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Category Archives: Blog
Sam The Broken Robot and RockinGrandmaMusic performed today at the Zimmer Children’s museum
Hi there TODAY was the big day that Sam, The Broken Robot and RockinGrandmaMusic performed at the Zimmer Children’s museum. KTLA Channel 5 news were there – how exciting! But the MOST exciting thing of all was that today was … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, Dancing -grandma-child-birthday-fun-twins-, family time, kid music, singing
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Cooking with kids – Stuffed Pancakes! Yummy!
Cooking with Kids -Yummy Stuffed Pancakes Do you want to know how to make cute little pancake turnovers with raspberry or other fruit fillings inside? I get fillings and pancake mixes from The Prepared Pantry – and they have lots of combinations as … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Jams, Other wonderful treats, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged children, cooking with kids, desserts, family meals, food, Grandma, pancakes, snacks
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Zimmer Museum for kids – tomorrow SAM The broken robot makes his debut with RockinGrandmaMusic – kid songs and more
Zimmer Museum for kids – tomorrow SAM The broken robot makes his debut with RockinGrandmaMusic – kid songs and more – 6505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles – come and join us – show starts at 11am for 30 minutes of … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, dancing with kids, happy, kid music, kid songs, kid stories, Music for kids, Songs for Kids, stories
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Generation W Conference- A blog about the speech I gave there called: Reinventing Yourself – Life Lessons
Reinventing yourself -Lessons Learned – if you retweet or re-distribute pls link to https://littlefarmgrandma.com/generation-w I gave this speech at a conference in Jacksonville FLA called Generation W. Here I am with the founder of the conference, former CEO of the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Raising Children
Tagged All American Basketball, Donna Orender, Generation W, Inspiration, kid stories, Reinventing yourself, WNBA, women
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Philanthropy Fridays – Bringing the Healing Power of Music to Children who are ill -The Children’s Music Fund
Today I am featuring www.TheCMF.org. What could be more important than healing sick kids? We are a musical family – thank heavens we have not suffered from the illness of children – which is a pain like no other for … Continue reading
Tasty Thursdays – Cooking with Kids – Easy Chicken Chili
Chicken Chili – the short and easy way We like non spicy food – so this chili is NOT spicy – if you want to spice it up – add Poblano and Chili peppers – or even Jalopeno peppers for … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips – Chicken with Apple Cider – Cooking with Kids is SOOO Much Fun!
Apple Cider Chicken: ( ADAPTED FROM COOKING LIGHT ON LINE RECIPES – 2/29/12) There are SOOO many ways to cook chicken. Thankfully! We love chicken – and its a good leftover dish too. Here you can use up those extra … Continue reading
Tasty Thursdays – Middle Eastern Lamb and Brown Rice – Cooking with kids!
Middle Eastern Lamb and Brown Rice This is easy to make – and if there are leftovers, it tastes even better the next day. Alas – we tend to finish whatever I make – it’s that delicious! And the assembly … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged childrens recipes, cilantro, cooking with kids, family meals, food, lamb, middle eastern, moroccan
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PINTEREST – the newest best place for Mommy Bloggers?
I was sent this article by MARC USA – one of the leading PR and Advertising firms – run by super CEO, friend and colleague Michelle Fabrizi – about PINTEREST. Are you pinning? I am! It was published on line … Continue reading
Loss of a friend…Sharon Joffe -my childhood friend – left this world after years of suffering- Philanthropy Friday this week is for the Scleroderma Society
Sharon Joffe was a stunning woman – so very beautiful in mind, body and spirit. We grew up in the same city, Johannesburg South Africa, and used to ‘double’ date. Her husband Stan, was her boyfriend from high school days, … Continue reading
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Tagged family, importance of family, importance of friends, Philanthropy, Scleroderma
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Tasty Thursdays – Crockpot Heaven – Filet Mignon – Cooking with Kids
Here is a fabulous recipe for my very favorite approach to cooking – the crockpot. But instead of using a tough or less expensive piece of meat I am using New York steak or even Filet Mignon. Here are my … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, crockpot, filet mignon, kid stories, meat, recipes, slow cooker, steak
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Tuesday Tips – Making Blintzes! Cooking with Kids – who doesn’t love kids and blintzes?
The Easy Way to Make Strawberry, Cherry, and Other Blintzes I love blintzes—always have. I don’t know anyone who does not love blintzes. So how come we don’t make them more often? Blintzes aren’t hard but if you are making … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – The Gumball Foundation – The next generation of inner-city social entrepreneurs
Today I am featuring the GUMBALL FOUNDATION. A young man with few prospects of having enough money to pay for his college, created a business out of buying gumball machines and placing them into stores – and earned enough to … Continue reading
Tasty Thursdays – Aebleskiver – a Dutch Dessert that makes Cooking with Kids so much fun!
How to Delight Your Family! Make aebleskiver! I guarantee your family will love aebleskiver—Danish puffed pastries. Aebleskiver are extra special but easy enough that you can make them often. Make them from scratch or make them from a mix. Since … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips – Cooking with kids – French Toast – the USA Way!
Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Overnight Baked French Toast Cinammon Sugar is one of those delicious combinations that we used as kids on toast and butter -under the grill and yummy! A great ( if not very healthy) snack! My grandchildren love it too … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – South Central Scholars Program – Helping Underprivileged Kids get into and Stay in College
Today I am featuring the SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOLARS program – a remarkable program in Los Angeles that should serve as an example for cities around the nation, indeed around the world. Here is the information provided to me by the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Uncategorized
Tagged admission to college, charity, doing good, giving back, going to college, good students, inner city schools, inner city youth, mentoring, Philanthropy, staying in college, studying for college, supporting young people
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Tasty Thursdays – Making 1000 Desserts Cooking with Kids!
How to Make 1000 Desserts with the Ingredients You Have in Your Kitchen Right Now Yes, I know you’re busy. Some days you need an easy dessert you can put together that looks good and tastes great—without going to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Other wonderful treats
Tagged baking pan, banana, banana split, brownies, cake, chocolate, cookies, cooking with kids, cream, desserts, fruit, Grandma, kitchen, lemon sauce, mango, pie, raspberry, sauce, silicone pan, strawberry, syrup, treats, vanilla
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Patience is a Virtue – An Elephant Teaches a Lesson in Patience to Mankind – Feb 2012 South Africa
On Thursday February 19th, a group of folks in a white car, decided that an Elephant was walking WAYYYYYY too slowly in the game reserve in South Africa. Of course the folks in the car forgot that the Game Reserve … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips along with Pretty Easy Pies – Cooking with Kids made Easy too!
How to Make a Pie as Easy as a Peanut Butter Sandwich (Okay, maybe not quite that easy but pretty darned easy) People are intimidated by pies. They shouldn’t be. You can make pies as good as the bake … Continue reading
Music Mondays – Kids Stories, Dancing with kids, Singing with Kids = JOY!
Today I am featuring the song Love Song for My Child, one of the songs that is on the CD available from RockinGrandmaMusic. It is about a mother who is holding her very young baby in her arms and thinking about … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing with kids, family, joy, kids stories, music, raising children, singing with kids
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