Now that the summertime is almost here where the nights are calm and long and weekends are sun-drenched, you may not know it but it’s the perfect period to relieve school and spring stresses. There are bountiful activities you can engage in with your teen children. Some of which you tried when you were a…
How many of your kids love to play with dirt and could spend endless hours outside? You can actually let them grow with you, learn something and yet let them enjoy the dirt. Gardening is one such hobby where the family can stay together, work, and let the kids have fun in their own way….
Parenting can be quite taxing and there is no denying that. Most times, kids just won’t listen to you. They would argue with you and annoy you. It is then that it gets very vexing and stressful to handle kids and to have a positive attitude towards whatever that is happening. Sometimes it is very…
Before I had kids, I didn’t fully understand why keeping a clean home after you became a parent seemed so darn impossible. Now as a parent to four young children, including a set of twins, I fully understand that it is because children leave a trail of stuff behind them all day long. They break…
As a child development psychologist, I had some ideas about how I wanted to parent long before I became one myself. But, the knowledge I relied on the most as a new parent surprised me — it wasn’t all of the charts of expected developmental milestones or the research on successful development instead, it was some…
Winter can be a wonderful season full of holiday cheer, beautiful snow, hot chocolate, Christmas lights and so much more! However, the cold weather also brings sniffling noses, coughing and germs-a-plenty! As we all know it’s the latter that seems to have a bigger impact on our day-to-day living, especially as winter progresses! But there are some…
Tall and skinny. Those were the words the doctor used to describe my picky eating child. He dropped to the 10th percentile for weight, and while he was still growing, it was concerning. The doctor glanced over in my direction, cocked her head to the side and reassured me with a variety of tips to…
Homemade elderberry has become a staple recipe in our family’s arsenal to boost the immune system during both sickness and in sick season as a preventative. This post will provide three different ways to make elderberry syrup. The traditional recipe and bulk of the post was originally guest written in 2016, but to help support the…
It’s easy to make New Year’s Resolutions every year to hit the gym, workout every day, and live a healthier lifestyle. However, the typical schedule of a busy mom leaves little room for a regular fitness routine. Choosing to make fitness a permanent part of your life takes a good amount of willpower, determination, and…
Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore the fact that playdough offers so many wonderful learning opportunities for young children and is probably one of my favorite tools in helping promote their development. We have the playdough out nearly every day here and I love to come up with fun new playdough set ups…
Kids love to make paper snowflakes. Here is a little spin on snowflake art for all aged kids that includes science and math concepts: crystal structures and symmetry. Teach Kids about the geometry & science of snowflakes Each snowflake is made up of tiny ice crystals. Snow begins as a speck of dust, or pollen…
School mornings are just busy. That’s all there is to it. Here at tiny tummy tales headquarters (aka-my kitchen), one school goer is joined at the table by 2 hungry right now little brothers. Easy make and plan ahead breakfasts for kids To begin with, school mornings can be a scramble of gathering last minute…