Archive for the ‘Kids Entertainment’ Category

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Are you still in those beginning stages of narrowing down the curriculum for this year’s VBS? The first step to planning is choosing a fun theme that all the kids will enjoy learning about! With all kinds of different curriculum choices out there, it seems almost impossible to decide.  Here at Nest Learning, we offer the top picks for this year!

If you’re looking to find a new recommendation…there’s one in particular that we suggest…Concordia’s Amazing Desert Journey!

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Educational Value of Doing Kids Science Experiments At Home

The Science Chef - 100 Fun Food Experiments & Recipes

The Science Chef - 100 Fun Food Experiments & Recipes

There are many kids science experiments you can do with your children at home to hone and develop their skills.  As a matter of fact, you may have already done a few at home science experiments, but you simply didn’t realize it.  When you let your toddler eat ice cream, for example, you allow her to experience its cold, sweet taste; when you explain how plants need water to survive, or how animals have different diets, you give her the opportunity to see and appreciate life.  Science happens all around us, on a daily basis.

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Backyardigans and Dragon Tales: Using Educational DVDs for Toddlers

Backyardigans

Backyardigans

Parents over the recent years have turned to educational DVDs—such as Backyardigans and Dragon Tales —to teach their young children.  And while some experts argue that too much TV time can be counterproductive in educating kids, recent studies show that with proper supervision, educational media can actually help boost learning.

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Earth Day Activities and Projects To Teach Your Kids

Earth Day 2010

Fun Activities for Earth Day

Earth Day activities and Earth Day projects are a great way to celebrate Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary on April 22, 2010! Earth Day is about creating awareness and promoting appreciation for our Earth. What a great time to teach your children about their planet and how to take care of it! At NEST Learning we are celebrating by offering you tips and supplies to create fun  educational Earth Day activities for your kids.

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Live Butterfly Garden Rising to Be a Top Educational Toy

Live Butterfly Garden

Live Butterfly Garden

One of the educational toys on the market that is gaining huge popularity for its creativity, learning aspects and entertainment is the Live Butterfly Garden for kids by Insect Lore.

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Gallery of Children Appreciation Letters

I love my job!! I love that I work with products that have such a positive influence on others. One of the greatest rewards is when we receive letters from kids telling us how much they love our products and how they have impacted their lives. We would like to start posting any letters that we receive from your kids below. The letters can be about anything to do with one of our products that they had the chance to view. We really appreciate you as our fans and our customers!!

You can fax your letters to the attention of Amy Upton at (800) 221-8729, scan them and e-mail to nfblog@nestfamily.com or by mail to:

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Nickelodeon Educational Children’s DVDs now available on NESTEntertainment.com

Buy popular titles such as Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues, Backyardigans, and Wonder Pets at competitive prices

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX NEST Entertainment, your one stop shop for all your family friendly entertainment and educational needs has just got better! Now carrying a new line of popular educational children’s DVDs from the producer Nickelodeon, consumers can find titles like the much loved and popular Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues, BackyardigansWonder Pets and many more.

“We are very excited to be adding these high quality educational children’s DVDs to our already vast collection of award winning animated films,” said NEST Entertainment President Ernest Z. Frausto. “This will add to our resources that teach children life-changing principles in an entertaining way and increase popularity even further.”

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Kids activities for "snow days"

Twelve inches of SNOW in Dallas/Fort Worth?  Hard to believe but true.   I really wanted to stay home and enjoy the beautiful views like these from my balcony and down our street -

  Snow Day Activitiessnow day activities for kids

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