Guest post from Kristina at Kidsactivitiesblog.com
Learning to build a word family is an important pre-reading activity. Turn learning into a fun game for kids by letting your child use some colorful sticky notes!
I have been doing a lot of activities with my son to help us focus on some Back to School Basics skills. We’ve been working on simple pre-kinder and kindergarten level math, writing, and pre-reading activities.
Guest post from KidsActivitiesBlog.com (Quirkymomma.com)
Are your kids constantly grabbing your ipod or android to play games on them?
You are not alone.
But at least you can sneak in a little learning while they naively have fun playing on Mommy’s new toy. Here are some educational apps that kids will have fun with and may not even realize that hey are learning a thing or two! Like this list? Check out our other collection of Best apps for Kids.
by Samantha Conner
This time of year is always hard for me. Once the Fourth of July passes, it seems like all the retail world moves straight into Fall. Since I have lived in the South for the majority of my life, I have a skewed internal calendar. Summer lasts a good 6 months and then the other 3 seasons fight it out for how the remaining 6 months of the year will end up. Some years we get weird, cold snowy weather. And some years, we go straight from Summer back to Spring. This inconsistency in weather is what makes the time of year so hard for me.
My favorite hangouts, crafty stores and Nordstroms, keep tempting me with apple cider candles and snuggly cable knit sweaters. I realize it is September, but in the South, September is still summer and the poor scarecrows are even sweating.
So those pumpkins, orange leaves, and ceramic turkeys aren’t going to make an appearance around my home until October. In the meantime- and to keep my mind off those all the cute fall crafts– we have been doing a few things to spruce up the house for the change of seasons. Looking for a little change around your home? Try these quick fixes!
Guest Post from The Children’s Project
Read the first article in this series: Respect
Another critical emotional need of children is to feel important. Feeling important refers to a child’s need to feel: “I have value. I am useful. I have power. I am somebody.” The following are examples of how parents obstruct or enhance a child’s need to feel Important.
Ask moms how to raise a good listener, and you’ll be met with a variety of responses. Some, like Eva Gavin, will laugh out loud and say, “If you write about kids who ignore their parents all the time, I’m your woman.” Others may tell you they have it all together and that their children always listen to them and do everything they say (don’t trust these women!).
So many of us are at a loss when it comes to teaching listening skills. Parents are busier than ever, and that can sometimes make it difficult to just stop and listen to our children. Yet making sure you raise your child to be a good listener is crucial for many reasons. For example, he needs to be able to follow directions at school, in college and at a job. He also needs the practiced skill of listening to make and keep friends, snag a spouse and deal with a variety of people in everyday life.
So how do you become one of those moms whose children don’t tune her out?
by Ashley Parks
For many of us with school age children, summer is a break from the routine and a time for new experiences and activities. As the summer break comes to a close, we should take pause and think about what this next school year may bring. What is the new routine going to look like? Get everyone on the same page so that expectation are set from the get go.
by Kerrie McLoughlin
As parents, we want to keep our children safe, and cell phones seem to promise to do just that. But at what age does a child become responsible enough to be able to handle all that might go along with a cell phone, like texting, the Internet, minutes and charges, manners and more? And what guidelines do you need to have in place before handing over that phone?
