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Summer 2014 Book Recommendations

AGES 8 to 12 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything), by National Geographic Kids Reviewed by Honolulu Family reader Jill Hamasaki and her 8-year-old son Noah, of Salt Lake. If you have an 8-year-old son like I do, you know how…

Editor’s Page: Best Time Ever

Photo: Karen DB Photography Change is good. It seems like yesterday that PacificBasin Communications acquired one of the Islands’ most popular parenting titles and launched the new Island Family Magazine, but that was more than five years ago. In 2012, we…

Good Reads: May 2014

Book Recommendations for Your Keiki—from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, Plus a Little Something for Mom and Dad. These books and many others for all ages are available at your public library or you can place a request for titles. You…

Make Your Own Colorful Piñatas for Cinco de Mayo

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Create festive, individual piñatas that can be used as decorations, or colorful treat holders for partygoers big and small. Materials: Colorful tissue paper Curling ribbon Toilet paper tubes White glue Glue gun Tape Scissors Trinkets to…

Recipe: Baked Chicken Tenders

Baked Chicken Tenders Ingredients 1 packet Hidden Valley Original Ranch Salad Dressing and Seasoning mix 2 cups nonfat Greek yogurt 1 cup low-fat buttermilk 20 ounces fresh chicken tenders  1 cup whole-wheat bread crumbs Sliced almonds 1 teaspoon garlic powder Pepper Olive oil cooking spray…

Recipe: Breakfast Pizza

Breakfast Pizza Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter Chopped onion Chopped green pepper Chopped Canadian bacon 1 12-inch prepared pizza crust 8 eggs, beaten Ground black pepper Pace Picante sauce 2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (about 1/2 cup) 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves…

Good Reads: March 2014

Book Recommendations for Your Keiki—from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, Plus a Little Something for Mom and Dad. These books and many others for all ages are available at your public library or you can place a request for titles. You…

Parent Tip: Traveling With Children

Heading somewhere for Spring Break, but worried about the plane ride and keeping the kids entertained and your sanity intact? Traveling with my kids became MUCH easier when we added iPads to our arsenal. They are a recent addition to…

Good Reads: February 2014

Book Recommendations for Your Keiki—from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, Plus a Little Something for Mom and Dad. These books and many others for all ages are available at your public library or you can place a request for titles. You…

Good Reads: Spring 2014

  Ages 2+ Potty Palooza: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using a PottyBy Rachel Gordon, Illustrated by Sarah Bergmann Huge milestones we celebrated were when our daughters' binkies “broke” and the day we traveled outside the house without 10 diapers, a…

Parent to Parent: Acting Up

Lately, our summers have been filled with drama—literally and figuratively. For the past two years, our son, Kennedy, has attended Ohana Arts (ohanaarts.org), a seven-week musical-theater workshop in which students 8 to 18 receive extensive and intensive training in acting,…

All Children Can Succeed at Math

  Everyone can succeed at math. Parents can help their children master math and dispel the notion that math is difficult by “talking math” with children as they use it in everyday activities whether it be shopping, cooking or dining…

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