Today's post is a continuation of last week's peanut allergy post and is bursting with excellent resources and information for individuals interested in learning more about this allergy. My post today includes: websites, a children's book and a delicious recipe all geared towards individuals with a peanut allergy.  ...

Living today as we do with so much technology at our fingertips, it is easy to log onto the web and google ''Dairy Free'' to see what is revealed!  One of the challenges of course can be that TOO many options emerge, which can be both overwhelming and confusing, especially if you are pressed for time. As always, in order to make both the ...

As promised, starting today and continuing throughout the summer I will be exploring the world of food allergies. In spring of 2011, I wrote several posts highlighting gluten free resources and recipes. Now and throughout the month of June, I am going to investigate the dairy allergy, its causes, symptoms, characteristics and of course, dairy-free ...

Happy spring! This week is ''R'' week at our school, and one of the themes the children are learning about is the rainforest. Tropical Ice Cream is a fabulously delicious recipe that the occupational therapist at our school created. The dish turned out to be a fun, educational and wonderful sensory experience for even our pickiest of ...

Today's post is full of yummy drink recipes for the little leprechauns in your life! Recipe 1: Rainbow Punch You will need: food coloring (several colors) seltzer water white grape juice straws clear colored cups (so you can see the rainbow!) Steps About a day before you intend to make this punch, fill an ice cube ...

Welcome to March! I love March, as it lets us know that SPRING is not too far away! If you cannot tell, I am very tired of winter! Luckily it seems as though March is entering like a LAMB this year, as the temperatures are steadily holding in the 50s in the northeast section of the country.  As many of you know, I enjoy making and ...

I don't know about you and your friends and family, but this past month I feel like almost everyone I know is battling some sort of cold, cough or congestion. Some say it's because we have had such a mild winter here in the northeast part of the country. (I've heard one person say that what we need is a good snow to ''kill all these germs.'') ...

Welcome to ''B'' week at our school, where the focus has been on beans, beads, bears and the color brown! For our speech and language group lesson this week, we made our own very round and very delicious ''Brown Bear'' face. I developed the idea after I Googled ''bear recipes for kids'' and a polar bear recipe came up! It requires a rice ...

This week's recipe comes directly from one of the dedicated moms at our preschool! Last Friday for ''I'' week at our school, she brought in two huge barrels of ice, different sized plastic bags and a whole container of salt, which at first looked like the makings of a homemade science experiment! However, it wasn't. This combination of items ...

Schools are closed this week and little ones are home for the holidays! Today's post includes some new ideas to keep them occupied as well as some flashbacks to posts from the past! If you're staying in for New Years Eve this year with your little ones, why not plan out a fun, kid-friendly dinner that they can both help you make and ...