It’s time once again to make merry and here at Orange Marmalade I’m encouraging you (as always!) to choose non-electronic gifts for the ones you love. Stir up creativity, get outside and explore, gather around a board game, fire up …
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Orange Marmalade’s Annual Non-Electronic Holiday Gift Ideas
It’s time to think again about giving gifts that enrich rather than deplete children’s minds, hearts, and bodies. Here at Orange Marmalade, that means coming up with non-electronic ideas. This year, I’ve got ten suggestions that span a wide age …
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happy non-electronic holidays to you!…gift ideas for kids, birth-twelve
Once again, coinciding with Black Friday, I’m posting a blog encouraging those of you shopping for kids to strongly consider purchasing non-electronic gifts. Imagination, creativity, problem solving, discovery, wonderment, conversation, fitness, refreshment, cooperation — there are so many benefits to …
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Orange Marmalade’s holiday gift ideas…ages six to nine
It’s the six-to-nine crowd this week, and I must say, this begins the stage in which you will be dazzled into numb acquiescence to electronic pastimes for your kids unless you resolutely hold the line! Creativity, imagination, outdoor play… all …
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Orange Marmalade’s holiday gift ideas…ages three to six
This week, I’m moving on to a few books and non-electronic toys that would make great gifts for kids ages 3-6. These books have all been thoroughly time-tested and worn out by my kids, so…nothing hot off the presses, but …
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Orange Marmalade’s holiday gift ideas…birth to two years
The holidays are coming. I’m sure you’ve noticed a decided up-tick in the volume of catalogs being delivered to your mailbox! I am not a big shopper. Honestly, some of our best Christmases were in Africa, when there …
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