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Looking for an easy calm down strategy for kids? Vertical coloring is in my top 5. This activity has the usual coloring benefits and includes midline crossing and a slew of other positives. It’s the perfect before-bed activity, transition, or calm down strategy.
Should you start Elf on the Shelf to add to the Christmas spirit? Here’s a new perspective on this emotionally exhausting but very fun tradition, with pros, cons, and a thoughtful compromise.
Looking for Christmas Tradition ideas for families? Here are even more of our tried-and-true traditions to start with your family this year. Your children will love these!
If you’re looking for Christmas tradition ideas for families, look no further! Check out these tried-and-true traditions. They’ve held up over the years and given my family much joy, and I’m happy to share them with you. Your child(ren) will love the magic and joy of these Christmas traditions for families.
The benefits of sensory play are vitally important, but sensory play is often going by the wayside in our world of constant screens. Thankfully it’s not that hard to incorporate into our daily life - check out these easy ways to up the sensory play in your home!
Creating a foil river checks so many boxes: simple supplies, no-prep, STEM, water play, sensory activity, teamwork, problem solving, and FUN.
If you’re feeling stuck because all the restaurants are closed, have no fear! There’s hope. Lock-down celebration choices: order take out; do nothing special; or create a once-in-a-lifetime-memory. This is one of my most precious memories because it was created with so much love.
What is it about nature that makes kids —and adults— want to collect, examine and even display? I don’t know. But I do believe there are few things more rewarding than letting children immerse themselves in all kinds of nature’s wonders.
A great way to encourage and increase imaginative play is to change up the setting. When's the last time you let your children play in the woods? This ranks as one of my top "things to do with kids" and I bet it will become one of yours, too! Armed with rubber-tipped toy bows and arrows while we crashed deafeningly through the woods, the children went “hunting” for tigers and wolves in the Five Mile Woods in Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania.
