Free printable Mother's Day cards, coloring pages, crafts, printables for mom - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, on May 10 in 2015. Looking for free printable crafts to make with children for Mother's Day? Here are free printable cards that kids can color themselves and give to mom. Children free proud when they can make things for mom.Free printable Mother's Day cards, coloring pages, crafts, printables for mom - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Free printable play money, consumer math printables, banking and checking games

Pi Day, March 14, celebrates math. Money math is a favorite with kids. They love play money. Kids learn math skills pretending grocery store or consumer math. Interacting with play money, children learn to count, add, subtract, multiply, divide and skip count by fives, tens and twenty-five. Making change teaches counting backwards.



Consumer math is great way to demonstrate positive and negative numbers. Positive numbers are money you have. Negative numbers can be thought of as money you owe. Money math teaches fractions, decimals and percent, using credit, interest, fees, sales an discounts as examples.



Here are links to free printable play money. Print play money and use in preschool learning centers: house, store, bank and practical life. Use free printable play money in math, marketing, life skills and economic classes. Using play money helps prepare special needs students for real-life experience and transitions.

Free printable play money, consumer math printables, banking and checking games - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

National Pancake Day, free pancakes at IHOP March 3, 2015

Happy National Pancake Day! IHOP is giving away free pancakes on Tuesday, March 3. Everyone who comes to IHOP (the International House of Pancakes) will receive one free short stack of buttermilk pancakes. That's a sweet deal, right? But the sweetest part is that IHOP's free pancakes day benefits charity. Guests are asked to show their gratitude for the meal by donating to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals or other sponsored charity of choice.  National Pancake Day, free IHOP pancakes March 3 to benefit CMN hospitals

Free printable 2015 calendars, online organizers, personal planners

It's a new year, 2015. How long does it take you to switch gears from the old year and remember the correct one? If it you're still writing 2014 on dates and forms, maybe you need a new calendar to help you recall? Or maybe you just need to get organized. Either way, you need a calendar. Here are free 2015 calendars to download and print online.  Free printable 2015 calendars, online organizers, personal planners

Free printable Christmas ornaments, decorations, crafts, cards, coloring pages

Need some educational Christmas crafts? How about free printable cut-and-paste and folded-paper holiday decorations? Kids can practice math, measurement and fine motor skills while creating lovely, festive decor. These activities are perfect for elementary and middle school math classes, homeschool and winter vacation fun. With some assistance, these crafts will work with disabled students and preschoolers. Senior citizens will love them, too.Free printable Christmas ornaments, decorations, crafts, cards, coloring pages 

 

Save big holiday bucks on your Thanksgiving turkey with money-saving tips

Thanksgiving dinner isn't cheap to prepare. We feed 10-15 people every year and it costs us about $6-$8 per person. The turkey gobbles up the biggest portion of our grocery dollar. So I save by seeking cheapest prices on Thanksgiving turkeys.  Save big holiday bucks on your Thanksgiving turkey with money-saving tips - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Top 10 Halloween costumes for 2014, Make Some Easy and Cheap

 Are you a trend-follower or trailblazer when it comes to Halloween costumes? If you answered "trendy!" here's the list of top 10 Halloween costumes for 2014. Party City, a one-stop purveyor of all things holiday, lists what's hot and flying off their shelves this year. We'll take it in backwards order, just to keep the suspense.Top 10 Halloween costumes for 2014 - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Free Printable Manga and Anime Coloring Pages

 Manga, a variation of Japanese anime is a crazy popular story and art style among kids. Sakura, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Bakugan, Fairly Odd Parents, Powerpuff Girls and even Hello Kitty! and A Dog Named Spot are Japanese manga cartoons. Kazuki Takahashi created many of the manga characters that are so well loved now. Do your  kids love anime characters?  Here are free printable manga drawing and coloring pages. Free Printable Manga and Anime Coloring Pages 

Free Printable Postman Pat Coloring Pages for Children

Are you a fan of the cartoon Postman Pat? Perhaps you enjoyed the UK's 3D Postman Pat: the Movie that aired in June, 2014?   Postman Pat is charming story of a friendly neighborhood Royal Mail carrier and his sidekick cat Jess. It's similar to Wallace and Gromit in animation.With all the "adult" cartoons posing as kiddie shows on TV, it's refreshing to see that Postman Pat is genuinely for kids, about child-friendly themes. If you like the show, here areFree Printable Postman Pat Coloring Pages

Free Online Kids' Games Arcade Random, Action and Educational

In technology and online gaming, it's difficult for parents to know which websites have safer options for children. Here is a game website that offers fun, free entertaining games for kids in upper elementary and middle school.

  Agame, at www.agame.com. A favorite descriptor word kids love to use now, is "random"--they'll say their sense of humor and entertainment tastes are random, meaning silly and pointless. Agame certainly fits. From traditional puzzle, action, racing, skill, arcade, board/ card games, shooter and role play games, you can find uber goofy off-the-wall games like Receptionists Revenge and Ghosts Stole My Puppy (?)


  Agame games has fashion and style games SuperSecret and Girls Go Catwalk. Role-play games include Farm Mania and Burger Restaurant and Cake of Fun. Racing games include Uphill Rush 2, Urban Truck, Robotic Emergence and Street Sesh. Action Adventure games include Warfare 1917 and Bomb It 2. Skill/puzzle games include Bejeweled, Mahjong, Bubble Shooter and Zuma.


  I especially like Agame (kids will too) because there are fewer pop-up ads to slow the gaming, Addicting Games is free, but has three major ad slots on the peripheral of the game board. Agame has one short video commecial ad that players must wait through. After that, the ad is covered by the game and there is only one other ad slot. Kids can create a user profile and log in to play or they can play without creating a profile. Agame also has a chat/comment section parents can allow or disallow. For more family-friendly online gaming visit me at www.freesafekidsgames.blogspot.com.