5 Fun & Easy Ways to Get Parents Involved in PTA or PTO

Is your PTA or PTO looking for more parent involvement? Since kids and their parents participate in so many activities these days, it can be challenging to get people involved in your school’s PTA. Here are some easy ideas to plan and promote your group. Focus on new families. When children are new to a school, whether [...]

By |2020-01-30T16:42:33-05:00January 30th, 2020|Family, How To, Kids|0 Comments

Teach children good manners for the Holidays

Family reunions. Fancy meals. The holidays provide the perfect opportunity to teach your child basic manners. Two- and three-year-olds have many wonderful qualities, but tact isn't one of them. If you're like most parents, you're used to reminding your child not to hog toys during play dates or talk with her mouth full at meals. [...]

By |2019-09-06T16:47:18-04:00September 6th, 2019|Family, Holiday Fun, How To, Kids|0 Comments

Cool backyard ideas for kids

Get wet  In the summer, intense heat and humidity routinely keep people from the backyard good times they could be having. Don’t let the threat of melting stop you from having fun out there. Hook up a sprinkler, fill up a kiddie pool, toss around some water balloons. With just a little bit of cash [...]

By |2018-06-15T16:40:20-04:00June 1st, 2018|Family, Kids|0 Comments

Mother’s Day Boutique

Just like our popular School Holiday Shop or Santa’s Secret Shop…but for Mother’s Day! A Small World Gift Shops' Mother’s Day Boutique offers popular gifts, priced right to fit every child's budget. Your students will enjoy finding that “perfect” gift for their “special” mom. Our Mother's Day Boutique is easy as running a book sale and [...]

By |2018-02-13T16:20:40-05:00February 13th, 2018|Family, Fundaraiser Information, Holiday Fun|1 Comment

10 Stress Free Holiday Tips

The holidays are a busy time of year for everyone & It’s no secret it can be stressful. Especially when preparing our homes for the kids, expected & not so expected house guests. Our family’s regular schedule is pretty hectic already… so when you add in all the “extras” during the holidays, it's easy to feel [...]

By |2017-12-15T13:17:16-05:00December 15th, 2017|Family, Holiday Fun, How To|0 Comments

How to Teach Children to be Grateful

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, it reminds us of everything we are grateful and thankful for. But what about the rest of the year? It's really easy to forget when we’re buffered by our many comforts. Our children especially don’t know much about gratitude, unless we teach them. How can we emphasize to our [...]

By |2017-11-21T10:27:11-05:00November 21st, 2017|How To, Kids|0 Comments

10 Halloween crafts for kids

Make your home extra spooky with these Halloween craft ideas.   Engage the kids with our monster collection of Halloween crafts, perfect for children of all ages. We've got skeletons, witches, ghosts, pumpkins of all sorts and monsters too. Glowing milk carton haunted house craft Your kids will get a kick out of this halloween craft because [...]

By |2017-10-23T19:32:49-04:00October 23rd, 2017|Holiday Fun, How To|1 Comment

How To Organize an Easy & Fun Holiday Gift Shop For School

Organize a Simple In-School Holiday Gift Shop The best part about the holidays are spending time with  family, spreading joy , love and feeling grateful for all of the wonderful people in our lives. At a Small World Gift Shop we want to make your life easier by giving children a safe place to shop [...]

By |2017-08-10T17:47:14-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Holiday Fun, How To, Kids|0 Comments

7 Tips For Improving Your Child’s Homework and Study Skills

These 7 tips will improve your child's structure, organization and confidence.        1. Create a Homework station. 2.Keep distractions to a minimum.  Unless they need to call a classmate about certain assignments. Keep the tv and music off or low. 3.Create a schedule ( Click for Printable Blank Homework Schedule ) 4. Keep it [...]

By |2017-08-04T15:35:39-04:00July 25th, 2017|Family, Kids|0 Comments

7 Things Every Parent Must Teach Their Daughter

As a woman looking back this resonates with me for the simple fact that I wish I had a parent tell me these same things. Teach her the most important things she needs to know  before she grows up and starts to hear voices from people and sources who don't love or care for her. Your [...]

By |2017-08-04T15:35:39-04:00July 21st, 2017|Kids|0 Comments
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