First it is important that kids experience the joy and pain that comes from handling money. Usually there is great joy when kids make money, great joy when they spend it, but no joy when the money is all gone. How many of us have experienced the excitement of the Friday payday only to blow it all over the weekend and be broke on Monday? This is not a good feeling but hopefully it taught you a great lesson. Often the best lessons in life come not from our successes but from our failures. You need to allow your children to experience the same type of lessons. Yes you should teach your children how to budget, but don’t always bail them out when they blow the budget. By doing this you can set a bad precedent that whenever I get into trouble, mommy and daddy will bail me out. This may be cute when your child is 5 or 6, or even 14 or 15, but when they are 40 or 50 and the same thing is happening it is not so cute anymore. The next time your child spends all of their money on that PS3 video game and they don’t have money for the school trip, let them miss the trip. Sure they may kick and scream and not like you for a while however, the lesson they learn will be one they never forget. 

It is also good to allow your children to make money decisions now while their decisions only affect their lives. Parents often make the mistake of managing all of the money for their children and though the intention is good it only works if you are allowing your children some decisions in the process. It is great to tell your children what to do with their money but don’t do it all for them. Let them make some choices even though you know some will be good and some will be bad. Some will make them money and some may cost them money but that is ok because they are learning. By the time they are adults hopefully they will know the difference between the two. 

As crazy as it sounds when kids make money decisions failure is good and mistakes are a wonderful thing. Obviously no parent wants to see their child make bad decisions but sometimes that will be the only way your child will learn so allow your children to make them. Remember your children don’t have to be perfect but they have to grow and mistakes made in the training ground of the home can help lead them to growth. 

About the Author:
Nicole Clemow is one of the founders of Money Toolkits, which is a global on-line school that educates parents on teaching kids about money. For more information check out http://www.squidoo.com/kids-makingmoney.

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Ed Helper
http://www.edhelper.com

School Express
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Learning Page
http://www.learningpage.com

Tools for Educators
http://www.toolsforeducators.com

Britannica
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Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com

Homeschoolers Reference Desk
http://www.geocities.com/homeschooldesk/

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org

New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning

Enchanted Learning
www.EnchantedLearning.com

Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.com

Miscellaneous

Autism Today
http://www.autismtoday.com

Ideal Lives
http://www.ideallives.com

Study Stack
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How Stuff Works
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Living Spanish
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To Learn English
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Songs for Teaching
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Education Creations
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Time Savers for Teachers
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http://www.kids.gov/

Time4Learning
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Math

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Math Playground
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Math Drills
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Math.com
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WebMath

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Cool Math Games
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BigBrainz
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Living Math
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Exploratorium
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Writing

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http://www.history.org/trips

Natural Wonders of the World
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CyberBee
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Global Online Adventure Learning Site
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The Jason Project
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Virtual Field Trips
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Xpeditions @ National Geographic
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K-12 Africa Guide
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States and Capitals
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Life in the Middle Ages
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New Perspectives on the West
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The American Civil War Homepage
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The Civil War Homepage
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The Oregon Trail
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Geography Worksheets
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm

White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids

Lewis and Clark
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Library of Congress
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Homeschool Buyers Co-Op
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Homeschool Freebie of the Day
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The Well Trained Mind
http://www.welltrainedmind.com

Helping to Homeschool
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The Homeschool Mom
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Homeschool Share
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A to Z Teacher Stuff
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All Things Homeschool
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Homeschool How-to
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Homeschool Buyer’s Co-Op
www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org

Teacher Vision
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Educational Games

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Teach With Movies
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Fun Brain
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Discovery Kids
http://kids.discovery.com/games/games.html

I Know That
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Jigsaw Puzzles
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Sesame Street
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About the Author:

This article was reprinted from Homeschool.com which is loaded with great material to help you homeschool your children as well as to help you set up a home business so that you can take care of your financial needs and still stay home with the kids.

Unsure where to begin in speaking to you youngsters about money? You’re not all alone. Very like teaching your youngsters to look all ways before crossing the street, managing money, is a parental responsibility that safeguards kids’ future. Good habits start early in life and the savings habit brings lifelong benefits. Children have an interest in cash and they can learn by example and by doing. 

Engage your kids using a number of these straightforward, fun ideas and help them learn the value of cash: 

1. Explain to your children what cash is all about. 

The earlier you can teach a child or teenager about cash, including getting paid, saving money, and spending cash responsibility, the better prepared they’ll be to manage their own money. 

2. Explaining the value of spending money may also be done at home. 

You can assign some household chores and pay a small amount after they were able to do it. 

3. Talk to your child about the family budget. 

Allow them to ask about household finances and how you manage the household budget. Brace the training process by budgeting for a family outing or a purchase. 

4. If you have multiple children, a technique to keep them incentivized is by giving a prize to whoever earned the highest amount in their savings. 

5. Show your children how an ATM machine works. 

While many children know that cash doesn’t grow on trees, they may think it comes out of a wall. Help your children understand that you must put money in the bank before you can take it out. 

When you debate money with kids, you help them develop a feeling of limits. There’s only a certain amount  of money to go around! If you spend it on some things, you won’t have it to spend on others. Teaching your youngsters about saving money doesn’t need to be a hard job. Remember to bide your time and consistent, and your kids will be in a position to learn this critical skill in a straightforward and neat way. 

About the Author:
International author and speaker Nicole Clemow devotes her time helping parents teach their kids about money. For more information, check out Nicole’s latest Squidoo Lens “Whose Responsibility is it – the parents or teachers?” http://www.squidoo.com/teachingkidaboutmoney.

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The first thing you need to consider is the digital camera that your children will be using. Very small children can use durable “drop proof” cameras that can be found in toy stores or online. Although these cameras take photos with relatively low quality, it will still get your little one used to the idea of taking pictures and you’ll be spared the nervousness associated with giving a child an expensive piece of equipment. 

You can get a quality digital camera for under $100 for elementary school children, or spend a bit more to get a camera that will last them a little longer. Another option is to give your child your old camera when you decide to upgrade. 

Before you buy your child a camera, be sure to read the reviews of the camera so you’ll be sure it will meet your needs. By doing your due diligence beforehand, you’ll be able to find the right camera. There are many options available on most digital cameras, but your child probably won’t need more than the focusing options and a few other settings. Don’t give them more than they can handle or it will be too frustrating. 

Once you child has a camera, you can encourage their use of their camera through a variety of different projects and fun activities. The first step is to have them take their camera anywhere they can. Walks in the park, trips to grandma’s house and even a simple journey through the supermarket can be a photographic adventure for young children. Having their camera ready to use will encourage them to take more pictures. 

If your children are in the older elementary grades, help them evaluate their photography and work on framing shots. Digital cameras can really help in this aspect because your child can get instant feedback on each shot. As they get used to their camera, help them to learn basic photography concepts, such as the rule of thirds and backlighting techniques. 

With digital cameras, the focus can really be on experimenting and taking lots of shots because you don’t have to worry about wasting film. Your kids can shoot away and keep only the photos that they are most proud of.

Encourage your kids to take lots of photos using a variety of different techniques and perspectives. Encourage them to push the different buttons on the camera for different effects to see what they like the most. 

Ask them to document a day in their life, or a special occasion in a way that they perhaps hadn’t imagined before. Maybe they will take a closeup of the dog’s toenails or their water glass at the dinner table. Once the photos are printed, ask your kids to write creative captions, journal entries or fictional stories to go along with their visual art. 

When your child has mastered the basics, you can challenge him or her to complete photography projects. Your kids can get pictures of everyone in their family making silly faces, for example. They can take many different pictures of the family pet throughout the day or photos of their favorite times of day to send to their grandparents. 

Look at photos that other people have taken, whether in the newspaper, a coffee table book, on a website or in a photo art gallery. Talk about what appeals to them about each of their favorite photos. What kind of lighting, composition, or special effects help to create the mood of the photograph? 

You can join your child in their photography habit by learning more about it yourself. Take a digital photography course or buy a book so you can share tips. The quality of your photos will improve and you’ll be able to have a hobby that you two can share for years to come. 

About the Author:
Jamie Jefferson says before you pay for photo processing, look online for photo printing coupons: http://www.momscape.com/coupon-codes/snapfish.htm and if you need a new camera, browse these digital camera coupons and discounts: http://www.momscape.com/coupon-codes/best-buy.htm.

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1. Attach colorful and big numbers in the bedroom walls. 

Children always say ‘what is this’ while pointing their fingers to each of the things that brought them curiosity. Take advantage of this behavior; it would be easy for you to introduce numbers to your child by attaching colorful and big numbers in the bedroom walls. Once done, he will start asking you what are these things you placed in the walls. And, because he sees them every day, he gets familiar with them that before you know it, he can already identify each number. 

2. Put a poster of the letters of the alphabet in one of the walls in his bedroom. 

Buy the biggest and most creative poster of the letters of the alphabet in one of the stores nearby. Place it in one of his bedroom walls. Again, your child’s curiosity will lead him to the poster and he will again start asking you about these letters. To your surprise, day by day, he will be familiarized with one or two letters until he can already identify all. 

3. Place a computer inside his bedroom. 

Do not be mistaken about computer. Computer is not all about video gaming. It is, more importantly, used for learning. You just have to teach your child how to use it and when to use it. Start by introducing interesting facts written in web sites. Choose the facts that will capture the interests of your child, such as animals and plants. You read facts as if you are reading him a story. This way, you are not only promoting learning, but also reading.

4. Make a collection of books inside his room. 

Buy him books that will encourage him to reading. Make sure that these books are suitable and interesting for kids (meaning, they are written in big letters and are visually presentable). 

5. Make a daily record of what he learned for the day. 

Each night before he sleeps, have a ‘recap’ of what he learned during the day. Write them in a paper, which should be clipped it in the wall. Make it visible to his eyes. This will give him a sense of achievement; thus, encouraging him to strive for more. 

Learning is a continuing process; but parents should realize that it starts not at school, but in his bedroom. Consider this list and you will achieve your goal of promoting learning to your child. 

About the Author:
Harrison Fray is an experienced and expert home decor planner who specializes in kids bedding and kids room decor buying. His advice can help you to buy toddler bedding cheaply but with unique style. Drop by http://www.kidstoddlerboutique.com and see what Harrison recommends.

1. Make sure you have your resumé neatly prepared identifying all your best personality traits and skills you have acquired at school or within your home until now. Search the internet for resumé writing tips to assist you or think about using a professional resumé service to ensure all the relevant information is collected. 

2. Now that you have your resumé in hand, print of some copies and go into some local businesses for whom you would like to work. Simply introduce yourself and ask to see the manager. If they are unavailable ask for a suitable time rather than leaving your resumé at the front counter. 

Once you get to speak to them, explain who you are and mention that you are local,  really eager to start working part time and that you identified this business as being one for which you would enjoy working. Ask if they could take a look at your resume if you leave it with them. 

If no follow ups are generated keep repeating this procedure every 6 weeks and make sure you continue to visit the same businesses along with some new ones so they begin to realize you are determined and persistent. 

Take a friend with you for security and moral support so that if anyone is short with your or inconsiderate you have someone to encourage you. 

3. Email prospective employers. This involves either searching job-seeking sites to apply for first jobs or visiting business websites at their employment pages to apply for positions electronically. Ensure you have the correct email address and phone numbers entered when you apply this way. Since the business cannot put your name to your face this is a less successful method so make sure you utilize all methods during your recruiting stage. 

4. Offer to work free for a business for a week to see if it is suitable. Involve your school in this arrangement so any legal documents can be completed. 

5. Take volunteer work. While looking for a part time job there’s nothing stopping you volunteering at community centers to assist. It will look great on your resumé and assist your people skills and self esteem. They may even write a reference for you. 

6. Never underestimate the power of word or mouth and referral. This is called networking. Make sure you tell anyone you bump into that you are currently looking for part time work to fit around school and would appreciate any help if they hear of anything. That way, you have planted the seed of an idea. If they hear about any positions among acquaintances there is a good chance they will recommend you. 

Finally, good luck with your job hunting. The trick, of course, is not too give up! Realistically set yourself a six month plan and, by doing a little each week, you will soon have a student job. 

About the Author:
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A professional advised those working with a stressed fourteen-year-old with learning difficulties to do the things the girl wanted to do–teach according to her interests–in order to decrease her stress. The girl had been compliant. Then she started hurrying, focusing on completing each task whether answers were right or wrong. 

She would finish one assignment and without a breath begin the next. She enjoyed nothing. Driven, she refused breaks, apparently hoping to find an end and freedom at last. Finally, she started avoiding the teachers and all work, becoming less and less cooperative. That’s when professional advice was sought. A member of the staff brought this to my attention, quite upset. She believed she was being asked to bribe the student. 

Is it bribery? Well, as teachers, what are we trying to achieve? If we want to break someone’s will and force them to become submissive and mindlessly obedient to any and every demand, relishing our position of power, then the advice wouldn’t be consistent with our goals. But what if we hope to nurture a desire to learn and the acquisition of skills that can be useful in a person’s life? If that’s the case, then instead of a “Do as I say or else” philosophy we should consider the adage “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” 

In fact, we are all drawn toward situations and people that make us feel good about ourselves. If we don’t enjoy a task, we may be willing to do it because we will have a sense of accomplishment or because we hope to earn a word of praise. 

This girl’s initial compliance was an attempt to please the teachers. When she realized that there was no end to the demands; to the tedium, she became depressed. Is it so difficult to empathize? 

Would we relish life as a coal miner–hard work in the dark, breathing polluted air, rarely ever seeing the sun? Maybe we could handle it for our family’s sake if we knew it was the only way to put food on the table but what if we thought that’s all our life would ever be? Would the depression we are likely to experience be lifted by more demands or by a positive change? What if the boss gave us respirators to make breathing easier and rotated shifts to give everyone a chance to spend time in the sunshine? Would he be guilty of bribery or smart business practices? 

Are your children stressed out from an endless list of tedious tasks? Do they find ways to delay or avoid assignments, leaving you in the exhausting role of drill sergeant? 

If so, what would you want done if the roles were reversed? How do you like to learn? Empathy and the desire to help children succeed should replace notions of the teacher as dictator. Just like us, when children are comfortable and relaxed they are able to think more critically and creatively. Stress can wreck their immune systems and leave them prone to illness and depression. 

So, I leave it to you: is it bribery to help children learn in a nurturing environment or just good sense? 

About the Author:
Kathryn L. Stout is a Christian educator, consultant, speaker, and author of nine books as well as the creator of Design-A-Study. An honors graduate of the University of Delaware, Kathryn holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in special education. During her eight years in public schools she taught, tested, and developed programs for students who did not respond to traditional strategies. 

She home schooled her own two children, Clea and Christopher, for fourteen years using the Design-A-Study materials she created. Both graduated from college with honors. Clea earned a BA degree from her parents’ alma mater and a Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law. Christopher earned a BA in cinema-television from the University of Southern California, attending on a USC Presidential Scholarship.

And during the colder months your supply of food can save their lives. 

At this time of year we all need a few incentives to venture outside and what could be better than knowing we could be saving our tiny garden friends’ lives? In winter, birds find it hard to find their natural food such as insects, worms, berries and seeds. They require high energy and high fat foods during the cold weather to maintain their body reserves to survive frosty nights. 

Children can often be encouraged to help feed the birds as it is very easy to do and offers instant rewards – watch their faces when they peep through the window and see a robin tucking in to the food they’ve just left on the bird table. 

In severe weather, feed twice daily if possible, in the morning and in the early afternoon. 

When thinking what to feed them, you can buy bird cake and peanuts, which are very good because of their high-fat content and bird seed mixtures are also high in oils. But you can also feed kitchen scraps, such as fat and suet, and leftovers from the children’s tea, like soft wholemeal

bread, mild grated cheese, cooked potatoes, pastry and dried fruit, or even better, get the children to make their own bird cake to their own special recipe. 

Recipe for Bird Cake 

First make a mould from something suitable such as a coconut shell or an empty yoghurt pot or ice cream carton. Thread some string through the bottom of the coconut so that you can hang it up off the bird table or on to a tree and thread some wire through the pot or plastic container. 

Ingredients: 

500g fat (suet is best) 

500g mixed bird seed plus up to 750g of scraps such as cake & biscuit crumbs, grated cheese, minced peanuts, sultanas, brown bread etc. 

Method: 

1. Carefully melt the fat in a large saucepan. Don’t make it too hot and ensure young children are always carefully supervised. 

2. Stir all the rest of the ingredients into the fat. 

3. Pour the mixture into the mould and leave to cool and set.

4. When the cake is set, hang the coconut mould upside down in the garden. Cake made in a yoghurt pot can be carefully scooped out using a knife, and hung up by the wire or simply turned out on to your bird table. 

Then just watch the birds enjoy your feast! Birds that will love this cake include robins, nuthatches, sparrows, chaffinches, great tits and blue tits and you might even be lucky enough to catch a greater spotted woodpecker having a peck too. Remember that a constant supply of drinking water is just as important as food so crack the ice off the bird bath with some warm water from the kettle. 

Other ways to look after your birds this coming winter include putting up nesting boxes and creating a natural, organic garden with native plants, shelter and places to perch. 

Birds love untidy gardens so leave dead heads on plants so that the birds can pick out the seeds and leave some of the autumn leaves around for the birds to scratch around in, for bugs and insects. 

About the Author:
Kim Peatfield. The Little Terra website http://www.littleterra.co.uk/ offers a whole range of ideas for keeping kids active outdoors, as well as wildlife friendly presents and high quality outdoor clothes to keep your children warm and dry this winter.

More Kids’ Activities Resources

1. Read together. Reading is one of the best learning activities you can do together. Most preschoolers enjoy being read to and will begin to choose favorite books or stories. When you finish a book, ask your child to point out one of the characters or to tell you about the story. Don’t be surprised if you end up reading the same book over and over again!

2. Practice animal sounds. This one works in the car, too! Ask your child “What sound does a cow make?”, and wait for the “moo”. Start with easy ones like cats, dogs, and farm animals and work your way up to monkeys, donkeys, and snakes.

3. Learn about specific locations or animals. Spend a week or two learning about farms, for example. Read farm related books, visit a local farm, plan something together, or visit the garden center. This type of unit study will be familiar to them when they begin school full time.

4. Count. Count everyday items or count as you are playing. Build a tower and count how many blocks it is high or count out cookies at snack time.

5. Learn shapes and colors. Colors can be introduced throughout the course of your normal day. A trip to the grocery store produce aisle can give you lots of colors to choose from something as simple as holding up a tomato and asking your child to identify the color can help cement this knowledge.

6. Practice with pencils and crayons. Your preschooler will love making “art” with crayons, markers, and pencils and, in addition to expressing his creativity, he will be learning how to hold these writing implements — skills he will use in earnest once he begins to learn to write letters and words.

7. Play with clay. Clay or craft dough is fun to work with and manipulating the material helps develop hand muscles, which will lead to greater motor control and dexterity. If you are concerned abut the mess, play with craft dough at a table outdoors instead of inside.

8. Dance. Preschoolers and toddlers love to move about and dance. Put on some music and dance together. It is a great workout for both of you and helps develop important gross motor skills.

You can incorporate learning of some type into just about everything you do together. Your preschooler’s natural curiosity and interest in learning will make incorporating educational activities into your daily routine a snap!

About the Author:
Denise Sanger is the owner of http://www.NewCoolToysOnline.com which features a great selection of ride-on toys and outdoor toys for kids of all ages. The company may be reached at 877/950-7665.

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ABC Fun & 1-2-3 combines both of the above in an adult-and-child-friendly weekly program that introduces children to the letters and sounds of the alphabet.

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