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Peach Popsicle Recipe by Education.com

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Education.com has so kindly shared a yummy summer treat with you all -Peach Popsicles!  Speaking of summer, the Addition Pizza Party  and Stop the Cloc k, are two fun games that your children will enjoy over the summer months (or any month really!) that Education.com offers. Peach Popsicle Recipe Keep your kids hydrated during the sunny, hot days of summer with creamy yogurt popsicles. Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, milk, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that's sure to cool you down lickety-split. They're completely easy to make, a great way to  practice counting and measuring , and completely delicious. The only hard part? Waiting for the popsicles to set! What You Need: 5 ripe peaches ½ cup reduced fat milk 1 container nonfat vanilla yogurt 1 tablespoon agave nectar or honey, or more to taste What You Do: Ask your child to puree 4 ½ peaches in a blender with the milk, yogurt, and agave nectar. Dice the remaining ...

Math Mysteries by The Thinking Tree (Review)

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The Thinking Tree came out with a pretty cool math book called Math Mysteries . Math Mysteries is a fun way to practice and help your child understand subtraction, addition, multiplication, & division. Isn't it cute? I love it and am looking forward to using it with Lance. I might skip the addition and move onto the subtraction though. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my DISCLOSURE . I just thought the cover was adorable (as always) Sarah is so talented. This is not too girly for boys either which I love since I have five boys. What I love about The Thinking Tree is how they call math problems Math Mysteries . Mysteries are more fun to solve than "problems" don't you think? Children LOVE mysteries (at least mine do) so what a genius idea to call solving math problems ~mysteries! I love how the child is to draw something. I think sketching and drawing is a great way to relax the brain before digging into a math problem. If the child does the d...