your young children that they’ll get the most out of. So this year, the curriculum and teaching experts (and, yes, even some parents) in Kiddie Academy’s Department of Education put their heads together to come up with the most comprehensive,…
December 19, 20164 Outside-The-Box Holiday Traditions
Holiday traditions can happen anywhere. There are no rules, and sometimes, they just happen without any pre-planning at all. But if planning things out is more your style, here are a few holiday traditions you might be familiar with, or you can steal them for yourself (your secret is safe with us!)… Matinee at the…
December 7, 2016An Interview with a Grilled Cheese Chef
It’s one of the first meals you learn to cook at home by yourself. You can’t mess it up. It’s the perfect vehicle for soup-dipping. It’s still a go-to comfort food for anyone under the weather. Kids love it and moms love to serve it. The grilled cheese is certainly a repeat all-star on the…
April 12, 2016Happy Chinese New Year!
Today marks the first day of the Year of the Monkey – the ninth animal on the Chinese zodiac calendar. Chinese and others around Asia are flocking to temples and fairs to pray for good health and fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The monkey is intelligent, smart, wise, curious, energetic, impulsive, inventive,…
February 8, 2016Find an Academy Near You
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