Hard to believe, but school starts in a couple of weeks! In case you're looking for a backpack or a lunchbox for your little ones, check out the super versatile backpacks and lunchboxes from Wanderwild.
Read more about Wanderwild and enter for a chance to win your own Wanderwild lunchbox!
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Birgit Sund on August 2, 2021
Psychological studies continue to uncover more and more benefits that music lessons as well as multilingualism provide to developing minds. Studies found that kids who take music lessons "have better cognitive skills and school grades and are more conscientious, open and ambitious." and learning a foreign language "develops enhanced executive control, or the ability to effectively manage what are called higher cognitive processes, such as problem-solving, memory, and thought".
Austin's best-rated baby and toddler classes from
Mi Casa Es Tu Casa® are one big treasure hidden in Austin for all the families who are interested in exposing their little ones to Spanish and music at the same time.
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Birgit Sund on December 6, 2019
A new play-based preschool is opening its doors in Cedar Park. Young children at Light The Way Learning Center get the tools and support they need for their healthy development. All activities are carefully designed to adequately nurture the emotional, intellectual and physical growth of our kids. Through our learn through play philosophy, stimulating situations and hands-on learning opportunities, children are free to develop into bright young minds.
Join them for their grand opening and learn how to get your enrollment fee waived.
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Birgit Sund on October 8, 2019
Read on if your kids have a plethora of toys, but all they play with is the cardboard box from your last online shopping order.
Also read on if you’d love to get your child that shiny firetruck or that beautiful doll whose eyes open and close, but new toys are just not in your budget.
Toybrary Austin may just be just right for you.
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Birgit Sund on November 8, 2018
If your preschooler insists on running everywhere on "Super Cat Speed!", pretends to use her "Super Owl Wings!", or ensures you that his "Super Lizard Grip!" will keep him from falling off any structures he may be climbing on, then they might totally flip over PJ MASKS Save the Day tour. Read on for more info about the event and how to enter for a chance to win a 4-pack of tickets to the show.
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Birgit Sund on October 18, 2018
Thinking of introducing your child to the Spanish language, but would prefer to stay in your own home?
Spanish at Home - Aprendemos en familia, written by three Moms with different cultural experiences and roots, but connected by the language and their life in the USA, is a great book to introduce the Spanish language to kids in a fun and creative way. This book is geared towards non-native adults with an intermediate level of Spanish, raising children between zero and six years old in an English speaking household.
Read our review of the book and enter for a chance to win a copy of your own.
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Birgit Sund on September 4, 2018
Do you have a toddler or preschooler and are looking for a fun game that is easy to understand and play and teaches your child shapes and colors?
The Lucky Ducks Game is a fun color and shape matching game for toddlers and preschoolers. Read more about the game and how to enter for a chance to win a copy for your little one.
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Birgit Sund on June 21, 2018
Looking for ways to spend quality time and bond with your preschooler and teach him or her basic skills that help him or her master Kindergarten at the same time?
The Preschool Box, is a monthly subscription box for children ages 3 to 6, created by Christina Schnell, a Pflugerville kindergarten teacher turned stay-at-home mom whose goal it is to share her passion for teaching with others and help preschoolers get excited about learning and reading.
What's inside the box? Find out here and enter for a chance to win 1 Preschool Box for your little one.
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Birgit Sund on December 14, 2017
Summer's almost over and it's time to get ready for school. While the school your big kiddos (so, age 5 and up) go is determined by your school district or the charter or private school you've chosen for your child, choosing a preschool or pre-K is a whole different story.
To help you find the school that's right for you and your little one, we've done some of the work for you and gathered the information of over 360 Preschools and over 400 Pre-Kindergarten programs in and around Austin. Read more.
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Birgit Sund on August 10, 2017
Are you looking for things to do with your little one(s)? Then this might be for you. Music Forever Music Together is offering Mommy-and-Me / Parent-Child music and movement classes for children ages 0-5 this spring.
Find out more about their upcoming free sample classes and enter for a chance to win 10 weeks of free classes.
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Birgit Sund on February 21, 2017