Free Online Chore Chart for Kids | My Job Chart

Need a great system to get your kids motivated to do chores? Enter My Job Chart, a free, easy-to-use, online kids chore chart and reward system for organizing and motivating your kids to learn first hand how to Save, Share, and Spend!

My Job Chart makes it easy for us parents to assign chores and follow up on chores, while making it more motivating and meaningful for children to fulfill them. As your child completes each of their chores, they will earn points that can then use for Amazon purchases, spending or even saving!! It is easy for kids to see exactly how many points they are earning.

Pampers Baby Dry Gift Pack {Giveaway}

Pampers wants parents to know that their their little one will wake up happy and well-rested from Sweet Sleep Time, with Pampers Baby Dry diapers. With a wider UltraAbsorb™ core for outstanding leakage protection and comfortable fit, Pampers Baby Dry diapers offer 12 hours of overnight dryness and contain three layers of absorbency (vs. two in other leading brands).

Pampers is offering a special coupon where parents can receive a $1.50 off printable coupon for your next purchase of Pampers Baby Dry diapers. Simply visit the following link at Coupons.com for the $1.50 off Pampers Baby Dry diapers coupon.

How to Help Improve Your Child's Academic Performance in 2013

Helping children succeed in school is one of the most important duties for parents. There are many ways to encourage your children to learn and grow educationally. Here are some ways to point your kids toward a lifetime of learning. 

Read Together 

Reading with your children helps them do well in school. Snuggling up with a book teaches literacy skills and language acquisition while instilling a life-long love of reading. Share stories aloud when you child is too young to read alone, then continue the practice even after he or she can read independently. Choose stories that are just beyond his or her reading level, and commit to spending at least a few minutes each day reading together.

Make the World a Classroom 

Free “My Child ID” Software Download ($30 Value)

In honor of the National Amber Alert Awareness Day, Amber Alert GPS is giving away the My Child ID™ downloadable software for FREE ($30 value).

Securely organize, manage and store your child's personal & medical information for easy access! "My Child ID" gives you peace of mind that you'll always be able to provide up-to-date information about your child to law enforcement or medical personnel quickly, should an emergency arise.

How to Give Baby Gifts That Will Really be Appreciated

Giving someone a gift is already personal in a sense, but personalizing your gift is taking it another step further. While the gift already indicates how special that person is to you, getting them something personalized to reflect their personality and personal preferences, is something more special. It makes the whole gift-giving process unique and will therefore elicit nothing but complete appreciation from the recipient.

Giving out personalized gifts makes the recipient feel special not only because you took the time to have their name, a special date or a special message engraved, embossed or printed on the gift but also because it really sends out the message that you were thinking of them, and is an indication of how well you know them.

How Much Time Should Your Child Spend Talking on The Phone?

You're getting really tired of searching for the home telephone only to find your teenager on it once again. It's official; you're going to limit the time that he or she can spend on the phone. The specific amount of time depends upon certain factors.

Your Child's Age

An eight year old child really does not need to be tying up the phone lines for 30-45 minutes at a time. However, as children turn into teenagers, social bonds require more than just the school day in order form. When your teenager is an all around good kid, consider allowing him or her up to an hour of telephone time every day.

Seven Ways to Keep Kids Occupied

If you have children you’ll know how difficult it can be to keep them out of trouble a lot of time, as they can be incredibly adventurous. If you’re trying to get some work done at home, or if you just want to make sure they aren’t doing anything they shouldn’t be, you might want to consider employing some of these helpful hints and tips to keep them occupied:

1. Get the games out

Geeking out with Kids

Not all of us were athletes as children. While other kids were playing catch, we were building robots out of LEGO pieces. As preteens, we weren't going gaga over the latest boy band; we were daydreaming about Star Wars. While our peers were trying out for the football team, we were playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Now we have kids of our own, and like any other parent, we want to pass our interests and passions on to our children. Here are a few ideas to help foster your little geeklet.

How to First Talk About Drug Use with Your Kids

Talking about drug use with your kids is an important part of keeping them healthy and safe. This topic may be uncomfortable for many parents to discuss with their children; however, even very young children may receive misinformation from their friends at school regarding drugs. This places them at a greater risk for experimenting with drugs. Parents can avoid this problem by maintaining open and honest communication with their child to ensure that the correct information is provided.

Begin Early

Cool Cuts 4 Kids $5 off Coupon and $25 Gift Card Giveaway

Just in time for the holiday season, Cool Cuts 4 Kids is offering our readers a coupon good for $5 off any service $11.95 or higher. It’s the perfect deal to give little ones a fresh look to last throughout the holidays and into the New Year!

Teaching Your Kids How to Organize

How many times do you walk past your child's bedroom and think to yourself, "Man, this is just a wreck!" I think we all have been there, and it is this moment that you decide it is time to teach your child how to organize and clean his own room.

Of course, this is easier said than done, so here are a few tips that should help you along your teaching journey.

Survey the room yourself

Free Kids Safety Kits at Old Navy (September 13-16)

"Old Navy has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to make a difference in our communities by helping kids stay safe as they head back to school."

Fitter Kids Equals Better Grades?

New research exploring how physical fitness can influence children's scores on standardized tests may make parents want to sign their kids up for more sports-related activities.

The research, conducted by the Center for Sport Psychology at the University of North Texas in Denton, was presented at the 2012 American Psychological Association's convention in Orlando in early August.

50 Activities to Promote Resilience in Young Children

"Mother's Day Gift To America's Moms From Devereux: 50 Free Resilience-Building Strategies For Your Children.

Just in time for Mother's Day, Devereux offers 50 free resilience-building activities and strategies from their award-winning publication, Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure. All 50 activities are free and available for download online at www.devereux.org, and each fun and easy activity includes a brief explanation of how it builds protective factors in young children, what materials are needed and step-by-step instructions."

Parenting Guide: Using Chess Boards to Increase Cognitive Functioning in Children

As a parent, it is important to ensure that you encourage activities that will optimize the cognitive functioning of your child. While many parents utilize strategies such as flash cards, books, and computer software that focus on learning, many parents are starting to discover that chess boards are highly beneficial in optimizing cognitive functioning among children.

Teaching Kids About Charity

The importance of teaching children the value of charity work is hard to overestimate. While every single child should learn how to spell, read, write and do math, there is more to life than just these basics. In order for a child to grow into a responsible citizen, he or she needs to learn that life is about more than making money, going to work and having fun. Giving to others will help a child to be aware of his or her community and grow into an responsible, ethical, tolerant adult.

Parents Magazine two-year subscription for $5

Eversave is offering you the chance to save big with a two-year subscription to Parents Magazine for $5.

5 Free Disney Movie Rewards Points (New Code)

For those of you that are Disney Movie Rewards Points members, here's a new code to get yourself 5 Free Disney Movie Rewards Points.

"Not A Member? Join Disney Movie Rewards! It's FREE, and you can start redeeming points immediately. It's easy to earn great rewards when you collect points available with participating Disney films." Freebie Fanatics will even help you out by posting when we find codes.

Tutors: Not Only For Struggling Students

One of the most important components of a student’s academic success is self-confidence. If a student is struggling, this confidence can be destroyed. If you feel you should wait until your child is having academic problems, you’re waiting too long. The fact is, there are three circumstances that call for a tutor. The time to find a tutor for your child is now.

If a student is having a difficult time with school work, a tutor can save the day. Children should not be permitted to fall so far behind that school becomes hateful. Too many children are allowed to struggle and fail. School becomes the enemy. It is a lose-lose situation. Ironically, preventative use of a tutor can bolster a child’s real self-esteem and turn a potentially failing student into a highly successful student. Starting with a tutor at the beginning of a child’s academic career can establish a life-long love of learning.

Home Depot Free Kids Workshop - Make a Savings Shed 1/7/12

Home Depot will have their next Free Kids Workshop on Saturday, January 7, 2012 between 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The craft that will be designed is a a Savings Shed (shown below). This super cool Savings Shed is a great place to store money.