Managing Your Child During Holiday Stress: Tips and Tricks for a Peaceful Season
The holiday season is often a time of joy, celebration, and togetherness. However, it can also bring a fair amount of stress—especially for parents trying to juggle family obligations, gift shopping, and the constant hustle and bustle. The pressure to create the “perfect” holiday experience can sometimes feel overwhelming. Adding to that is the challenge […]
8 Tips for Cold Season: Keep Your Kids Healthy This Winter
As the cooler months move in and the cold season begin, parents often find themselves avoiding wandering coughs, colds, and sniffles, and children touching everything in site. It’s impossible to avoid all germs and infected touchpoints, there are several ways to boost immunity and help keep them healthy. Here’s how you can keep your little […]
The Benefits of Playing Music in the Womb
Introducing Music to Your Baby Are you expecting a new bundle of joy? Or have you recently welcomed an adorable newborn into your family? If so, then you’re probably familiar with the multitude of questions and concerns that come along with parenthood. One of these is: ‘How can I give my child the best start […]
Preschool Holiday Art Projects
12 Days of Holiday Art Projects for All to Enjoy With all the holiday celebrations happening—Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa—kids are excited, families are busy, festivities are planned. Want to personalize the thrill of the season? Deck your halls with holiday art projects crafted by your family’s own hands. That includes adults and children, with particular focus on […]
Motivating Children To Do Chores
Getting Kids Involved in Chores Shouldn’t Be A Chore Chores are good for kids. By the time they’re two years old, toddlers can pick up toys and put away books. At four, preschoolers are perfectly capable of setting the table with placemats, napkins, and silverware and clearing away utensils after a meal. Little do they […]
Chores as a Youngster Can Pay Off Throughout Life
Look, Mommy—no more blocks! All put away, all by myself! Whatcha doin’, Daddy? Picking up sticks? Can I help? The answer is yes, absolutely! Getting your kids involved in household chores is one of the best things you can do for them and for the family. Immediate benefits to youngsters include developing skills and learning […]
Helping Your Child Improve Gross Motor Skills
We celebrate every milestone. Cheering when our babies roll over. Applauding when they sit up. Praising when they crawl across the room. Taking videos as they step, then walk, then run as fast as their legs can go. What our youngsters are doing is developing their gross motor skills, which are the essential foundation of movements […]
5 Benefits of Taking Daily Walks With Your Child
With the increase in technology use for both children and adults, it can be hard to get outside or take a breather during the humdrum of everyday life. In addition to quality, outside playtime, it could be a great idea to introduce daily walks with your child. In this blog, we’re going to go over a few […]
How to Improve Your Child’s Behavior With Positive Reinforcement
In the event of a meltdown or bad behavior, rewarding your child might be the last thing on your mind. However, studies show that reward systems for kids are effective if you use them wisely. You can use positive reinforcement to encourage good behaviors, like sharing or following instructions or listening. You can also use […]
Did Your Child Have a Bad Day? Here’s How to Turn It Around
As a parent, when your child hurts, you hurt. While you would love to protect your children all the time, there will be times when that isn’t possible. Your child will get his or her feelings hurt, a friend might let them down, or they might just have a bad day. Whatever the cause for […]
