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Looking for some free family fun this weekend? Here is a round up of free activities and events. It’s always a good idea to check with your local store before going to make sure that they are participating (especially if you’ve got a drive).

Mark your calendar! Free Halloween events at Bass Pro Shops start next weekend!! My family looks forward to this every year! Here’s some of the fun you’ll enjoy this year:

• Free 4X6 photo with the Peanuts Gang
• Free crafts
• Costume parade
• Trick or Treating
• Free Flashing Necklace

Make sure you also check these out:

• Restaurant Coupons and Cash back deals
• Printable retail store coupons

Here are the free activities for the week:

Apple Stores – Check your local store for weekly workshops and youth programs

Barnes & Noble – Saturday, October 24th at 11:00 a.m., Click, Cklack Boo! storytime and activities. Look here for a store near you.

Disney Store – Saturday, November 14th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 15th from 12:30-2:30 p.m., experience a new world of adventure at Disney Store’s Dino-rama Event! Get to know the characters from The Good Dinosaur and make your own dino-rama craft to take home!

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores – Free demos every Saturday, check your store here for more details.

Lakeshore Learning – Saturday, October 24th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., kids can make a Spooktacular Puppet.

Lowes Build and Grow – The next class will be on Saturday, November 14th at 10 a.m., where kids can make a pullback #48 racecar. Free apron, goggles and patch are included. Register for this class here

Michael’s Kids Club: Check back for fun classes for the whole family.

Microsoft Stores – Check your local store for classes and special events for the whole family.

Pottery Barn Kids – Tuesday’s from 11-11:30 a.m., Story Time.

Target – select a city to find free or reduced-price admission to arts and cultural events in your area, sponsored by Target.

The Home Depot – The next class will be Saturday, November 7th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., where kids can make a Veterans Day Jet. All kid get to keep their craft, receive a FREE certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron, and a commemorative pin while supplies last

– Check here for several do-it-yourself workshops.

Williams Sonoma Free Cooking Classes – This has been on my bucket list for a long time because I think my daughter would LOVE it! You do have to register in advance, but they’ve got the schedule posted for the whole month!

Check to see if there is a CityPASS available in your area! See some of your city’s most popular attractions this long weekend for a fraction of the price! We have purchased our local CityPASS several times and LOVE IT!

Click here to see if it is available in your city–> Visit all the best attractions with CityPASS

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Kids Academy Releases Preschool Education Center
for iOS and Android!

I am often asked for recommendations about apps for preschoolers.  This Kids Academy Preschool Education Center is a great pick.  Your kids can work on all of the basics using one app and it’s kid friendly with fun music and graphics, too!

The Preschool Education Center is an all-in-one educational app created for children and toddlers by the team at Kids Academy! With already over 10 million downloads worldwide, they have just released a long-awaited update to this amazing app! The app is designed to cover all aspects of early childhood education. Children learn about the alphabet, reading, writing, building vocabulary and even developing math skills. Based on the proven Montessori method, the Preschool Education Center app offers a number of fun games that help master essential learning skills through play, making learning fun!

If you’ve got preschoolers, they will LOVE this fun interactive app that helps them work on skills like letter recognition and rhyming words, addition and subtraction plus sequencing, and fine motor skills, too!  I LOVE the library where your kids can read along to favorites like Cinderella and Puss in Boots! The writing tasks provide arrows to help your child learn proper letter formation and gently provide reminders and a chance to try again if they make a mistake.  The graphics are great, the characters are cute, and the music is catchy. Your kids will love it!

Until now, Preschool Education Center has only been available on iTunes but now it is finally available for Android devices on Google Play! This fun and free app is currently being featured in the Family section of the Android store in the USA, Australia and Canada.

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For iOS devices:

Kids Academy have also updated the iOS version of the app: Preschool & Kindergarten Early Learning Games adding new games, books and educational cartoons and shows as well as printable worksheets.

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BONUS!
Free Preschool & Kindergarten Worksheets for Kids

Kids Academy is also finding a way to expand beyond the screen and help master pen and pencil with free printable worksheets. You can get free preschool worksheets on a variety of subjects from alphabet to math and the library is updated often!
Download, print out and get start practicing with good old fashioned pencil and paper in seconds!

Head over to Kids Academy and get your
FREE PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS