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Working and playing together as a family can be a learning experience for everyone. From appreciating the arts and nature, to getting your child ready for kindergarten, experience it as a team.

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Achieving Your Dreams of Carefree Roadtrips

From stocking up on popular children's books to inventing fun family activities, here are tried-and-true roadtrip ideas for keeping your kids too entertained to ask, “Are we there yet?”

Seven Family Ideas to Encourage the Scientist in Your Child

Science is all around us. To develop a love of science, all we have to do is explore the natural world with our children. Learn 7 fun family activities that nurture children's love of science.

Family Ideas for a Smarter Summer: The Arts Advantage

Want to make your family's summer special? Fun family activities include visiting an art museum, putting on your own play and filling the refrigerator with products of your child's artistic genius.

Family Ideas for Summer Learning

Summer is a great time to get creative with family home activities. Check out some family ideas you may not have thought of to keep your children's learning going through the hottest season.

Celebrate National Children's Book Week with Fun Adolescent Activities

Schools and families can host numerous adolescent activities to celebrate reading. Popular children's books and events that celebrate reading can make books fun for kids in all K12 grades.

Parents' Issues: Making Time to Parent

Life is hectic. Sometimes we all need to take a step back and realize that spending just one minute can make a big difference to a child. Making time is one of the most critical of parents' issues.

Adolescent Parenting: From a Dad's Perspective

Men are putting a higher priority on their family. For kids, this has meant better relationships. For dads, adolescent parenting has become more important than how much money they can bring home.

Family Ideas: One More Reason to Encourage Neatness

As you've always suspected, neatness really does count. Here are some family ideas that will encourage your child to clean up those toys and boost his or her education and future earnings.

Preserve Parents' Stories in Diaries for Children

Diaries for children are great ways to preserve parents' stories about their kids. When they capture memories from all child development stages, the create a precious gift while connecting with their inner wisdom.

Twelve Fun Family Activities to Do This Year

Our lives are busy and filled with constant activity. So where do fun family ideas fit into our schedule? Plan for these monthly family home activities, and you will create memories to enjoy for a lifetime.

Family Ideas: Use Your Computer to Make Holiday Gifts

Need some family ideas for the holidays? Doesn't everyone love a homemade gift? Use your computer to make fun and meaningful holiday presents. It's one of the best family home activities.

Eight Fun Family Activities for Grandparents and Grandchildren

All grandparents want to make the most out of the time they spend with their grandkids. Check these fun family activities. Any or all of these family ideas can make intergenerational visits special.

The Joy of Rituals and Family Home Activities

Rituals and family home activities are very important. It's easy to start some of your own - think about your toddler and activities you can share and other fun family activities to enjoy together.

Family Ideas for Low-cost Outings

Short day trips are extremely enjoyable for kids and parents alike—and they don't have to break the bank. Here are some low-cost and no-cost ideas from a mother who keeps a careful eye on the budget.

Moving: How to Reduce Stress in Children When Making a Transition

On the list of life's most stressful events, moving is right up there near the top. Read one mom's advice on how to help kids deal with the emotions and the logistics of a cross-country move.

Family Ideas: Appreciating the Arts at Home

Art and music add immeasurable benefits to any family. This article introduces many family ideas that that will help you and your children learn to appreciate art and music more than ever before.

Positive Adolescent Parenting: Are You Ready to Take the Challenge?

Don't deflate your compliments with "but." These tips offer some great family ideas on how to change your language for more successful adolescent parenting. See what three simple letters can do for your family.

Parents' Stories: A Conversation with Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm

Michigan's Governor, Jennifer Granholm, is intimately familiar with child development research on childhood brain development. She shares how she uses that knowledge with her own family.

Family Ideas for Expressing Love to Your Child

How can you show love for your child in ways that you will enjoy and he or she will appreciate? Here are ten family ideas for showing love for your child. Why not give any or all of them a try.

Parents' Issues: Choosing a Guardian is Essential

One of the parents' issues that no one likes thinking about is the task of choosing a guardian. Finding the perfect family for kids is uncomfortable, but a necessary and critical part of adolescent parenting.

Family Ideas: Learning Activities Online

Want to find some great learning activity ideas in a hurry? The Web is packed with family ideas and activities. Check these Web sites for some of EduGuide's favorite online learning activities.

Family Ideas for Limiting Television Time

If you want to encourage personal health and wellness for your child, then you'll need to turn off the television. Recent research shows television contributes to children becoming overweight.

Let Nature Sooth Stress in Children

It's an age-old tactic: Turn to nature to relieve stress in children and to create fun family activities. Everyone needs nature and child development research shows nature offers kids better focus and self-discipline.

Free Family Home Activities To Increase Developmental Learning

Interested in increasing your child's developmental learning? Here are some great family home activities that are free and fun. There are activities for preschoolers and older children.

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