Fall is here and what better way to mark the season than with a month of apple-related activities? It’s the time of year for freshly-baked apple pies, apple festivals, and Johnny Appleseed’s birthday! Take a trip to a farmer’s market or to an orchard to pick your own apples. Have a party to celebrate Johnny [...]

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The girls at Mom Generations just love Root & Sprout.
This is a place where kids and parents truly do grow together.
Find an article for information/fun/helpful tips from pregnancy through teens and everything in between.
Root & Sprout certainly has lots of Smart Mamas in one place.
Even submit your own articles… Root & Sprout loves moms and [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out there! What a glorious weekend to celebrate!
It’s funny how most mothers say “every day is Mother’s Day” for them… and that they “don’t need one specific day to celebrate” themselves…
But it is special to have one day each year that is especially reserved for celebrating Mothers. [...]

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Kids parties have become the latest craze, and coming up with unique and fun themes and activities for children’s birthday parties and other events can be daunting. More and more parents are faced with the need to find new and creative ways to entertain throngs of classmates, neighborhood friends, and siblings of various ages.
One simple, [...]

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Rainy days can be so boring for a child… and just as hard on moms. So we give some ideas to brighten your day and chase their rainy day blues away!
Shadow puppets
In a room that is fairly dark, set up a flash light so it is facing a wall. Have the children make hand shadows. [...]

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Every Christmas my boys and I make Christmas ornaments. One of my all-time favorites is the child’s hand print Santa. We made these ornaments six years ago, and I still smile a really big smile when they are unboxed. It has become a tradition to compare the Santa hand print ornaments with [...]

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Today my four-year-old son and I made a “leaf mobile” for his baby sister. This was a fun and surprisingly easy activity that can be done with kids of any age. First, we loaded the baby up in her stroller and went for a leaf walk. We were on the lookout for leaves of different [...]

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