Every parent has bad days when they feel like everyone is a better parent than they are. The kids won’t stop fighting.Your 6-year-old says, “I hate you.”No one will come to the dinner table.Your teenager’s new friends give you the shivers.Your father says you need to have more strict discipline.Everyone seems to have an opinion Read More
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Strategies for Playing Games
Playing games as a family can be lots of fun, but it can also be challenging and at times frustrating. Try to use some of the following strategies when playing games with your children, and maybe, after a bit of practice playing games will come to be a fun way to spend time together. Playing Read More
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Finding time to play with my kids can be really hard!Do not feel bad if you are not just THRILLED with the idea of FAMILY FUN TIME. Some parents HATE playing-that is just a fact. Other parents enjoy playing, but feel like they have 100 other things they should be doing. These are normal feelings-don’t Read More
Paper Snowflakes
By making paper snowflakes, young children can build their gross motor skills, learn to handle scissors, and make their own unique designs. As they get older have they will be able to cut more and more complex designs. Snowflakes are also a beautiful decoration to brighten any room or window. Tape them from the ceiling, Read More
Ice Cube Painting
For your young child(ren) the process and sensations of drawing and painting are just as, if not more, important than the final product. Let them explore the unique experience of painting with ice cubes and a powdered drink mix Materials Needed: Directions: It might not look like much, but most children are very interested by Read More
Stick Puppets
Caution: Children need to be old enough to know that they can’t run holding these puppets. Materials needed: Preparation: Making The Puppets: You can draw traditional people-puppets or you can draw abstract art on the “puppet”.Remember that the stick puppets have a front and back so your children can decorate both sides.