We’re so excited to be featured in North Shore Magazine this month! We love sharing our story and hope you love hearing about it. 

Make sure to check out our feature and all the other great stories in the latest Northshore Magazine. 

Magical Beginnings has been nominated for a Best of North Shore Award (BONS) for the very first time!

Other Ways You Can Help

• Please share the link with your people and ask them to vote too!
• Text your friends with a link asking them to vote
• Share posts to your networks about BONS from our Facebook or Instagram

It’s also easy for parents and visitors to vote during drop off or pick up! You can find the link by scanning the QR code posted right at our schools.

Our exceptional teachers and staff deserve to be recognized for their work and their passion.

Each member of our MB family goes above and beyond to ensure a positive impact for children during the most crucial years of development. We are so proud of this nomination! 

Thank you for being a part of our community! 

Thank you for being a part of our community! 

The holidays are almost here—time to bake up some sweet treats! Check out these delicious recipes our Magical Beginnings families make a tasty tradition in their home each holiday season!

Today let’s make adorable little chicks! We’re sure everyone has done their fair share of painting with brushes and hands, but what about forks?!

Today we’re going to make some abstract art! Using marbles and paint we can create beautiful one-of-a-kind artwork like Jackson Pollock’s famous spatter paintings. Don’t forget to send in your masterpiece so we can showcase it in the art show! [email protected]

Materials

Directions

• Shallow cardboard box or a baking dish
• Marbles
• Paint
• Muffin tin, egg carton, or small bowls to hold the paints
• Spoons
• Paper

1. Put different color paints in the muffin tin sections (or egg carton or bowls) and place a sheet of paper in your shallow box or baking dish
2. Drop marbles into the paint colors. Use your spoons to mix them around so they get coated in the paint. (you can use as many or as little marbles as you like)
3. Using your spoons, scoop up your paint covered marbles and put them into your box with the paper
4. Start painting! Move the box around to make the marbles roll and paint a masterpiece!
5. If you need more paint, drop marbles back into paint and repeat.

These fruit rolls up are healthy, delicious, and super simple! sesame snaps. 

Ingredients

• 3-4 cups fresh strawberries trimmed
• 1 tablespoon honey or more

Instructions

1. Line a small baking tray with plastic wrap so it hangs over the edge a bit. Preheat your oven to its lowest setting.
2. Puree all of your ingredients in your blender until combined. Spread into an even layer on your prepared pan.
3. Bake 6-8 hours or until your fruit is no longer sticky to the touch. Start checking around hour 4. Slice and roll.

Tip: You can use strips of parchment paper when you roll them so they don’t stick together. Store them in the fridge or freezer!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! Memorial Day is this weekend, the perfect time to bring back this sweet summer treat. Even better? You can make it yourself—with just a bag!

Ingredients

• 1 c. half-and-half
• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3 c. ice
• 1/3 c. kosher salt
• Toppings of your choice

Directions

1. In a small resealable plastic bag, combine half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla. Push out excess air and seal.
2. Into a large resealable plastic bag, combine ice and salt. Place small bag inside the bigger bag and shake vigorously, 7 to 10 minutes, until ice cream has hardened.
3. Remove from bag and enjoy with your favorite ice cream toppings.

Supplies:

• Cardboard box
• Aluminum foil
• Tape
• Plastic wrap
• Wooden skewer or stick
• Box cutter or scissors
• Graham crackers
• Marshmallow
• Chocolate bar

Directions:

Enjoy your delicious s’mores!

Cut a 3-sided opening in the top of your box using scissors or a box cutter. Lift up the flap and crease on the side that’s still connected to the box.

Cover the inside of flap with a large piece of aluminum foil. To keep the opening lifted, use a wooden skewer or stick.

Line the bottom of the box with aluminum foil.

Use graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallow to make your s’more and place it inside your box.

Lift the lid of the box and put a layer of plastic wrap over the lower section of the box, covering the opening. Use painter’s tape to make sure there are no gaps or holes in the plastic to ensure that you create a real greenhouse effect.

Place your solar oven outside in direct sun, positioning the top flap so that the sun reflects into the box.