When looking at ways to teach your 2 and 3 year olds, scissors may be the last thing you want to equip them with. Visions from a horror movie flash through your mind involving your own toddler, your furniture, and a pair of scissors. I get it. But let them cut. Let them learn to…
Thank you Workman Publishing, for sponsoring this post. Pick up your copy of the new fifth edition What To Expect When You’re Expecting anywhere books are sold. Through piles of books, countless scholarly articles, and multiple discussions with my husband, we made hard decisions before the birth of our first child. And the second one came along…
I absolutely abhor spiders with every ounce of hot blood running through my body. However, my young children love all things that creep and crawl, so a spider thematic unit was a perfect impromptu learning week! Even if my own skin was crawling while making the printable pack and teaching them the fun, awesome, and really…
Every day I would wake up and feel like I was in a fog. I would shuffle around the house, robotically fulfilling the needs of my kids. And somehow I was not caring for myself. I am not sure if it’s because I didn’t know how to, didn’t want to admit it, or was too…
Every day, parents like you are reading and sharing great information through social media. Sometimes it’s simply great because it made us laugh, other times it was thought provoking. Either way it’s absolutely newsworthy! Starting this month, I am going to be gathering up and sharing with you the most popular ones from the Extremely…
Our children tend to be late talkers. However, they have always founds ways to communicate their needs regardless of the spoken word. But to ease the struggle and frustration both for our kids and for ourselves, we have aimed to work on using sign language to better converse with our tiny tots.
The time crunch was on. My husband would be home in 45 minutes and I didn’t even have a clue what I would fix for dinner. This was the same scenario for how the Pressure Cooker Chicken Florentine recipe was born. It’s a mad dash the the fridge and turns into this stream of consciousness rambling…
I sat in the living room explaining to my almost 4 year old that I was sorry. Sorry I lost my temper. Sorry that I let something little get in between her and I. Sorry for not prioritizing her over something trivial. In those moments of regret, both she and I learned something. She learned…
Creamy Chicken Florentine is something that sounds difficult, but tastes more like a comfort food. With just 5 minutes of active prep time, you can literally have this delicious and easy pasta dish on the dinner table 20 minutes from right now. And if you have any issues with your Instant Pot or need more…
My daughter can easily add and subtract; however she only consistently can identify numbers 1, 3, and 8. She’s ready to learn more in depth concepts and topics; however, her learning style and needs dictate what we can do. So instead of spend a lot of money on a pre-constructed kindergarten curriculum kit, I did my…
It’s noon and my daughter is on her 17th piece of paper and has somehow misplaced her crayon 4 times already today. While appropriate at any time of year, back to school season and the start of a new semester are both great times to implement or re-approach the idea of responsibility. And it’s a…
I always wanted to stay home with my kids. I wanted to be there for every field trip and every milestone. This was a fact that my (not then) husband knew from the day we met, literally. It was an emotional decision then when the time came to quit teaching and walk away from being…