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My preschooler has worked hard this past year on learning her alphabet. We have excitedly chartered into new territory recently beginning to blend words and learn sight words. One fun way to encourage this beginning stage of reading is with emergent readers. I know firsthand the excitement my daughter feels when she learns how to read a small book all on her own, so it’s a great tool to use. The creative preschool theme this week is “what I want to be when I grow up” so I put together this fun preschool emergent reader printable....

Why Pineapple Is The Secret Weapon For Broadway Actors lev radin/Shutterstock By Grace Lyra Simmons/Oct. 19, 2022 5:16 pm EST Tony Award-winning Broadway actress Stephanie J. Block is best known for portraying Star in “The Cher Show,” Elphaba in “Wicked,” and Liza Minnelli in “The Boy From Oz.” Block, a Broadway veteran who stuns audiences with her pitch-perfect vocals night after night, is back on Broadway in the production of “Into the Woods,” playing the Baker’s Wife....

Just because you’ve saved shopping till the last minute doesn’t mean you can’t still bring the wow factor. Check out these amazing last minute holiday gifting ideas that will make it seem like you’ve planned this thoughtful gift well in advance! Volcom’s Jamie Lynn Gore-Tex Jumpsuit A 3L Gore-Tex Volcom Outerwear manifestation of nomadic journeyman, Jamie Lynn’s mind, this loose-fit one-piece snow suit takes the utilitarian functionality of a rugged workwear coverall and blends it with modern materials for the mountains....

Expansion teams like the Seattle Kraken, the NHL’s newest team, are supposed to be bad. A new team hasn’t had years to accumulate talent, and its players start out with no experience playing together. Almost by definition, it should take several years before any new franchise—in any professional sport—gets really good. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies Brad Marchand on Playing With Patrice Bergeron, the Last Time He Cried, and More...

The theme of the last year’s Pandemic Thanksgiving could have been “Keep Away,” applicable to both viruses and extraneous cousins. The situation this holiday season, while far from perfect, is meaningfully safer, and it feels like cause for celebration. Instead of going to a random relative’s house for dinner, consider a fuss-free feast at one of the best restaurants to eat out for Thanksgiving, where there’s a 100 percent chance of a full bar and perfectly cooked turkey....

A short film about commitment, perseverance and the grit needed to get to the finish line of the most challenging mountain bike race in America. Watch: Huge Freeride Lines in Remote B.C. With Kenny Smith Read article Starting at 10,000 feet and taking riders over 100 epic miles and 12,000 feet of elevation change, the Leadville 100 MTB is seen as the most challenging and prestigious mountain bike race in the country....

Four Roses has delivered one last whiskey banger before the summer release season comes to an end: Four Roses 2021 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon. It’s a damn-good whiskey and available at a reasonable price—if you can find it in stores. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies We’ve called Four Roses a lot of things over the years, including overlooked and one of the best single barrel bourbons....

As we get older, our bodies start to break down. No matter how hard we try to reverse those effects, they’ll keep on coming like a train passing by Folsom Prison. But we can try to slow it down a bit so we can have more energy throughout our days. One of the ways to do so is to use the HPN NAD+ Booster. What makes the HPN NAD+ Booster so effective in helping combat the ravages of time on our cells?...

Some of my strongest memories from nearly 40 years of skiing happened at the hands of the sport’s most questionable lift. I can still clearly recall my first day ever out, four decades ago, for falling off a T-bar surface lift. I can picture my teenage best friend and I huddled together on a slow and cold double-chair plotting our future as pro skiers. And I’ll always remember riding a T-bar with a toddler, partially because of the back pain....

In honor of Groundhog Day on Thursday, we made Paper Plate Groundhogs yesterday. Technically I think they could pass for Beavers also, but they all pretty much look the same, right?! 🙂 Materials You Will Need: Paper Plate Brown Acrylic Paint 2 Large Wiggly Eyes Black Marker Ears, Nose and Teeth pieces (pattern found HERE) Craft Knife (Used by Parent, obviously!) 6 Toothpicks Directions: We started by painting the bottom of a paper plate with brown acrylic paint....

We have some ocean themed kids crafts to share with you this week. We happened to pick up “Hooray for Fish” by Lucy Cousins at the library the other week and next thing I knew making fish crafts just sounded like lots of fun. We got out some paper, Dot Markers and other supplies and out came some adorable Puffy Fish. After making our craft we had lots of fun making pretend scenes with them to take some pictures of them....

Who doesn’t love going to the beach during the summer? It’s one of the best benefits of the summer heat finally rolling in. But you need to wear the right clothes when you go. It won’t be really comfortable going in the ocean wearing jeans. Which is why you should pick up these O’Neill Hyperfreak Heist Boardshorts. One of the immediate benefits of the O’Neill Hyperfreak Heist Boardshorts is that you don’t have to just wear them to the beach....

Siri Daly’s Number-One Tip For Parents Of Picky Eaters - Exclusive Barry King/Getty Images By Olivia Bria/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 1:02 pm EST We are all picky about something. Tomatoes, for instance, are the kind of polarizing food that’s either loved or hated by adults everywhere. Complicating matters is that over time, your preferences change, especially after growing into an adult. But that doesn’t make it any easier for adults to deal with kids being picky eaters....

My daughter has been having such a fun time playing with our Santa and Reindeer Stick Puppets so we decided to make a Snowman Stick Puppet too. Between our Snowmen and other characters, my daughter puts on a pretty spectacular puppet show! Her little shows have been the highlight of my week so far! {This post contains affiliate links for your convenience, read our Disclosure Policy for more information.} Supplies you will need:...

A funny thing happened when the pandemic hit and the economy went into a free fall. Cars didn’t stop selling—especially fast ones. Turns out contemplating mortality meant, for many of us, enjoying the visceral pleasures available to us while we still could. For some, that meant going out and buying the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye Widebody. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies After driving one, I tip my dopamine-soaked cap to those buyers....

The Telltale Signs Of A Bad Bakery, According To Duff Goldman Paul Archuleta/Getty By Gillian King/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 4:10 pm EST People visit bakeries more during the holiday season (yes, including Thanksgiving) than at any other time of year. In fact, bakeries do 26% of their business during the last three months of the year and 11% in December alone, according to Dawn Foods. That means you’re more likely this time of year than any other to try a new bakery....

What The USDA’s Beef Grades Actually Mean Mario Tama/Getty Images By Grace Lyra Simmons/Nov. 5, 2022 12:03 pm EST Not all meats and fish that line the grocery store aisles are created equal. There are nuances in the language on the packaging of, for example, meat and eggs. Examples include organic, free-range, cage-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free. Not to mention the baseless words like the term “natural” which is used freely by producers and isn’t regulated by the USDA....

Picture this: you’re about to work eight hours in your auto body shop, and you just got married to the woman of your dreams. You want to wear your wedding ring, but you’re afraid to scuff it, drop it, or put yourself in a dangerous situation. What are you supposed to do? Accidents caused by wedding rings are common at jobs that require intense physical labor. If your ring is suddenly pulled from your finger by a machine, you could be badly injured or lose your finger completely....

Owning a house of any size or appearance is a great accomplishment in and of itself, but not many people get to say that they live in a house known around the world! The White House is the official residence of the sitting President of The United States, and this distinction along with its unique design has made this mansion world famous. First occupied by John Adams in 1880, it has since served as the home for every subsequent president....

Why Steaks Always Taste Better At A Restaurant Mironov Vladimir/Shutterstock By Trevor Carlson/Updated: Oct. 29, 2022 8:33 pm EST For those of us who enjoy a nicely-seared slab of red meat now and then, steak is often considered the highest form of carnivore candy. But have you ever noticed a discernible difference between the taste of a steak cooked at home and the highly flavorful steak you receive when you dine out at a restaurant?...