Holiday Roundup: Family Traditions
Do you have holiday traditions? Read more for a round up of twists on your family traditions, or maybe find a new one for this Christmas.
Category: Parenting How to Teach your Child to Share
“In Kindergarten, we share everything!” The Robert Munsch book, “We Share Everything”, talks about teaching two little kindergarten students how to share. By the end of the book, the teacher is stunned at how well the children learned to share — they share their clothes! While you want to teach your…
When your Kids Get Overwhelmed
When your kids get overwhelmed, how do you help them cope with stress? Here’s some tips and strategies to help your children deal with stress, especially over the holidays.
Why your kids should get outside more often
The benefits of getting outside are well known. Here’s 3 reasons why your kids should get outside more often. It’s good for them and good for you.
How to swap kids’ seasonal clothes
It’s that time of year! Here in southwestern Ontario, Canada — just north of New York — the leaves are changing and the days are getting shorter. We know cold weather is on it’s way, so it’s time to do our semi-annual clothing swap out. That’s when we change over…
My Top 5 Favorite (Non-Electronic) Educational Value Toys!
Educational Value Toys are the best kind of fun. Kids love to play. And play is how kids learn! So anything that encourages creative, problem solving play is a great toy, in my books. I look for high play value, hard-wearing, educational value toys whenever those gift-giving times come around.…
Single Parent by choice: Why I have no regrets
I’m open about being a single parent. I divorced my ex husband in 2014, after years of domestic violence. Leaving my marriage was not a hasty decision, but one I planned for 6 months. Ending it entirely took a year, and I left plenty of room for the process to stop…
Summer Vacation: Your Beach Trip Checklist!
Want to make sure your trip to the beach is perfect? Use this beach trip checklist so your day is memorable for all the right reasons.
Single Parenting: Sanity Savers for Single Moms
Single parenting seems to be synonymous for exhaustion. I live on caffeine and sugar, and a constant nagging feeling that I’m going to forget something. I live with a feeling of being behind and always wanting to rush to “catch up”. So what kind of sanity savers for single moms…
My Top 5 Kids Summer Activities
Summer vacation is here. Ahh summer, when the temperature is up, school’s out (even for us homeschoolers) and the kids are… underfoot. Sometimes, annoyingly so. What kinds of kids summer activities can we do? We can’t spend every day at the beach or at the park, and I can’t be…
How to Teach your Child to Share
“In Kindergarten, we share everything!” The Robert Munsch book, “We Share Everything”, talks about teaching two little kindergarten students how to share. By the end of the book, the teacher is stunned at how well the children learned to share — they share their clothes! While you want to teach your…
When your Kids Get Overwhelmed
When your kids get overwhelmed, how do you help them cope with stress? Here’s some tips and strategies to help your children deal with stress, especially over the holidays.
Why your kids should get outside more often
The benefits of getting outside are well known. Here’s 3 reasons why your kids should get outside more often. It’s good for them and good for you.
How to swap kids’ seasonal clothes
It’s that time of year! Here in southwestern Ontario, Canada — just north of New York — the leaves are changing and the days are getting shorter. We know cold weather is on it’s way, so it’s time to do our semi-annual clothing swap out. That’s when we change over…
My Top 5 Favorite (Non-Electronic) Educational Value Toys!
Educational Value Toys are the best kind of fun. Kids love to play. And play is how kids learn! So anything that encourages creative, problem solving play is a great toy, in my books. I look for high play value, hard-wearing, educational value toys whenever those gift-giving times come around.…
Single Parent by choice: Why I have no regrets
I’m open about being a single parent. I divorced my ex husband in 2014, after years of domestic violence. Leaving my marriage was not a hasty decision, but one I planned for 6 months. Ending it entirely took a year, and I left plenty of room for the process to stop…
Summer Vacation: Your Beach Trip Checklist!
Want to make sure your trip to the beach is perfect? Use this beach trip checklist so your day is memorable for all the right reasons.
Single Parenting: Sanity Savers for Single Moms
Single parenting seems to be synonymous for exhaustion. I live on caffeine and sugar, and a constant nagging feeling that I’m going to forget something. I live with a feeling of being behind and always wanting to rush to “catch up”. So what kind of sanity savers for single moms…
My Top 5 Kids Summer Activities
Summer vacation is here. Ahh summer, when the temperature is up, school’s out (even for us homeschoolers) and the kids are… underfoot. Sometimes, annoyingly so. What kinds of kids summer activities can we do? We can’t spend every day at the beach or at the park, and I can’t be…