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Restaurants Where Kids Eat FREE in Fredericksburg, VA UPDATED summer 2024

Jan 23, 2020 04:35PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

Kids Eat Free Fredericksburg

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Snowy Day Fun - Take Two

Mar 03, 2014 04:12PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

With more snow this week, you may be in need of some additional activities to do with the kiddos.  Here are some more fun math and science activities to do during a snow day: Instead of...

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Snowy Day Science

Feb 14, 2014 11:57AM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

School is cancelled.  Stuck inside with the kiddos for a few long snow days?  Try these five fun snow day science experiments, inspired by my daughter’s love of Sid the Science Kid.   1. Do...

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Making Learning Fun Again!

Dec 10, 2013 12:00PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

My daughter, still in preschool, is too young to know math as a school subject. However, she never tires of playing a game. She often asks to play the adding and subtracting game. Here is what...

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Parent Teacher Conferences- A Perspective from Both Sides of the Desk and Some Tips from the Experts

Nov 12, 2013 11:06PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

I rush to the car, grabbing items as I pass through in a blur: purse (check), paper and pen (check), toddler has presentable clothes on (check), hair brushed sometime today-mine and hers (check...

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We Are Not Robots!

Oct 11, 2013 05:01PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

In a survey performed by the Stanford Research Institute and the Carnegie Mellon Foundation of over 500 CEO's, it was found that 75% of long term job success depends on soft skills and only 25% on...

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Stuff the Bus Event a Sensational Success!

Sep 07, 2013 11:14AM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

We are happy to announce that this year's Stuff the Bus School Supplies Drive held by Parrish Learning Zone, Spotsylvania County Schools, and Century 21 AdVenture-Redwood, was a huge success!...

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Do you spend $600 on Back to School Supplies?

Aug 15, 2013 01:27PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

According to the National Retail Federation, the average family does. They estimate that at the beginning of the school year, the average family spends more than $600 on children's clothing, back...

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Inactive Summers Could Mean Learning Loss

Jul 11, 2013 03:10PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

Do you notice that, over the summer, your kids lose a lot of what they learned during the school year? It's probably not your imagination. As a teacher, I watched each year as students slam-dunked...

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College Quest Causes Stress

May 31, 2013 10:23AM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

Helping a teenager get into college can be very stressful for parents. As graduating classes have become larger, and the number of students who are college-bound continues to increase, (by 70...

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