Free Kids “how to” workshops at Home Depot the first Saturday of each month between 9:00 am and noon.
Kids can create useful projects such as:
Free Kids (ages 3 and up) Crafts at Lakeshore Learning every Saturday, every store 
Time is Money at Disney World
Let’s start out by seeing if we can all agree on the following:
1) Tickets to Disney World are not exactly cheap.
2) The more days that you add to your ticket, the more you’ll pay (total cost, that is)
3) There are only so many park hours to see what your family wants to see (per day).
4) The more time that you spend waiting in line for each attraction the fewer attractions that you will be able to visit each day.
Assuming that we can all agree on the four points (above), let’s take a look at some ways get more for each dollar that you spend for Disney World tickets.
1) Check out the park hours: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/calendars
2) Contact Disney to find out what (if any) attractions are closed: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/contact/
3) Write down the attractions (visit http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/) that you want to visit before your vacation starts
4) Prioritize each identified attraction into 3 categories
a. Must visit
b. Like to visit
c. It might be fun to visit
5) Take a look at this handy web site: http://m.disneyworld.go.com/
a. Select your Theme Park
b. Select Attractions
c. Select Browse by Wait Times
d. Select High Demand
e. Write High Demand” next to each attraction that you identified (above). These are the attractions that are most likely to have long lines.
6) Ok, now that reality is starting to set in, now is a good time to map out attractions that are close to each other. Take a look at the Disney World maps page http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/maps/
7) Now figure out where and when you are going to eat at the park. Of course fast food options will not only save you money, but they will save you precious time as well.
1) Plan to try to arrive at the park gate at least 20 minutes before they open.
2) If you have an internet capable mobile phone, check the wait time for each attraction using this web site http://m.disneyworld.go.com/ to get an idea of which of the attractions within each park are “High Demand”, “Moderate” and high demand.
3) Be flexible and ready to reprioritize which attractions to visit.
4) Make use of Disney FASTPASS which allows guests to make ‘reservations’ for a popular ride to avoid
waiting in long lines.
One Laptop per Child is getting ready to launch new XO-1.5 laptop.
Start a Laptop Project to Change Kids’ Lives Worldwide…
“Anyone can contribute: would you mentor a small group of tinkerers, or might you alone write a 21st century textbook to be put on all our laptops? Simply demonstrate your project furthers innovative education in poor countries, architecting something new – we will then provide the hardware you need to lead the way.”(Contributors Program)
The lives of animals and plants are dominated by the sun and fresh
water which trigger seasonal journeys. The latest technology and aerial
photography enable the Planet Earth team to track some of the greatest
mass migrations.
In the Arctic spring, a mother polar bear and cubs emerge from their
winter den. They have just two weeks to cross the frozen sea before it
melts and they become stranded. Share the most intimate and complete
picture of polar bear life ever filmed. Further south, time-lapse
cameras capture the annual transformation created by the Okavango
floods.
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Below is a list of free unusual electronic greeting cards for Kids. These are great cards for kids to send to friends and family or for family members to send to kids. You won’t have to worry about your cards arriving late and you end up paying zip for postage. A side benefit of many of these cards is that they may draw your kids into other fun and educational offerings on the same web site.
Keeping money in perspective.
One simple idea to help your child to put money into a healthy perspective is to:
So, as you guessed, this object lesson is intended to communicate that if all you pursue in life is accumulating money and wealth, that will block out everything else in your life. However, if you keep money in a proper perspective, you will enjoy a more balanced life.
Here are some great ways to teach you kids about money
The follow is an interview with a six year old child regarding their views about money. You may be surprised by the responses. Try asking similar questions to your children and you may be surprised as well:
(Q) What is money?
It’s tender. A dollar and coins.
(Q) What do you do with money?
Spend it save or share it.
(Q) What happens when you only have a little bit of money?
You could end up with no money if you keep spending.
(Q) What can happen when you have way more money than you need?
You can get greedy or rich.
(Q) How do people get money?
They work at work. If you’re like a kid you can have an allowance.
(Q)What’s an allowance?
Money that you can either save or spend.
(Q) Can you be happy with just a little money?
Well, kinda, well if you save or spend?
(Q) What do you do with the money you share?
At church we have like this little bank. We put money it and give it to people that need it.
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