This Week's Highlights - Week of 12-20-2009

Time for Fun

From the website...The Coalition for Quality Children's Media is a national, nonprofit organization founded in 1991 whose mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and to increase the visibility and availability of quality children's media. families nationwide. The Coalition is a voluntary collaboration comprising more than 10,000 media professionals, lobbyists, policymakers, child advocates, educators, parents and families nationwide.

Our goals are..
A. To teach children to become critical media users;
B. To help adults recognize the importance of teaching critical viewing skills to children;
C. To help children identify and be aware of outstanding media programming;
D. To develop programs for children with special needs such as low-income, hospitalized or at-risk children.

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Time to Eat

Menus 4 Moms

Subscription Site $7.95 per month

From the About Us section of the website....With today's busy lifestyles, most women find that putting a home-cooked dinner on the table each evening has become an impossible challenge. By providing the tools necessary to make delicious home-cooked meals while still saving time and money, Menus4Moms has been helping busy moms enjoy stress-free family dinners since 2005.

Menus4Moms.com not only provides a variety of dinner menu plans, but also offers home organization help, bulk and frugal cooking articles, local grocery deals and a growing social network for busy moms. Born out of the busy lifestyle of Mary Ann Kelley, a work at home mom, Menus4Moms is the result of years of refining cooking and shopping techniques to save today's busy moms both time and money. Our goal is stress-free, happy moms who have time to enjoy their families.

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Time to Read
Tess's Tree
By Jess M. Brallier
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

From Harpers Collins Children's ...Tess loved her tree. She liked to swing on it and sit in its shade and catch its leaves in the fall. When Tess's tree has to come down, Tess is very sad . . . until she finds a way to gather friends...

Tess's Tree Quiz

How well do you know Tess and her tree? Take the quiz and find out!

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Time to Save

Top 100 Sandra's Money Saving Meals Recipes

Sandra's Ways To Save

In these tough economic times, Sandra shares money saving ideas to help your wallet.

$ Tip: Buy things in season when you can. If it's out of season, shop for it in the frozen section.

• Fresh blueberries in season are $0.99 cents a pint; out of season they are $2.99. If you buy them frozen, blueberries are only $1.99.

$ Tip: Sometimes you don't pay for convenience.

• Whole Mushrooms cost the same as pre-chopped or sliced mushrooms.
  
• Boxed pound cake costs less than making from scratch (due to the amount of butter).
  
• Eggs: Hard-boiled and peeled go on sale for same price as raw eggs on Tuesdays.

All Tips

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Time to Shop
Mothers of Preschoolers
Grocery Shopping with Toddlers
By Christy Wilson Millard





iParenting.com
Holiday Shopping with Babies and Toddlers
How to Survive a Trip With the Kids in Tow
By Neilia Sherman

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This Week's Highlights - Week of 12-06-2009

Time for Fun

Long Island Children's Museum

11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

Open Tuesday-Sunday from 10am-5pm. Closed Monday.

General Admission: $10

Calendar of Events

Planning Your Trip

Bricks & Sticks
Investigate, build and shape our three-dimensional world using a variety of building blocks and interactive software.

Bubbles
Blur the boundary between play and experimentation as you step inside a giant bubble, blow bubbles within bubbles and make a giant bubble honeycomb.

Changes & Challenges
Enter a house, school or outdoor environment, and experience how people with differing abilities adapt to daily challenges.

More Exhibits

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Time to Eat



From the website....In this section, different Star Chefs will express some of their thoughts about feeding their own children and share some of the recipes for the foods that their kids like to eat. We will continue to add to this section on an ongoing basis so check here often to find out about the foods that chefs prepare for their families. As you will notice, some are rather basic, some are rather sophisticated and some may really surprise you.

Recipes

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Time to Read
by Michael Bond and beautifully illustrated by artist R.W. Alley

Harper Collins Children
From the website...The circus has come to town! Paddington Bear and the Browns have front-row seats, and they can't wait to see the show. Inside the circus tent there's a ringmaster with a top hat, a very, very tall clown, a band ... and a funny-looking man hanging from a rope above Paddington's head. Always willing to lend a paw, Paddington rushes off to save the trapeze artist. The circus is turned upside-down, but the show must go on - and it does, thanks to a surprise performance by Paddington Bear.The official Padding Bear website...This is the home of Paddington Bear on the web where you will find everything you ever wanted to know about the famous bear from Darkest Peru and his creator, Michael Bond. From games and things to make through to information on older products, there is something here to please Paddington fans of all ages.

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Time to Save
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3. Free 12 oz Seattle's Best Coffeee Rebate (PDF)

4. Free 2010 Calendar from eat better america

5. Free song a day from Amazon in December

6. Free 12oz Hot Beverage from 7-11 (PDF)

7. Free 10-day supply of Bare Essentials foundation from Sephora and JCP (PDF)

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Time to Shop
Best Toys Guide.com
From the website...Hello and welcome to the Best Toys Guide. We are here for one reason and one reason only, to help you find the top toys 2009 for kids at the lowest prices. We make it easy for you to shop by listing the best Christmas toys in various categories. Check out the top toys for boys, girls, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Or check out one of our more specific sections, like the best dolls and pretend play lists. It is easy to find the hot toys here.We only list the best kids toys and we actually test many of the toys hands-on. So if you think one of your toys should be on our best toys 2009 list, then please send it in. We are always looking for more great products to add to our guide. So if you think your toy has what it takes, then send it to us to review hands-on.

Parenting
From the website...We're giving away over $900 worth of toys!

Enter BOTH giveaways once a day until December 14, 2009 for a chance to win all of the toys!

Good Housekeeping
From the website...This year, more than 50 testers came to the Good Housekeeping Research Institute labs and helped picked the best kids toys of 2009.

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