NEPA Family News
Art is Every Day
Happy Bday America
For the nation’s largest Free July 4th festival including two spectacular fireworks
displays, food, culture, educational programs, entertainment and patriotic fun
for the whole family… hop in your car for a quick jaunt to Philadephia’s Wawa
Welcome America!
With 10 patriotic days (June 25 – July 4) packed with family fun events, no
other city rolls out the “red, white and blue” welcome carpet quite like America’s
birthplace. All are welcome to explore and experience a line-up of prominent,
world-class musicians, the nation’s most diverse Independence Day Parade, a threeday “Taste of Philadelphia” food sampling event and so much more. For more
information and schedule details, visit welcomeamerica.com.
An excellent resource for parents who
want to encourage creativity over summer
break, Art
Is Every
Day offers
over 70
meaningful
and
stimulating
hands-on
projects
inspired by
every day
materials
and spaces,
indoors and
out. Author
and art
specialist,
Eileen S. Prince, explains how simple
activities can be a demonstration and
lesson on fundamental art techniques.
Art is Every Day is available at most major
bookstores. OR…keep your eye on our
Contests & Giveaways link (nepafamily.
com) to win a copy!
Large-scale Games. Big-time Fun.
Bananagrams®, Inc. is releasing super-sized
versions of two of its best-selling crossword
games this summer. Jumbo Bananagrams
features 144 waterproof, three-inch square
tiles packaged in a funky giant yellow bananashaped tote bag. Requiring no pencil, paper
or board, Jumbo Bananagrams is addictive fun
and educational play for kids age five to 105.
Jumbo ZIP-IT® is an exhilarating high-speed
crossword race featuring 24 wooden lettered
two-inch square cubes. To play, each person
takes 12 cubes and races to form his own
crossword grid using any side of the cubes.
Both games are perfect for innovative outdoor
or indoor play. Visit bananagrams.com.
Journal Writing
Writing in journals helps children with not only their
spelling and writing, but also encourages creativity
and imagination. The Victoria Chart Company has
created ‘My Vacation Journal’, a 20-page activity book
that encourages writing, drawing and collecting. The
Journal includes an index to complete, seven pages
to document daily events, a ‘Why not...’ section
suggesting fun things to try and do and a daily checklist
to help children understand the importance of sun
protection. Visit victoriachartcompany.com and
enter promotional code VCHART15 when ordering to
receive a 15% discount.
Northeast PA Family • July/August 2012
b…b…b… bird
Learning to read and expanding
vocabulary is an incremental process.
That is one of the premises behind The
Word Bird. The Word Bird Adventure
targets three age groups: K through
3rd, 4th through 5th and 6th through
8th grades. Each week, your child will
receive in the mail a new challenge
word along with stories to help make
the word understandable. In total, 52
new vocabulary words are received. In
addition, lessons on part of speech,
homonyms,
antonyms,
synonyms,
acronyms
and root
words to
prepare your
child for
standardized
testing are
included.
A year-long
subscription
(of weekly
mailings)
costs $7.00 per month. Visit
wordbirddelivers.com to learn more.
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