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The Junk Drawer

Kid-Friendly Song Lyrics: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

By the time you get to be an adult, you probably have thousands upon thousands of song lyrics bouncing all around inside your brain. And every so often, you might want to belt a few of those lyrics out. Normally, this isn’t a problem. Singing in the shower or rockin’ out with the car radio […]

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Kid Joke Korner

Kid Joke Korner: A Crumby Conversation

Welcome to Kid Joke Korner, where the punch lines are plentiful and the spelling is krazy kute! Because joking around with your kids is seriously good for their development, we like to crack wise with our kiddos all the time. Each Kid Joke Korner features a real joke set-up that one of our children made […]

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The Junk Drawer

An ‘Interview with a Toddler,’ with a good lesson for parents

The Doctor and Dad family has been sick with the stomach flu all week, so we’re keeping things light (much like the only food we can keep down at the moment). We invite you to kick back, relax, and enjoy the best kid-related comedy we’ve seen in a while:

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Playtime!

Playtime! Activity: Riddle me this

Remember trying to solve riddles back when you were a kid? No, not the riddle of how to tease your bangs taller than Lisa Turtle’s or how to do that two-man Kid N’ Play dance without falling flat on your face. We’re talking about those brain-bending word puzzles that force you think about a problem from […]

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Playtime!

Playtime! Activity: Gettin’ Jokey With It

Think helping your child learn something always has to be serious business? A priest, a duck and a sandwich walking into a bar would totally disagree. Try this awesomely addictive activity with your family, and your kids will be cracking wise – and getting wise – before you know it! Who It’s For: Kids ages 4 […]

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Research For 'Rents

Can four-letter words help kids learn faster?

Here’s a cool little fact to keep in mind next time you try to teach your child something: Kids learn better when lessons are tailored to things that they’re already interested in. That’s right!

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Research For 'Rents

Your kid talks funny, but not for long

In our last post, “Why mispronouncing words is good for your kid,” we talked about how flubbing up all sorts of speech sounds is a totally normal part of your child’s language development. We even showed you this pretty cool chart that lets you know at which ages many common mispronunciations tend to disappear: What […]