When looking for ideas and inspiration to create meaningful family time, it helps to get advice from those in the know – other families. Whether it’s finding ways to bring everyone to the dinner table or delivering a dose of sunshine to a rainy day, it sometimes takes a dash of clever to overcome...
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With summer break over, it’s time for kids across the country to get back to the books. Hopefully, reading is a habit that continued over the summer. However, many children may need a little nudge to catch the reading bug again. In an effort to keep your children reading, and enjoying it, try finding...
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Did you know the average human can recognize 10,000 scents? Have you ever considered how directly your sense of smell is connected to cueing your emotions? It’s for this reason, technically coined “associative learning,” that the fragrances around us can impact our mood and performance. Smell is different from other senses because it is...
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Family vacations are on the rise again and according to a recent Bing/Impulse Research survey, when planning a vacation, people are equally as influenced by the recommendations of their friends as they are by where out-of-town friends/family live. If you’re going to hit the open road for a wedding, reunion or some family fun,...
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(Family Features) The warm weather has finally arrived and parents everywhere are looking to make this summer one for the memory books. Summer always seems to fly by, with work, chores and family vacations taking priority throughout the warm months. In order to take full advantage of everything the season has to offer, Huggies...
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FREDERICK, MD — (Marketwire) — 05/12/11 — From April through June 2011, Music & Arts (http://www.musicarts.com/), a division of the Guitar Center and the nation’s largest school musical instrument retailer, is launching a regional community service campaign called Pass the Music On! to inspire kids to be community service leaders of their generation and...
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Frederick, MD – The Frederick Keys have announced the date for KeysFest 2011 at Harry Grove Stadium presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. The FREE event will take place on April 2nd from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. while National Anthem auditions will be held from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on the field. KeysFest...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today hosted a roundtable discussion with teachers, principals and school superintendents representing nine Eastern Shore counties, focusing on the needs of rural educators and students. As Chairwoman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’ (HELP) Subcommittee on Children and Families, Senator Mikulski will convene...
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Celebrate Frederick, Inc. would like to announce their 2011 schedule of events. Celebrate Frederick, Inc. is a private non-profit corporation working in partnership with the City of Frederick in the planning and implementation of special events and activities for the community. A volunteer Board of Directors oversees this organization, which houses six volunteer event committees and...
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While it may be hard to believe, a recent study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation confirmed that millions of American children reach the fourth grade without being able to read proficiently at their grade level. Research has shown that children who do not learn to read at an early age are much more...
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