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What Parents Need to Know About Club Penguin

April 25, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 4 Comments

I remember being kind of freaked out when Big came home from kindergarten last year saying he played games on the computer at school. Sure, they were educational, but did 5- and 6-year olds really need to be exposed to that kind of screen time? After a couple days at Club Penguin headquarters — where […]

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Joining the Club Penguin Family

April 17, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 5 Comments

If you had asked me what Club Penguin was a couple weeks ago, I would have simply said it’s an online computer game for kids. Big enjoyed playing it, and I loved that he had a seemingly safe outlet that was just for him — not his overly touchy, needy little siblings. If you ask […]

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5 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 99.5

April 7, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

Well, my friends, I was under a pile of kleenex the weather this week, so I’m afraid the icks made me less observant/insightful/inspired. I just couldn’t take on the pressure of my 100th lessons post today, but that didn’t stop me entirely. Here goes… Lesson #1: When a little one is learning to talk, we […]

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