Inside: There's a place for both being entertained and learning to play independently. Learn the difference and how to make sure your kids are independent in play. There's a time and place for both playing and entertaining, but it's important we consider the benefits of both so we can have them ...
How to Encourage Toddlers and Preschoolers To Use Their Imagination
Children love imaginative play, here's how you can help encourage your toddlers and preschoolers to use their imagination daily. I'm a big fan of encouraging my children to use their imagination and play independently. When kids play pretend they fully engage in play in a way that has ...
How To Teach Your Children To Play On Their Own
A few tips on how to teach your children to play by themselves. "A child loves his play, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard." Benjamin Spock, M.D. One of the best gifts you can give your child is the ability to play on their own. Not only will day to day life with them be ...
Outdoor Play Tips To Get (And Keep) The Kids Outside!
Inside: Want your kids to be outside this summer? Here are some ways to make awesome memories outside with your toddler this summer. I am a big fan of the Great Outdoors. When I was little - as an only child - my mom would shoo me outside to play. Let's say... that's when my imagination was ...
Teaching Toddler Focusing Skills In The Little Moments
Inside: Kids can seem to jump from one thing to another with such quickness. If you're wondering how to teach your toddler focusing skills, here are my thoughts! The ability to focus, sit still and pay attention seems to be a lost art among today’s youth. Experts say it has something to do ...
Easy No Fuss Screen-Free Activities For Kids At Home
Want your little ones to be occupied at home? Here are some screen free activities for kids at home that are easy and require little prep. If you are at home with the kids and want to avoid chaos, confusion, and a total disaster of a house... these activities are the way to go. First, one ...
Awesome & Fun Swimming Pool Toys for Little Kids
Swimming is so much fun. And yet, it can be even more fun with some awesome pool toys. Little kids can even be encouraged to enjoy pool time with some awesome & fun swimming pool toys. I'm from Florida and I gotta be honest... we spend hours a day swimming for months out of the year. ...
Why Playing In and Working with Dirt is Good for Kids
In a world that is terrified of germs, let's teach our kids the power of loving nature's microbes. What better way to do this than to play. Here is why playing in and working with dirt is good for them: As a country girl, I am no stranger to dirt. We live rurally and my kids are often dirty ...
Why Play Is So Important for Kids – And Common Ways Moms Sabotage
It may look like just fun and games, but it's really your kid building the fundamental frameworks for understanding and succeeding in the real world. Play is so important for kids and here's why: Children's main job is play. They play nearly all day long for years, in fact. They are ...
Therapeutic Play: How To Do It At Home For Your Kids
Therapeutic play allows a child to play out what they're processing. Whether it's trauma, life changes, loss, or more. Specific toys, coaching skills, and a safe environment help the parent use therapeutic play at home for their child's benefit. Years ago I started to see my kids were ...
Chore Barriers… These 6 Things Make Kids Resist Chores
Kids don't want to do chores and resist chore time when these habits are going on in the home. Let's get those kids to cooperate! If you've got little ones making messes, then you need little ones picking those messes up. Sure, you may have some kids who: But the good news is this: if ...
20 boiled egg recipes to cook with leftover Easter Eggs
After every Easter there are always a multitude of eggs left. Here are 20 hard-boiled egg recipes that'll use them up so they don't go bad! Well, Easter is over and now you've got hard-boiled eggs coming out the ying yang. I once heard it said that the two best ways to save money on food was ...
How To Organize, Downsize, & Store Toys So The House Isn’t A Mess
If your house looks like a used toy shop and the kids flit from one thing to the next without even enjoying them, this is for you. Here are some tips and thoughts on how to toss, organize, and downsize toys. “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is ...
2 Simple Rules To Declutter Your Homeschool or Kid’s Space
Decluttering kids’ rooms and homeschooling spaces can feel like an overwhelming task from the outset. But you can totally do it – and in the process make your home life so much easier! Guest post by Shannon Acheson. Is the clutter in your home causing you stress? If it is, you’re not ...
How to Organize Your Life (for Peaceful and Simple Living)
As any mom can testify, life can easily become chaotic and cluttered. Here are some tips to organize your life to facilitate peace and simplicity: There are times in life that are Ah Ha moments. The kind where life seems to stop and everything gets cloudy... like in a movie. And you have ...
Spring Gardening With Kids
There are many amazing lessons to be learned from gardening. Here are some things I've done to garden with my kids. Also included are some great supplies you may need. This year I wanted to put more effort into gardening with the kids. We have the space, we already eat the types of foods ...