Parents, grandparents, educators and babysitters: listen up! There’s a new resource that you want to get your hands on. Those who want a quick answer when confronted with "I'm bored!", or want new ideas when spending quality time with children can now choose from more than 115 fun activities in 11 categories.
The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones by Deborah Shelton, is a helpful book offering lots of creative ideas for kids. Some of the types of activities and crafts include:
- adventures in art
- weird and wacky science experiments
- writing and wishing you were here
- games and sports, of sorts
- family fun
- music, movement and mayhem
- puppets, critters and creepy-crawlies
- celebrations using your imagination
- cooking & munching in the kitchen
- outside fun guide
- easy crafts for all ages
Houston author, Deborah Shelton, a mother, wife, and craft enthusiast, is an active member of the Association for Play Therapy. She cautions that the book is not about keeping your child busy while you do something else. It’s for the adult or caregiver who wants to bond with the child.
So next time a little person asks, “Will you play with me?” turn off the email and sit down to make a memory. For more information on this iParenting Media Award winner, go to
iparentingmediaawards.com
This article was written by Marika Flatt from
www.prbythebook.com
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Parent and Tot Yoga at lululemon athletica
Saturday, April 19th 9:00am
Take a moment to relax with a complimentary yoga class at the
lululemon atheletic showroom this Saturday at 9am. The class is geared for parents and their toddlers. This month's instructors are from Austin Kula Yoga. There will also be a kids' yoga class (ages 4-10) on Saturday, April 26th, 9:00am.
Mommy Expo at Between Friends
Tuesday April 22nd, 9-12
Join us for an open-house style event at Between Friends next Tuesday, April 22nd from 9-12 am. Enjoy shopping, refreshements, and fun prizes. Special guests include Total Mommy Fitness, Ate Foods delivery, Teri Mason Photography, My Baby Concierge, and others. Come visit with these and other Austin owned businesses that cater to busy moms! The store is located at 8108 Mesa Dr.
For questions, call (512) 795-1868
Moms and moms-to-be joined Baby Scoop Austin for a evening of yoga and shopping at lululemon athletica on April 3rd. The guests enjoyed a fashion show of yoga wear, shopped for great workout clothes and also received great prizes. Thank you to all who came to celebrate. Below are photos from the event.
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BSA’s dot-com of the week: www.baileybea.com
Bailey Bea Designs
is a hip and stylish online fine stationery and gift store owned by an Austin mom. This website is a great place for personalized Mother's Day gifts. You can also find great baby and kids gift ideas such as, melamine plates, placemats, personalized stamps, and soft blankies from Angel Dear. Bailey Bea also carries the cutest teacher notepads that are a perfect gift. Currently, Bailey Bea has all their one-of-a-kind aprons on sale 40% off. Other sale items include Thomas
Paul Paper products and beautiful desktop organization products. To start shopping, go to
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