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LEGO KidsFest | Austin Texas

Tweet If your child is obsessed with LEGO brick building…or you’re just a big kid at heart, check out the LEGO KidsFest! The LEGO® KidsFest national tour stops in Texas at the Austin Convention Center with three acres of creative hands-on LEGO building for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests.

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South Texas Heritage Center at Witte Museum

Tweet Saturday, May 26, 2012, will be the grand opening of the Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center at the Witte Museum.  This two-story, 20,000 square foot addition will serve as the permanent home for the Witte’s South Texas collections.  Visitors will be able to experience over 150 years of change

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Savings Nation | Erin Chase

Tweet What:  Savings Nation, a workshop hosted by Savings.com When:  March 30 from 6:30-8:30pm Where:   Alamo Heights United Methodist Church in San Antonio Cost:  $5 plus a canned good (both of which go to the San Antonio Food Bank!) Erin will teach participants smart and simple ways to save BIG at the grocery store…basically how

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Back to School Sales for Teachers | Educators Discounts

Tweet I hope that even if you’re not a teacher, you share the information in this post with one you know!  I can’t think of a more intense profession – please take the time to thank the teachers in your life! This post is chock full of deals, reward programs, and other incentives that teachers

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Stores Offering Crafts and Activities for Kids this Summer | 2010

Tweet There are tons of FREE and discounted things for your kids to do this summer! Take advantage and don’t pay retail! This blog post consists of all the fun activities we do during the week and on the weekends! Most of the programs we participated in last year. Also make sure to check out

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2010 Summer Reading Programs for Kids

Tweet This summer when your kids start to get bored, remind them that they can make money and get lots of fun free stuff, simply by reading a couple minutes each day!  We participated in a lot of these programs last year and had an incredible time! Across the nation, Half Price Books is offering

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Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics | FREE Kid Woodworking Crafts

Tweet Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics are offered every other Saturdays at 10am. Kids get to build a FREE wooden project. After going to the website you’ll get to see the next two upcoming projects and reserve a space online! You don’t have to sign up before attending but you have to get there early

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First Annual Lemonade Day in San Antonio, TX

Tweet Last summer, while visiting my sister in Houston, I vividly remember reading a front-page story that made me so excited!  It was about Lemonade Day, sponsored by Prepared4Life.org (P4L), a program the entire city of Houston supports that encourages kids to become young entrepreneurs, from kindergarten through the 12th grade, by teaching the fundamentals

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Valentine’s Day Printable Activities and Crafts for Kids

Tweet While I was finishing my last post on Valentine’s Day sales and promotions I was already mentally writing this one.  With Valentine’s Day only slightly more than two weeks away, I figured I better hurry up and find some great children activities for the holiday we love to love. I assumed my favorite children’s

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Top 8: Kid Websites

Tweet As a geeky mommy, my daughter has safely been playing on the computer since she was two.  She has great fine-motor skills, able to open Windows, and typing her name.  (I even taught her select all because she wanted to delete quickly.) She also spends a lot of time (healthy amounts of time, of

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WoW: Borders crossing Educational Borders

Tweet NOTE:  Educator Appreciation Week Twice a year, teaching and retired educators and instructors will get 30% off including everything (even the Seattle’s Best Coffee!) for professional OR personal use. 9/29/2009 thru 10/7/2009 – Tell a teacher and make a difference in their classroom!  During this time, 10/10 at 6pm at Borders locations will be a Where

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Gimmie a N-I-S-D…

Tweet Northside school district (NISD) offers Adult and Community a diverse range of classes including the following categories: Profit & IT – computers, business solutions, minding money The Arts – dance, fine arts, jewelry making, make-it-yourself, music, languages Mind & Body – Body/Mind/Health, defensive driving, leisure, personal growth, study skills, etc. Fun & Play –

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