Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
There is much talk about fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, and dexterity when it comes to development. However, I found that as a mother of a much younger child, most of the activities were not suitable for her. Even with hawk eyes, little tiny pieces are way too easy to get swallowed. Here’s a list […]
Sometimes the simplest ideas make great projects and the classics with a new spin can be so exciting! To usher in harvest season, autumn, and falling leaves we decided to make a cute pumpkin snowflake craft. For my first-born’s first birthday, I did doing a grow theme and also tried to be as eco-friendly as […]
Imagine looking at every day with wonder like our kids. What if we emphasized their feelings of awe and opportunity by not shying away from so-called bad weather and embraced it as something to enjoy (even if it’s raining and we decide not to get wet?! Rainy day play is important for our children because […]
The groundbreaking studies of Piaget have shown the many aspects of cognitive and intellectual developmental markers. As a certified teacher, much of my collegiate education revolved around the psyche of the pre-adult mind. The work of Jean Piaget will forever be crucial in understanding the learning processes. The most important point Piaget makes, in my […]
With Fathers’ Day coming up shortly, I was thinking of different ideas that I could incorporate into my daughter’s play that would relay “daddy” to her. With an older child, there are a lot of ideas and activities to prepare for such a day. Not to say that this idea couldn’t be used for older […]
